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firmware activate
Activates the firmware in the Local or remote nodes after installing the firmware that was
downloaded with firmware download noactivate selected.
Synopsis firmware activate [rbridge-id {rbridgeid_1-rbridgeid_3, rbridgeid_5} | all]
Operands rbridge-id Enables RBridge ID mode to support Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) on
individual nodes.
rbridge-id Specifies a unique identifier for a node. Values can be a range of nodes or
individual nodes and are separated by a comma.
all Specifies all identifiers for a node. The command applies to all of the
nodes.
Defaults Activation of the firmware is performed manually by default after a download.
Command Modes Privileged EXEC mode
Description Reboots (activates) the switch after a firmware upgrade.
In a switch, this command will swap the CF partitions, reboot the system, and commit the new
firmware on the CF partitions.
In a chassis, this command will swap the CF partition in both management modules, reboot the
standby management module, forcing an HA failover on the active management module,
download firmware to all line cards, and then commit firmware on all management modules and
line cards.
If firmware activate is set to noactive with the firmware download command, firmware will be
loaded to secondary partitions of both management modules and to all line cards without auto
activating.
If firmware activate is set with the firmware download command, the firmware is activated on all
nodes.
Usage Guidelines After firmware has been upgraded on a node, the firmware must be activated.
The rbridge-id operand is supported in VCS mode only.
Examples Standalone mode
To activate firmware on a switch:
switch# firmware activate
This command will use the ISSU protocol to upgrade the system. It will cause a
WARM reboot and will require that existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions
be restarted.
Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y
2010/01/29-23:48:35, [HAM-1004], 226, switchid 1, CHASSIS | VCS, INFO,
Brocade_Elara2, Switch will be rebooted with the new firmware.
VCS mode
To activate firmware on switch nodes 1, 2, 3, and 5:
switch# firmware activate rbridge-id rid1-rid3,rid5