Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

Sangfor HCI and aSV provide a unified infrastructure combining compute, storage, networking, and built-in security to simplify deployment, operations, and services.
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Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV) {{ breadTitle }} User Manual Initial Login to Sangfor HCI Console System Port Management Patch Information Acquisition
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Patch Information Acquisition

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2026-01-09

Function Description

The patch information can be viewed in Service Packs, including:

• The name of the patch package, such as sp-xxx-xxx.

• Patch package status, such as: not downloaded, downloading, downloaded,

upgrading, upgraded, etc.

• The description of the patch package, such as: the patch solves the xxx problem.

• The severity of the patch package, such as high, medium, and low.

• Preconditions for the patch, such as: None, and the virtual machine needs to be shut down.

• The impact of the patch upgrade, such as: none, the network will be interrupted for xx seconds.

• The patch release time, such as: 2020-10-20.

• Patch operations, such as upgrade, retry

Precautions

  1. If the platform can be connected to the Internet or through the network proxy virtual machine/third-party proxy, the online patch platform address can be accessed, which can be automatically obtained regularly or the user clicks to immediately obtain the patch information required by the platform.

  1.  If the communication mode setting is "Use the SP patch server built by the local data center", it will be automatically obtained from the patch server or click to obtain it now.

Precautions

  1. If the platform can be connected to the Internet or through the network proxy virtual machine/third-party proxy, the online patch platform address can be accessed, which can be automatically obtained regularly or the user clicks to immediately obtain the patch information required by the platform.
  2.  If the communication mode setting is Use the SP patch server built by the local data center, it will be automatically obtained from the patch server or click to obtain it now.

Steps

  1. Navigate to System > Service Packs.
  2. Click the Update Settings button to set the patch upgrade method.

SP without Update Impact:

• When the patch is upgraded, it has no impact on platform services and virtual machines.

• Patch upgrade options: automatic upgrade, manual upgrade. After the automatic upgrade is selected, the patch will be automatically upgraded from 01:00AM - 06:00AM daily.

SP with Update impact:

• When a patch is upgraded, it may affect platform services or virtual machines. Therefore, the administrator must confirm the impact of the patch and choose a suitable time for manual upgrade.

• Patch upgrade option: manual upgrade.

  1. After configuring the patch upgrade options, click OK.
  2. Click the Check for SPs button to immediately obtain the patch information required by the platform.