Dell Brocade G620 Brocade 8.0.1 Fabric OS Software Upgrade Guide - Page 31

Validating a firmware installation You can validate the firmware installation on a switch or Director by running the following commands: firmwareshow and firmwaredownloadstatus. NOTE There is no way to perform a checksum validation on a direct firmware installation; the files are directly transferred and installed from the Brocade file servers. TABLE 5 Commands used for validating a firmware download Command Description firmwareshow Displays the current firmware level on the switch, including any states in transition during the firmware download process. For Brocade chassis-based devices, this command displays the firmware loaded on both partitions (primary and secondary) for all control processor (CP) and application processor (AP) blades. Brocade recommends that you maintain the same firmware level on both partitions of each CP within the device. firmwaredownloadstatus Displays an event log that records the progress and status of events during Fabric OS firmware downloads. An event log is created by the current firmwaredownload command and is kept until another firmwaredownload command is issued. A time stamp is associated with each event. When downloading to devices with two control processors, you can only run this command on the active CP. When downloadingFabric OS, the event logs in the two CPs are synchronized. This command can be run from either CP. Confirming that the switch and fabric are working properly together Use the following commands to ensure that the fabric and connections to the attached devices have been restored correctly: nsshow, nsallshow, and fabricshow. Also, you can verify that no ports are coming up as G_Ports by using the switchshow command. NOTE All of the connected servers, storage devices, and switches should be present in the output of these commands. If there is a discrepancy, it is possible that a device or switch cannot connect to the fabric and further troubleshooting is necessary. TABLE 6 Commands used for validating firmware and fabric functionality Command Description nsshow Displays all devices directly connected to the switch that have logged in to the name server. Make sure the number of attached devices after the firmware download is exactly the same as the number of attached devices prior to the firmware download. nsallshow Displays all devices connected to a fabric. Make sure the number of attached devices after the firmware download is exactly the same as the number of attached devices prior to the firmware download. fabricshow Displays all switches in a fabric. Make sure the number of switches in the fabric after the firmware download is exactly the same as the number of attached devices prior to the firmware download. Brocade Fabric OS Upgrade Guide 53-1004124-01 31