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Upgrading the images independently, Upgrading the monitor and boot images on the management module

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Upgrading the images independently Note: Using the unified approach is the easier single step process and also the preferred one. If you do not want to use the unified software upgrade procedure to upgrade your modules boot, monitor and system images, you can do them one by one separately, as described in the sections below. Upgrading the monitor and boot images on the management module To upgrade the monitor and boot images on the management module, perform the following steps: 1. Place the new boot images on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX system has access or on a PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or slot 2. 2. Copy the new monitor and boot images to the BigIron RX. Enter one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (For example: BigIron RX#): Table 6: Command syntax for upgrading monitor and boot images on the management module Command syntax Description copy tftp flash Copies the latest monitor image from the TFTP server to mon flash. copy tftp flash Copies the latest boot images from the TFTP server to flash. boot copy tftp flash Copies the latest monitor and boot images from the TFTP mon copy-boot server to flash. For example, to copy the management module boot and monitor image from TFTP server 10.10.12.12, enter the following command. BigIron RX# copy tftp flash 10.10.12.12 rmb02800.bin mon copy-boot 3. Verify that the new monitor and boot images have been successfully copied to flash or slot 1 or slot 2 by entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI: BigIron RX# show flash BigIron RX# dir // (if the destination was slot 1 or slot 2) and check for the boot image, monitor image, and the date and time at which the new images were built. 4. If you want to upgrade other software images, go to the appropriate upgrade section for information. If you have completed upgrading the software images, you must reboot the management module to complete the upgrade process. IronWare Software Release 02.8.00 for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches Release Notes v 1.0 Page 18 of 37

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IronWare Software Release 02.8.00
for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0
Page 18 of 37
Upgrading the images independently
Note:
Using the unified approach is the easier single step process and also the preferred one.
If you do not want to use the unified software upgrade procedure to upgrade your modules boot, monitor
and system images, you can do them one by one separately, as described in the sections below.
Upgrading the monitor and boot images on the management module
To upgrade the monitor and boot images on the management module, perform the following steps:
1.
Place the new boot images on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX system has access or on a
PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or slot 2.
2.
Copy the new monitor and boot images to the BigIron RX. Enter one of the following commands at
the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (For example:
BigIron RX#
):
Table 6: Command syntax for upgrading monitor and boot images
on the management module
Command syntax
Description
copy tftp flash
<TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-name>
mon
Copies the latest monitor image from the TFTP server to
flash.
copy tftp flash
<TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-name>
boot
Copies the latest boot images from the TFTP server to flash.
copy tftp flash
<TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-name>
mon copy-boot
Copies the latest monitor and boot images from the TFTP
server to flash.
For example, to copy the management module boot and monitor image from TFTP server 10.10.12.12,
enter the following command.
BigIron RX# copy tftp flash 10.10.12.12 rmb02800.bin mon copy-boot
3.
Verify that the new monitor and boot images have been successfully copied to flash or slot 1 or slot 2
by entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI:
BigIron RX# show flash
BigIron RX# dir /<path-name>/
(if the destination was slot 1 or slot 2) and check for the boot image,
monitor image, and the date and time at which the new images were built.
4.
If you want to upgrade other software images, go to the appropriate upgrade section for information.
If you have completed upgrading the software images, you must reboot the management module to
complete the upgrade process.