Dell PowerConnect B-RX Multi-Service IronWare Software R02.8.00 Release Notes - Page 17

Backing up the current software images Before performing a software upgrade, Brocade recommends backing up the following current software images in the device's flash memory. Syntax:: cp Unified software image upgrade You can use the unified software image upgrade procedure to upgrade the monitor and the Multi-Service IronWare image of both management and interface modules. You can use the following command to upgrade the images. You can set parameters to limit images being copied and to direct images to be copied to the secondary image location to a later release. 1. Copy the unified software image (rx02800.bin) from a TFTP server to the switch. For example, to copy the entire unified software image from a TFTP server at IP address 10.10.12.12, use the following command. BigIron RX# copy tftp image 10.10.12.12 rx02800.bin 2. Reboot the management module using the reload command. 3. If you are using SSH v2, you must clear the crypto key using the crypto key zeroize command after you upgrade. Then, regenerate a new crypto key using the crypto key generate command. This is the most common upgrade method. After reload all the cards in the system will be running the new monitor and Multi-Service IronWare image. You can also upgrade the boot images of the Management module and the interface module using the unified software image upgrade command along with the monitor and system image. This should be done only if it is mentioned in the release notes that the upgrade of the boot images are necessary. We can use the following option with the above mentioned command to upgrade boot image along with monitor and system image as shown below. BigIron RX# copy tftp image 10.10.12.12 rx02800.bin lp-boot mp-boot Syntax: copy tftp image [lp-boot | lp-sec | mp-boot | mp-sec | mbridge] The variable is the IP address for the TFTP server you are downloading the image from. The variable is the name of the unified software image you want to download to the switch. The lp-boot parameter specifies that you want to download the new interface module boot image. The lp-sec parameter specifies that interface image be copied to the secondary location in flash. The mbridge parameter tells the BigIron RX to copy the MBRIDGE image. It will now include two MBRIDGES; one for BigIron RX-16/8/4 (mbridge.xsvf) and one for the BigIron RX-32(mbridge32.xsvf). The mp-boot parameter specifies that you want to download the new management module boot image. The mp-sec parameter specifies that management image be copied to the secondary location in flash IronWare Software Release 02.8.00 for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches Release Notes v 1.0 Page 17 of 37