HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class User Manual

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Maintaining configurations and firmware

At the

Do you want to continue [y/n]

prompt, enter

Respond to the prompts as follows:

After the firmware is downloaded, the switch reboots and starts the firmware commit.

After the reboot, connect to the switch and log in again as admin.

10.

If you want to watch the upgrade progress, issue the

firmwaredownloadstatus

command to

monitor the status of the firmware download.

11.

After the firmware commit finishes, issue the

firmwareshow

command to display the firmware level

for both partitions.

Example:

Server Name

or IP Address:

Enter the name or IP address of the server where the firmware file is stored;

for example,

192.1.2.3

. You can enter a server name if DNS is enabled.

User name:

Enter the user name of your account on the server; for example,

JohnDoe

File name:

Specify the full path name of the firmware directory, appended by

release.plist

; for example,

/pub/v4.4.0/release.plist

Password:

Enter your account password for the server.

switch:admin> firmwaredownload

You can run firmwareDownloadStatus to get the status of this
command.

This command will cause the switch to reset and will require that
existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted.

Do you want to continue [Y]: y

Server Name or IP Address: 192.1.2.3

User Name: JohnDoe

File Name: /pub/v4.4.0/release.plist

Password: xxxxx

Firmwaredownload has started.

0x8fd (Fabric OS): Switch: 0, Warning SULIB-FWDL_START, 3,
Firmwaredownload command has started.

switch:admin> firmwaredownloadstatus

[0]: Tue Apr 20 10:32:34 2004

cp0: Firmwaredownload has started.

[1]: Tue Apr 20 10:36:07 2004

cp0: Firmwaredownload has completed successfully.

[2]: Tue Apr 20 10:57:09 2004

cp0: Firmwarecommit has started.

[3]: Tue Apr 20 10:36:07 2004

cp0: Firmwarecommit has completed successfully.

[4]: Tue Apr 20 11:03:28 2004

cp0: Firmwaredownload command has completed successfully.

switch:admin> firmwareshow

Primary partition: v4.4.0

Secondary Partition: v4.4.0

switch:admin>