Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 6)

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Replacing a switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Removing a switch fabric module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Installing a new switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Replacing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Removing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Installing a new fiber-optic transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Replacing a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Determining which power supply failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Replacing cooling system components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Replacing fan assemblies in the BigIron RX-16. . . . . . . . . . . .114
Replacing the fan assembly in the BigIron RX-4
and BigIron RX-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Replacing the air filters in a BigIron RX Series switch. . . . . . .119
Chapter 6 Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files
Software images required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Software image naming conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Displaying flash memory and version information . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Displaying flash information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Displaying version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Changes to software images starting with version 02.5.00. .130
Command change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Using unified software images to upgrade images . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release
02.6.00 and later. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Unified software image upgrade to upgrade
release 02.2.01 to 02.5.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Upgrading images independently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Upgrading software releases prior to release 02.2.01 . . . . . .135
Basic tasks in the software upgrade process . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Upgrading the management module monitor and boot images136
Upgrading the IronWare image on a management module . .137
Upgrading the monitor and boot images on interface modules137
Upgrading the interface module’s IronWare image. . . . . . . . .138
Rebooting the management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Upgrading the MBRIDGE FPGA on the management
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Hitless Layer 2 OS upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141