Before you upgrade your ReadyNAS, take these items into consideration
Firmware is the software that operates your ReadyNAS storage system. It is written directly to your system’s read-only memory. NETGEAR periodically releases firmware updates to improve your storage system. Because firmware is stored in read-only memory, updating the firmware requires a special process.
Updates are numbered chronologically, for example:
• ReadyNAS OS 6.0.1
• ReadyNAS OS 6.0.2
• ReadyNAS OS 6.1.1
• ReadyNAS OS 6.2.4
• ReadyNAS OS 6.4.0

You can update the firmware on your ReadyNAS system remotely from the NETGEAR website or manually from a local drive. The update process changes only the firmware; it does not modify your data.
NETGEAR recommends that you back up your data, especially data that cannot be replaced, before you perform a firmware update.

Update Firmware Directly from the NETGEAR Website
If your ReadyNAS system can access the Internet, the remote method is easiest way to update your firmware.
To update firmware remotely:
1. Select System > Settings > Update.
2. Click the Check for Updates button.
 o If no firmware update is available, you are notified that your system is using the most current firmware.
o If a firmware update is available, you are prompted to update your system.
3. If a firmware update is available, click the Update button on the pop-up screen that displays.

 
The system downloads the new firmware. When the download is complete, you are prompted to reboot your system.

 
4. Click the Reboot button.
Your system reboots and installs the new firmware. If you enabled email alerts, your ReadyNAS system sends a message when the firmware update finishes.
Update Firmware Without Direct Internet Access
If you keep your ReadyNAS system in a location without Internet access, for example, at a remote vacation cabin, you must update your firmware locally.

To update firmware locally:
1. Using a computer that can access the Internet, download the latest firmware for your system from http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.
If you can later connect this computer to the local area network with the ReadyNAS, download directly to the computer; otherwise, download the file to a USB drive or other portable media.
2. Connect the computer on which you downloaded the latest firmware to the network with the ReadyNAS, or if you downloaded to a USB drive, connect the USB drive to a computer on the local network.
3. Log in to the ReadyNAS.
4. On the local admin page, select System > Settings > Update.
 
5. Click the Install Firmware button.
 
6. Click the Browse button.
7. In the pop-up file browser that displays, navigate to the file containing the updated firmware and select it.
The Update Firmware pop-up screen displays the name of the selected file in the File Name field.
8. Click the Upload button.
The firmware file uploads to your ReadyNAS system. After a few moments, the Update Firmware pop-up screen displays details about the new firmware.
9. Click the Install button.
You are prompted to reboot your ReadyNAS system to complete the firmware installation.
10. Reboot your ReadyNAS system.
If you enabled email alerts, your ReadyNAS system sends a message when the firmware update finishes.

 
Last Updated: 08/19/2016 12:42 PM