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

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Maintaining configurations and firmware

Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 upgrade procedure

The Core Switch 2/64 has four IP addresses: one for each of the two logical switches (switch 0 and

switch 1) and one for each of the two CP cards (CP0 in slot 5 and CP1 in slot 6). The SAN Director

2/128 in its default configuration has three IP addresses, but it can be configured for four.

NOTE:

By default, the

firmwaredownload

command automatically upgrades both the active CP card

and the standby CP card. When upgrading a Core Switch 2/64 that is running v4.0.0c or earlier, you

must upgrade each CP card separately, as described in ”

To upgrade a single Core Switch 2/64 or SAN

Director 2/128 CP card:

” on page 240. You should not use this procedure under normal circumstances.

Follow this procedure to upgrade the firmware on the Core Switch 2/64 and the SAN Director 2/128:

1.

Verify that the FTP service is running on the host server and that you have a user ID on that server.

2.

Obtain the firmware file from the HP StorageWorks web site at

http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html

and store the file on the FTP server. Verify that

the FTP service is running.

3.

Use the

firmwareshow

command to check the current firmware version on connected switches.

Upgrade their firmware if necessary before proceeding with upgrading this switch.
See ”

Checking connected switches

” on page 79.

4.

Using a telnet session, connect to the switch and log in as admin.

5.

For the Core Switch 2/64, issue the

firmwareshow

command to check the current firmware version

of the switch.
If the switch is running v4.0.0c or earlier, and you want to downgrade to an earlier version, you must

load firmware to each CP card separately using the procedure in ”

To upgrade a single Core Switch

2/64 or SAN Director 2/128 CP card:

” on page 240.

6.

Issue the

hashow

command to confirm that the two CP cards are synchronized. CP cards must be

synchronized and running Fabric OS v4.1.0 or later to provide a nondisruptive download. If the two

CP cards are not synchronized, and the current firmware version is 4.1.0 or later, issue the

hasyncstart

command to synchronize the two CP cards. In the following example, the active CP

card is CP1 and the standby CP card is CP0.

Example:

7.

Log in to either of the logical switches.

8.

Issue the

firmwaredownload

command.

9.

At the

Do you want to continue [y/n]

prompt enter:

y

switch:admin> hashow

Local CP (Slot 6, CP1): Active

Remote CP (Slot 5, CP0): Standby

HA Enabled, Heartbeat up, HA State is in Sync

switch:admin>