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Upgrading the IronWare image on the management module

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Upgrading the IronWare image on the management module To upgrade the IronWare image (primary or secondary) on the management module, perform the following steps: 1. Place the new IronWare image 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 IronWare image from the TFTP server or a flash card in slot 1 or slot 2 to the management module's code flash or a flash card in slot 1 or slot 2. To perform this step, enter one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (For example: BigIron RX#): Table 7: Command syntax for upgrading IronWare image on the management module Command syntax Description copy tftp flash Copies the images from the TFTP server to the primary or primary | secondary secondary locations in flash memory. copy tftp slot1 | slot2 primary | secondary copy slot1 | slot2 flash primary | secondary Copies the images from a flash card to the primary or secondary locations in flash memory. copy slot1 | slot2 slot1 | slot2 Copies the images from a flash card in slot 1 or slot 2 to another flash card in slot 1 or slot 2. For example, to copy the management module's Ironware image from TFTP server 10.10.12.12 to flash memory, enter the following command. BigIron RX# copy tftp flash 10.10.12.12 rmpr02800.bin primary 3. Verify that the new IronWare image has been successfully copied to the specified destination by entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI: BigIron RX# show flash (if the destination was code flash) BigIron RX# dir // (if the destination was slot 1 or slot 2) Check for the primary or secondary image and the date and time that it was placed in the directory. 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. For more information, see Rebooting the management module. Upgrading the monitor and boot images on the interface module Note: We recommend that you perform this upgrade procedure from a PC or terminal that is directly connected to the management module console port. You can also perform this procedure using a Telnet or SSHv2 session. IronWare Software Release 02.8.00 for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches Release Notes v 1.0 Page 19 of 37

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IronWare Software Release 02.8.00
for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0
Page 19 of 37
Upgrading the IronWare image on the management module
To upgrade the IronWare image (primary or secondary) on the management module, perform the
following steps:
1.
Place the new IronWare image 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 IronWare image from the TFTP server or a flash card in slot 1 or slot 2 to the
management module’s code flash or a flash card in slot 1 or slot 2.
To perform this step, enter one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI
(
For example:
BigIron RX#
):
Table 7: Command syntax for upgrading IronWare image on the management module
Command syntax
Description
copy tftp flash <
TFTP-server-ip-addr
> <
image-name
>
primary | secondary
Copies the images from the TFTP server to the primary or
secondary locations in flash memory.
copy tftp slot1 | slot2 <
TFTP-server-ip-addr
> <
image-
name
> primary | secondary
Copies the images from the TFTP server to a flash card.
copy slot1 | slot2 flash <
image-name
> primary |
secondary
Copies the images from a flash card to the primary or
secondary locations in flash memory.
copy slot1 | slot2 slot1 | slot2 <
image-name
> <
dest-
name
>
Copies the images from a flash card in slot 1 or slot 2 to
another flash card in slot 1 or slot 2.
For example, to copy the management module’s Ironware image from TFTP server 10.10.12.12 to
flash memory, enter the following command.
BigIron RX# copy tftp flash 10.10.12.12 rmpr02800.bin primary
3.
Verify that the new IronWare image has been successfully copied to the specified destination by
entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI:
BigIron RX# show flash
(if the destination was code flash)
BigIron RX# dir /<path-
name>/
(if the destination was slot 1 or slot 2)
Check for the primary or secondary image and the date and time that it was placed in the directory.
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. For more information, see
Rebooting the management module.
Upgrading the monitor and boot images on the interface module
Note:
We recommend that you perform this upgrade procedure from a PC or terminal that is directly
connected to the management module console port. You can also perform this procedure using a Telnet or
SSHv2 session.