Brocade Network OS NETCONF Operations Guide v4.1.1 - Manual (Page 92)

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Evaluating a firmware upgrade
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• To enable firmware restoration on a modular switch with two management modules, you
update the firmware on each management module separately by performing the firmware
download operation with both the and options. This sequence or
operations preserves the previous firmware on the secondary partitions of all system
components and ensures that you will be able to restore the previous firmware version.
ATTENTION
When you evaluate a firmware upgrade, make sure you disable all features that are supported only
by the upgraded firmware before restoring the original version.
Downloading firmware to a single partition
1. Verify that the SFTP, FTP, or SSH server is running on the host server and that you have a user
ID on that server.
2. Obtain the firmware file from the Brocade website at http://www.mybrocade.com or from your
switch support provider and store the file on the FTP or SSH server.
3. Unpack the compressed firmware archive.
4. Issue the custom RPC located in the
urn:brocade.com:mgmt:brocade-firmware-ext namespace to view the current firmware version.
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Network Operating system Software
4.0.0
1995-2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
19:18:58 Jun 23, 2012
v4.0.0_bldg56
Freescale Semiconductor
8548E
2000 MB
v4.0.0_bldg56
v4.0.0_bldg56
5. Issue the / action located in the urn:brocade.com:mgmt:brocade-firmware
namespace to perform the firmware download operation. Provide the following input elements:
• —The user ID on the remote server.
• —The user password.
• —The IPv4 or IPv6 IP address.