HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fab - Page 83

SAS and SA firmware download for SW7600 and FC4-18 blade platforms, Also, for Brocade 7600

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Performing a firmware download 4 3. Type the host name or IP address, user name, password, and fully qualified path to the file release.plist. You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. The path name should follow the structure below: ////release.plist where the is the path up to the entry point of and is where the unzipped version of Fabric OS has been put. For example: //directory_1/my_directory/v5.2.0/release.plist 4. Select the protocol type in the Protocol Type field. If you choose "Secure Copy Protocol (SCP)," you cannot specify "anonymous" in the User field. 5. Click Apply. The firmware download begins. You can monitor the firmware download status on the Firmware Download progress bar. About halfway through the download process, connection to the switch is lost and Web Tools invalidates the current session. (Web Tools invalidates all windows if upfront login is enabled.) 6. Close all Web Tools windows and log in again. If the firmware download is in progress when you log in, you can continue to monitor its progress. SAS and SA firmware download for SW7600 and FC4-18 blade platforms If you are downloading SAS and DMM firmware directly to the blade, you have more options on the Firmware Download tab, as shown inFigure 32. Also, for Brocade 7600, a collapsible area appears on the Firmware Download tab to show application firmware information In addition to specifying the information described in the steps on page 60, you can choose: • Whether to download the firmware or the firmware key. • The type of firmware you want to be downloaded. • The firmware path. Web Tools displays up to 15 path entries in the Specify Firmware Path field. • To download the firmware even if it is not compatible (skip version check). • To enable removal of application firmware (erase SA). Web Tools Administrator's Guide 61 Publication Number: 53-1000435-01

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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
61
Publication Number: 53-1000435-01
Performing a firmware download
4
3.
Type the host name or IP address, user name, password, and fully qualified path to the file
release.plist
.
You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.
The path name should follow the structure below:
//<directory>/<fos_version_directory>/release.plist
where the
<directory>
is the path up to the entry point of
<fos_version_directory>
and
<fos_version_directory>
is where the unzipped version of Fabric OS has been put. For
example:
//directory_1/my_directory/v5.2.0/release.plist
4.
Select the protocol type in the Protocol Type field.
If you choose “Secure Copy Protocol (SCP),” you cannot specify “anonymous” in the User field.
5.
Click
Apply
.
The firmware download begins. You can monitor the firmware download status on the
Firmware Download progress bar.
About halfway through the download process, connection to the switch is lost and Web Tools
invalidates the current session. (Web Tools invalidates all windows if upfront login is enabled.)
6.
Close all Web Tools windows and log in again.
If the firmware download is in progress when you log in, you can continue to monitor its
progress.
SAS and SA firmware download for SW7600 and FC4-18 blade platforms
If you are downloading SAS and DMM firmware directly to the blade, you have more options on
the Firmware Download tab, as shown in
Figure 32
. Also, for Brocade 7600, a collapsible area
appears on the Firmware Download tab to show application firmware information
In addition to specifying the information described in the steps on
page 60
, you can choose:
Whether to download the firmware or the firmware key.
The type of firmware you want to be downloaded.
The firmware path. Web Tools displays up to 15 path entries in the Specify Firmware Path field.
To download the firmware even if it is not compatible (skip version check).
To enable removal of application firmware (erase SA).