Knox E-FOTA On-Premises 24.07 release notes

New

Knox E-FOTA On-Premises portable

The 24.07 release introduces a portable solution for Knox E-FOTA On-Premises. This solution allows you to install Knox E-FOTA On-Premises on a laptop with a Hyper-V virtual machine and bring it to your business sites, so you don’t have to install and maintain Knox E-FOTA On-Premises servers at each site.

For more information, see Knox E-FOTA On-Premises portable.

Download the Knox E-FOTA client through a QR code

With this release, you can download the Knox E-FOTA On-Premises client on your devices through a QR code in the Knox E-FOTA On-Premise console. This feature allows you to quickly set up Samsung devices with Knox E-FOTA On-Premises, streamlining the initial setup for your fleet of devices.

For more information, see Download and install the agent app.

Updates

Improvements to license installation

The 24.07 release introduces improvements to license installation.

• License keys can’t be reused once the license file is generated.
• Licenses are now activated with the hardware serial number of the motherboard instead of the MAC address of the device.

Support for Virtual A/B updates

With this release of Knox E-FOTA On-Premises, you can now deploy virtual A/B firmware updates to Samsung Galaxy A55 5G devices running Android 14 or higher. With Virtual A/B, the device seamlessly rolls back a firmware update if it fails to boot. Furthermore, firmware can be installed in separate dynamic partitions to allow both download and installation to occur in the background, and to ensure faster reboot speeds. Support for other device models will be available in future releases.

You can configure when the installation occurs. Once the installation is complete, the device reboots automatically.

See the Android Virtual A/B overview documentation to learn more about virtual A/B updates.

Download firmware over VPNs or private networks

With this release of Knox E-FOTA On-Premises, you can download firmware on your fleet of devices over VPNs and private networks if the Download network campaign setting is set to Any.

You can configure this when you create a campaign.