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1. Flash the RDKB image supported for Firmware upgrade feature in the Rpi and verify the 2 partitions(ex. mmcblk0p1, mmcblk0p2) present under dev folder (use command ls /dev)
2. Device auto-reboots and verify there are 2 more additional partitions are created (ex. mmcblk0p3, mmcblk0p4).
3. Open /etc/include.properties file and verify the CLOUDURL parameter where XConf Server URL is configured
4. Verify the image version ( cat /version.txt) displays the flashed image version
5. Open /rdklogs/logs/swupdate.log to verify the communication from RPI board with XConf Server and the download status
6. Verify the tftp download is happening by noticing the change of file size using below command:cd /extblock/tftpimage/imagedwnldls -lh  (use this command frequently to verify the file size change) if tftp protocol was selected in XCONF UI
   
7. Verify the http download is happening by noticing the change of file size using below command : cd /extblock/httpimage/imagedwnldls -lh(use this command frequently to verify the file size change)if http protocol was selected in XCONF UI
   
8. Once image download completed, the Rpi board will auto reboot and come up with downloaded image
9.  Verify the version of booted image which shows the downloaded image version

TroubleShooting

1.  If output.json will not be generated in /nvram folder. Please check the network connection in RPI Device.
2. Also, check the status of swupdate service by using the below command,
   1.  systemctl status swupdate.service
3. Check the swupdate logs in below path,
   1. cat /rdklogs/logs/swupdate.log

Conclusion

Please find the summary on firmware upgrade explained above

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