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Preparing for a firmware download
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Obtaining and decompressing firmware
Firmware upgrades are available for customers with support service contracts and for partners on
the Brocade website at
tp://www.mybrocade.com
.
You must download the firmware package either to an FTP server or to a USB device and
decompress the package before you can use the download operations described in this chapter to
update the firmware on your equipment. Use the UNIX tar command for .tar files, the gunzip
command for all .gz files, or a Windows unzip program for all .zip files.
When you unpack the downloaded firmware, it expands into a directory that is named according to
the firmware version. The firmware download operations, when issued with the path to the
directory where the firmware is stored, perform an automatic search for the correct package file
type associated with the device.
Connecting to the switch
When you upgrade firmware in default mode, you connect to the switch through the management
IP address. Modular switches have one management IP address for the chassis and separate IP
addresses for each management module. To upgrade both management modules, you can either
connect to the chassis management IP address or to the IP address of the active management
module. If you want to upgrade a single management module only, you must connect to the IP
address of that management module and perform the firmware download operation in manual
mode. In manual mode, only the local management module is upgraded.