Firmware commit – Brocade Network OS Command Reference v4.1.0 User Manual

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firmware commit

Commits a firmware upgrade.

Synopsis

firmware commit

Operands

None

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC mode

Description

Use this command to copy the firmware image from the primary partition to the secondary
partition. This command is effective only after a firmware download (with auto-commit mode
disabled) and a reboot.

Usage Guidelines

The firmware download command updates the secondary partitions only. When the
firmware download command completes successfully and the switch reboots, the system swaps
partitions. The primary partition (with the previous firmware) becomes the secondary partition,
and the secondary partition (with the new firmware) becomes the primary partition.

By default, firmware download automatically commits the firmware after the switch reboots. If you
disable auto-commit mode when running firmware download, you must execute one of the
following two commands after you reboot the switch:

•

firmware commit: Copies the primary partition (with the new firmware) to the secondary
partition and commits the new firmware to both partitions.

•

firmware restore: Copies the secondary partition (with the previous firmware) to the primary
partition and restores the original firmware version.

This command is supported only on the local management modules.

You must run the firmware download command with the nocommit parameter set for the following
firmware commit operation to succeed.

Examples

To commit the firmware:

switch# firmware commit

Validating primary partition...

Doing firmwarecommit now.

Please wait ...

Replicating kernel image

...............

FirmwareCommit completes successfully.