HP StorageWorks 8/80 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.x administrator guide (5697 - Page 182

Autoleveling takes place in parallel with the firmware download being performed on the CPs, but does not impact performance. Fibre Channel traffic is not disrupted during autoleveling, but GbE traffic on AP blades may be affected. sw77:admin> firmwaredownload Type of Firmware (FOS, SAS, or any application) [FOS]: Server Name or IP Address: 192.168.32.10 Network Protocol (1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP) [1]: User Name: userfoo File Name: /home/userfoo/v6.1.0 Password: Verifying the input parameters ... Verifying the system parameters for firmwaredownload.... The following AP blades are installed in the system. Slot Name Versions Traffic Disrupted 3 FC4-16IP 6.1.0 GigE 4 FR4-18i 6.1.0 None 10 FR4-18i 6.0.0 None This command will upgrade both CPs and all AP blade(s) above. It will temporarily disrupt the specified traffic on the AP blade(s) when it activates the new firmware. If you want to upgrade a single CP only, please use -s option. You can run firmwareDownloadStatus to get the status of this command. This command will cause the active CP to reset and will require that existing telnet or SSH sessions be restarted. Do you want to continue [Y]: y The firmware is being downloaded to the Standby CP. It may take up to 10 minutes Do you want to continue [Y]: y 10. Optionally, after the failover, connect to the switch, and log in again as admin. Using a separate session to connect to the switch, enter the firmwareDownloadStatus command to monitor the firmware download status. sw77:root> firmwareDownloadstatus [1]: Thu Jul 28 00:30:49 2005 Slot 2 : Firmware is being downloaded to the blade. It may take up to 30 minutes. [2]: Thu Jul 28 00:30:49 2005 Slot 7 : Firmware is being downloaded to the blade. It may take up to 30 minutes. [3]: Thu Jul 28 00:37:42 2005 Slot 2 : Firmware has been downloaded successfully to the blade. [4]: Thu Jul 28 00:37:42 2005 Slot 7 : Firmware has been downloaded successfully to the blade. [5]: Thu Jul 28 00:37:50 2005 Slot 2 : Blade is rebooting. [6]: Thu Jul 28 00:37:50 2005 Slot 7 : Blade is rebooting. [7]: Thu Jul 28 00:37:50 2005 Slot 2 : Firmware commit is started. 182 Installing and maintaining firmware