Dell 8 Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric - Page 364

2 firmwareDownload firmwareDownload Downloads firmware from a remote host, a local directory, or a USB device. Synopsis To invoke the command in interactive mode: firmwaredownload To download FOS firmware over a network: firmwaredownload [ -s [ -b | -n ] ] [ -p ftp | scp ] [ -c ] [ -o ] host, user, pfile, passwd To download SAS/SA firmware over a network: firmwaredownload -a sas | dmm | application [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -p ftp | scp ] [ -c ] [ -o ] host, user, pfile, passwd To download SAS firmware over a network and remove the existing SA firmware at the same time: firmwaredownload -a sas [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -p ftp | scp ] [ -c ] [ -o ] [ -e ] host, user, pfile, passwd To download FOS firmware from a USB device: firmwaredownload [ -s [ -b | -n ] ] [ -U ] [-c] [ -o ] pfile To download SAS/SA firmware from a USB device: firmwaredownload -a sas | dmm | application [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -U ] [-c] [ -o ] pfile To download SAS firmware from a USB device and remove the existing SA firmware at the same time: firmwaredownload -a sas [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -U ] [-c] [ -o ] [ -e ] pfile Description Use this command to download switch firmware from an FTP or SSH server or local NFS directory to nonvolatile storage. Switch firmware can also be downloaded from an external USB device on platforms that support USB. The new firmware is downloaded in the form of RPM packages. Package names are defined in pfile along with other firmware information (time stamp, platform code, version, etc.). These packages are made available periodically to add features or to remedy defects. Contact customer support to obtain information about available firmware versions. On enterprise-class platforms, this command, by default, downloads the firmware image to both CPs in rollover mode to prevent disruption to application services. This operation depends on High Availability (HA) support. If HA is not available, use the -s option to upgrade the CPs one at a time. All systems supported by this firmware have two partitions of nonvolatile storage (primary and secondary) to store two firmware images. This command always downloads the new image to the secondary partition and then swaps partitions so the secondary partition becomes the primary. By default, firmwaredownload then reboots the system and activates the new image. Finally, it performs a firmwareCommit automatically to copy the new image to the other partition. In systems with blade processors (BPs), after the new CP firmware is downloaded to the system and activated, the BP firmware is downloaded to the BP processors if there is a mismatch between the BP and CP firmware. By default, firmwareDownload performs a full install, autoreboot, and autocommit. These modes are selectable only in single CP (-s) mode, in which case autoreboot is OFF by default. 332 Fabric OS Command Reference 53-1001764-02