Are these switches stacked or independent? What firmware are the switches currently on? That is interesting that it does not show any backup image. Have you tried copying the firmware to the backup image to see if you receive any errors during that copy process? If you do not receive any errors copying the new firmware to the backup image, then I would proceed with the update.
Hi all, While preparing to update the firmware on my two recently aquired 8132F's to version 6.3 I thought I would backup my know good active version as a precaution.  On switch #1 this all went fine, but on switch #2 after a long (5min) wait, I get this message: [IMAGE][IMAGE] How worried should I be? The one notable difference between the two switches is that #2 doesn't currently have a backup firmware version for some reason. Should I just move forward with the update process? Thanks, -Michael 
Powerconnect 8132F Firmware Backup Issue