Dell Brocade G620 Brocade 8.0.1 Fabric OS Software Upgrade Guide - Page 36

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Testing firmware b) Enter firmwaredownload -sbn. This ensures that the following steps are successful. The firmware is downloaded to the standby CP only and that CP is rebooted. This will cause the current login session to be disconnected. c) Wait one minute for the standby CP to reboot, and then connect to the Director and log in as admin. d) Enter firmwareshow and confirm that both primary partitions have the test drive firmware in place. You are now ready to evaluate the new firmware version. ATTENTION Stop! If you want to restore the firmware, stop here and skip ahead to step 13; otherwise, continue to step 11 to commit the firmware on both CPs, which completes the firmware download. 11. Enter firmwarecommit to update the secondary partition on the standby CP with the new firmware. CAUTION Do not do anything on the Director while this operation is in process. It will take several minutes to complete the commit operation. 12. Perform a commit on the active CP. a) Enter firmwareshow in the current session on the active CP, and confirm that only the active CP secondary partition contains the old firmware. b) Enter firmwarecommit to update the secondary partition with the new firmware. It takes several minutes to complete the commit operation. CAUTION Do not do anything on the Director while this operation is in process. c) When the firmwarecommit command completes, enter firmwareshow and confirm both partitions on both CPs contain the new firmware. d) Enter hashow and confirm that the HA state is in sync. ATTENTION Stop! If you have completed step 11, then you have committed the firmware on both CPs and you have completed the firmware download procedure. 13. Enter firmwarerestore in the current session on the standby CP to restore the firmware on that CP. The standby CP reboots and the current session ends. After several minutes, both partitions should have the same Fabric OS version. 14. Run HA failover on the active CP. a) Enter hashow in the current session on the active CP and verify that HA synchronization is complete. It typically takes a minute or two for the standby CP to reboot and synchronize with the active CP. b) Enter hafailover. The active CP reboots and the current session ends. The Director is now running the original firmware on the original active CP. 15. Restore firmware on the "new" standby CP. a) Wait one minute and connect to the Director on the new standby CP, which is the former active CP. b) Enter firmwarerestore. Brocade Fabric OS Upgrade Guide 36 53-1004124-01

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b)
Enter
firmwaredownload -sbn
. This ensures that the following steps are successful.
The firmware is downloaded to the standby CP only and that CP is rebooted. This will cause the current login session to be
disconnected.
c)
Wait one minute for the standby CP to reboot, and then connect to the Director and log in as admin.
d)
Enter
firmwareshow
and confirm that
both
primary partitions have the test drive firmware in place.
You are now ready to evaluate the new firmware version.
ATTENTION
Stop!
If you want to
restore
the firmware, stop here and skip ahead to step 13; otherwise, continue to step 11 to
commit the firmware on both CPs, which completes the firmware download.
11.
Enter
firmwarecommit
to update the secondary partition on the standby CP with the new firmware.
CAUTION
Do not do anything on the Director while this operation is in process. It will take several minutes to complete the
commit operation.
12.
Perform a commit on the active CP.
a)
Enter
firmwareshow
in the current session on the active CP, and confirm that only the active CP secondary partition
contains the old firmware.
b)
Enter
firmwarecommit
to update the secondary partition with the new firmware. It takes several minutes to complete the
commit operation.
CAUTION
Do not do anything on the Director while this operation is in process.
c)
When the
firmwarecommit
command completes, enter
firmwareshow
and confirm both partitions on both CPs contain the
new firmware.
d)
Enter
hashow
and confirm that the HA state is in sync.
ATTENTION
Stop!
If you have completed step 11, then you have committed the firmware on both CPs and you have completed
the firmware download procedure.
13.
Enter
firmwarerestore
in the current session on the standby CP to restore the firmware on that CP.
The standby CP reboots and the current session ends. After several minutes, both partitions should have the same Fabric OS
version.
14.
Run HA failover on the active CP.
a)
Enter
hashow
in the current session on the active CP and verify that HA synchronization is complete.
It typically takes a minute or two for the standby CP to reboot and synchronize with the active CP.
b)
Enter
hafailover
.
The active CP reboots and the current session ends. The Director is now running the original firmware on the original active
CP.
15.
Restore firmware on the “new” standby CP.
a)
Wait one minute and connect to the Director on the new standby CP, which is the former active CP.
b)
Enter
firmwarerestore
.
Testing firmware
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