Dell Brocade G620 Brocade 8.0.1 Fabric OS Software Upgrade Guide - Page 25

Firmware download scenarios 6. Enter y at the Do you want to continue [y/n] prompt. 7. After the High Availability (HA) reboot, reconnect to the switch and log in again using an account with admin permissions. 8. Enter firmwaredownloadstatus to determine if the firmware download process has completed. 9. After the firmware commit is completed, which takes several minutes, enter the firmwareshow command to verify the firmware level of both partitions is the same. The following example illustrates the initial portion of an interactive firmware download. After this portion is complete, you will see a scrolling list of the firmware elements being installed. switch:admin> firmwaredownload Server Name or IP Address: 10.7.7.7 User Name: admin File Name: /home/SAN/fos/8.0.1/8.0.1 Network Protocol(1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP, 4-SFTP) [1]: 4 Verifying if the public key authentication is available.Please wait ... The public key authentication is not available. Password: Server IP: 10.7.7.7, Protocol IPv4 Checking system settings for firmwaredownload... Firmware download considerations for Directors The following items are specific to firmware downloads for Brocade Directors. ATTENTION To successfully download firmware, you must have an active Ethernet connection for each control processor (CP) in the chassis. You can download firmware to a Director without disrupting the overall fabric if both CP blades are installed and fully synchronized. To determine if they are synchronized, enter hashow before initiating the firmware download process. If the CP blades are synchronized, the command will produce a response similar to the following: Local CP (Slot 7, CP1) : Active, Warm Recovered Remote CP (Slot 6, CP0) : Standby, Healthy HA Enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State Synchronized The last line indicates that the blades are synchronized. In addition, the slot numbers shown for the CPs are determined the Director type, so those for your Director may not match the example. NOTE If only one CP blade is inserted, powered on or plugged into the network, you can run firmwaredownload -s to upgrade the CP. This will disrupt the network traffic. If there are two CPs, but they are not in sync, run hasyncstart, and then enter hashow to view their status. If the CPs are still not in sync after this, refer to the Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide. If the troubleshooting information fails to help resolve the issue, contact your switch service provider. Alternatively, you can run the firmwaredownload command separately on each CP to upgrade it, and manually switch the CPs between active and standby. These operations are disruptive when run on the primary CP first, but are not disruptive if you run it on the standby CP first. In most cases, after the standby CP comes up, it will resynchronize with the active CP. At that point, a manual failover can be executed on the active CP non-disruptively and then firmwaredownload -s can be performed on the new standby CP. This is actually a common operation carried out by many field personnel to upgrade firmware. Brocade Fabric OS Upgrade Guide 53-1004124-01 25