How to Determine the Version of the Installed EdgeSight Agent

Summary

This document describes how to determine the version of the installed EdgeSight Agent.

Background

The agent is a multi-product architecture with a core component and an extension component. The only extension component available is EdgeSight so this is more commonly referred to as simply the EdgeSight version. Because of these two components, you might see two different version numbers reported by the EdgeSight Agent.

Below are the EdgeSight Agent versions as of October 1, 2008:

EdgeSight Agent 4.2 GA
    Core          4.2.2866
    EdgeSight     4.2.2902

EdgeSight Agent 4.2 SP1
    Core          4.2.2879
    EdgeSight     4.2.2922

EdgeSight Agent 4.2 SP2
    Core          4.2.2888
    EdgeSight     4.2.2928

EdgeSight Agent 4.2 SP3
    Core          4.2.2896
    EdgeSight     4.2.2937

EdgeSight Agent 4.5 GA
    Core          4.5.3237
    EdgeSight     4.5.3244

EdgeSight Agent 4.5 SP1
    Core          4.5.3253
    EdgeSight     4.5.3261

EdgeSight Agent 4.5 SP2
    Core          4.5.3267
    EdgeSight     4.5.3281

EdgeSight Agent 4.5 SP4
    Core          4.5.3275
    EdgeSight     4.5.3295

EdgeSight Agent 5.0.1
    Core          5.0.233.0
    EdgeSight     5.0.269.1

Procedure

The first place to look for the EdgeSight Agent version is in the EdgeSight Server Console under Company Settings > Server > Device Management > Devices. From the Show: drop-down menu, select Speed\EdgeSight Version.

This example shows EdgeSight version (extension) 4.2.2928.0, which means EdgeSight Agent version 4.2 SP2 is in use.

To see the EdgeSight (extension) and core versions, view the SYS_EVENT_TXT.txt file on the EdgeSight Agent device. In this file, both the EdgeSight (extension) and core versions are recorded when the agent starts. Upon startup, the first line it writes to this log file contains the EdgeSight core version. Below is an example of this reporting EdgeSight core version for 4.2 SP3:

Approximately 14 lines down, the EdgeSight (extension) version is also reported. Below is an example of this reporting EdgeSight (extension) version for 4.2 SP3: