Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 133)

Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Installation Guide 121
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Chapter
6
Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files
In this chapter
• Software images required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
• Software image naming conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
• Displaying flash memory and version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
• Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
• Using unified software images to upgrade images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
• Upgrading images independently. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
• Loading and saving configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
• Dynamic configuration loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
• Using SNMP to save and load configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
• Erasing image and configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
• File synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
• Scheduling a system reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
• Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Software images required
This chapter describes the software images required to operate a BigIron RX Series switch and how
to load them on the switch. The images required are described in
Table 22 .
DANGER
The procedures in this manual are for qualified service personnel
TABLE 22 Software image files
Module Image type Image name
Management Module Boot and Monitor rmb<xxxxx>
IronWare rmpr<xxxxx>
FPGA mbridge
Interface Module Boot and Monitor rlb<xxxxx>
IronWare rlp<xxxxx>