From Device search -

Automated Device Software Management - From Device search

You can assign software to multiple devices.

To assign software to multiple devices:

Select the devices in Device Search/Filter. In the Action drop-down, select Software Assignment.

The software assignment screen includes:

Download Automation: This feature allows you to automatically download the schedule software packages.
- Enabled: Select the option to enable download automation of software packages to the devices.
- Disabled: Select the option to disable download automation of software packages to the devices. However, you can manually download software to the devices. For more information, refer Scheduling Downloads Manually.
Assignment Type: This allows you to select the Assignment Type as Reference Set or Packages or None.
- You can assign a Reference Set which contains a collection of packages, to the device or assign multiple packages to a device by selecting the Package option; however you can only assign one reference set to a device.
- Selecting Assignment Type as Reference Set includes Direct Assignment and Inherit from Hierarchy.

Direct Assignment: The Direct Assignment option lists the reference sets which devices qualifies, and their corresponding packages along with the Active or Inactive status. You can select a reference set and directly assigned to the devices. Click Save to apply the changes.
Inherit from Hierarchy: Selecting this option allows you to directly inherit the reference set assigned at the hierarchy. Click Save to apply the changes. For more information, refer Associating Software (Reference Set) to Hierarchy Node.
Selecting Assignment Type as Packages. Check the Overwrite existing assignment to delete the existing parameter template and add the selected parameter template to the common application of the particular device.

Selecting Assignment Type as None will delete the existing assignments of the device.

Check the Overwrite existing assignment to delete the existing parameter template and add the selected parameter template to the common application of the particular device.