As a network engineer, I want to take a firmware version discovered or verified by bbtoolsflver and immediately install it on one or more devices managed by SDM, without manually exporting, re-packaging, or re-entering version details.
Before running the conversion, ensure your environment is ready: bbtoolsflver to sdm install
| Requirement | Specification | | --- | --- | | OS | Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 LTS, CentOS 7+, or Windows Server 2019+ | | SDM Type | YUM/DNF (RHEL), APT (Debian), or SCCM (Windows) | | Java | OpenJDK 11 or 17 (BBTools requires Java) | | Disk Space | Minimum 5 GB (for reference genomes + filters) | | Network | Access to GitHub, SourceForge, or internal artifact repo | As a network engineer, I want to take
| Option | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| --device-group <name> | SDM device group name |
| --devices <file,list> | Comma-separated device IDs or file containing device list |
| --schedule now\|timestamp | Deploy immediately or at given time |
| --pre-check-only | Only validate compatibility, do not install |
| --force | Skip safety prompts (use with caution) |
| --no-rollback | Disable automatic rollback snapshot |
| --sdm-profile <name> | SDM environment profile (e.g., prod, staging) | As a network engineer