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Firmware download scenarios If an X6 Director has a combination of tunnels with and without HA configurations, the message shown in the following example appears during a non-disruptive firmware download: X6-225:admin> firmwaredownload 10.7.7.7,,/downloads/fos/8.0.1/release.plist . . . Checking FCIP Tunnel HA Status. Tunnel 12/19 (FID:7) HA configure but HA Offline. Traffic will be disrupted. Tunnel 12/30 (FID:128) Not HA configured. Traffic will be disrupted. System settings check passed. This command will upgrade the firmware on both CP blades. If you want to upgrade firmware on a single CP only, please use -s option. You may run firmwaredownloadstatus to get the status of this command. This command will cause a warm/non-disruptive boot on the active CP, but will require that existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted. . . . NOTE If all the tunnels are configured for high availability, no warning regarding traffic disruption is displayed. 9. After the failover, connect to the switch, and log in again as admin. 10. Using a separate session to connect to the switch, enter firmwaredownloadstatus to monitor the firmware download status. switch:admin> firmwaredownloadstatus [1]: Mon Mar 22 04:27:21 2016 Slot 7 (CP1, active): Firmware is being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30 minutes. [2]: Mon Mar 22 04:34:58 2016 Slot 7 (CP1, active): Relocating an internal firmware image on the CP blade. [3]: Mon Mar 22 04:35:29 2016 Slot 7 (CP1, active): The internal firmware image is relocated successfully. [4]: Mon Mar 22 04:35:30 2016 Slot 7 (CP1, active): Firmware has been downloaded to the secondary partition of the switch. [5]: Mon Mar 22 04:37:24 2016 Slot 7 (CP1, standby): The firmware commit operation has started. This may take up to 10 minutes. [6]: Mon Mar 22 04:41:59 2016 Slot 7 (CP1, standby): The commit operation has completed successfully. [7]: Mon Mar 22 04:41:59 2016 Slot 7 (CP1, standby): Firmwaredownload command has completed successfully. Use firmwareshow to verify the firmware versions. 11. Enter firmwareshow to display the installed firmware version, so you can confirm that it has been correctly installed. Firmware download from a USB device The following Brocade devices support firmware downloading from a Brocade-branded USB device attached to the switch or active CP. Suitably preformatted USB sticks are available from Brocade technical support. ∙ Brocade 6505 switch ∙ Brocade 6510 switch ∙ Brocade 6520 switch ∙ Brocade 7840 switch ∙ Brocade DCX 8510-4 and Brocade DCX 8510-8 Directors ∙ Brocade G620 switch Brocade Fabric OS Upgrade Guide 28 53-1004124-01

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If an X6 Director has a combination of tunnels with and without HA configurations, the message shown in the following
example appears during a non-disruptive firmware download:
X6-225:admin> firmwaredownload 10.7.7.7,,/downloads/fos/8.0.1/release.plist
. . .
Checking FCIP Tunnel HA Status.
Tunnel 12/19 (FID:7) HA configure but HA Offline. Traffic will be disrupted.
Tunnel 12/30 (FID:128) Not HA configured. Traffic will be disrupted.
System settings check passed.
This command will upgrade the firmware on both CP blades. If you want to
upgrade firmware on a single CP only, please use -s option.
You may run firmwaredownloadstatus to get the status of this command.
This command will cause a warm/non-disruptive boot on the active CP, but will require that existing
telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted.
. . .
NOTE
If all the tunnels are configured for high availability, no warning regarding traffic disruption is displayed.
9.
After the failover, connect to the switch, and log in again as admin.
10.
Using a separate session to connect to the switch, enter
firmwaredownloadstatus
to monitor the firmware download status.
switch:admin> firmwaredownloadstatus
[1]: Mon Mar 22 04:27:21 2016
Slot 7 (CP1, active): Firmware is being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30
minutes.
[2]: Mon Mar 22 04:34:58 2016
Slot 7 (CP1, active): Relocating an internal firmware image on the CP blade.
[3]: Mon Mar 22 04:35:29 2016
Slot 7 (CP1, active): The internal firmware image is relocated successfully.
[4]: Mon Mar 22 04:35:30 2016
Slot 7 (CP1, active): Firmware has been downloaded to the secondary partition of the switch.
[5]: Mon Mar 22 04:37:24 2016
Slot 7 (CP1, standby): The firmware commit operation has started. This may take up to 10 minutes.
[6]: Mon Mar 22 04:41:59 2016
Slot 7 (CP1, standby): The commit operation has completed successfully.
[7]: Mon Mar 22 04:41:59 2016
Slot 7 (CP1, standby): Firmwaredownload command has completed successfully. Use firmwareshow to
verify the firmware versions.
11.
Enter
firmwareshow
to display the installed firmware version, so you can confirm that it has been correctly installed.
Firmware download from a USB device
The following Brocade devices support firmware downloading from a Brocade-branded USB device attached to the switch or active CP.
Suitably preformatted USB sticks are available from Brocade technical support.
∙
Brocade 6505 switch
∙
Brocade 6510 switch
∙
Brocade 6520 switch
∙
Brocade 7840 switch
∙
Brocade DCX 8510-4 and Brocade DCX 8510-8 Directors
∙
Brocade G620 switch
Firmware download scenarios
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