Dell Brocade 5100 Brocade 7.4.0 Fabric OS Software Upgrade Guide - Page 3

Contents Preface...5 Document conventions 5 Text formatting conventions 5 Command syntax conventions 5 Notes, cautions, and warnings 6 Brocade resources 7 Contacting Brocade Technical Support 7 Document feedback 8 About This Document...9 Supported hardware and software 9 Supported upgrade paths 10 Upgrade and downgrade considerations 11 Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations for MAPS 11 Firmware upgrade considerations 11 Firmware downgrade considerations 13 Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations for Flow Vision 14 Configuration file upload and download considerations 14 Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations for Peer Zoning 15 Installing and Maintaining Firmware 17 Firmware download process overview 17 Considerations for FTP server credentials with special characters 18 Upgrading and downgrading firmware 19 Passwordless firmware download 20 Staging the firmware download 20 Considerations for FICON CUP environments 21 HA sync state 21 Displaying the HA redundancy status 22 Enabling automatic firmware synchronization from active CP to the standby CP 23 Manually synchronizing the firmware from the active CP to the standby CP 24 Preparing for a Firmware Download 25 Prerequisites 25 Obtaining and decompressing firmware 25 Connected switches 26 Finding the switch firmware version 26 Firmware Download Scenarios 27 Firmware download on switches 27 Switch firmware download process overview 27 Upgrading firmware for Brocade fixed-port switches 28 Fabric OS Upgrade Guide 3 53-1003515-01