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B firmwareDownload Diagnostics The configuration download may fail for one or more of the following reasons: • The switch has not been disabled. Disabling the switch is not necessary for configuration files containing only certain SNMP or Fabric Watch parameters. You may wish to attempt configDownload first without disabling the switch, and if there is at least one changed parameter outside of Fabric Watch or SNMP, you are prompted to disable the switch before proceeding. • The host name is not known to the switch. • The host IP address cannot be contacted. • You do not have permission on the host. • You are running a script that prints something at login. • The file does not exist on the host. • The file is not a switch configuration file. • The FTP server is not running on the host. • The configuration file contains errors. • The configuration file's logical switch definitions do not match the definitions on the target switch. firmwareDownload Synopsis Description Downloads firmware from a remote host, a local directory, or a USB device. To invoke the command in interactive mode: firmwaredownload To download FOS firmware over a network: firmwaredownload [ -s [ -b | -n ] ] [ -p ftp | scp ] [ -c ] [ -o ] host, user, pfile, passwd To download SAS/SA firmware over a network: firmwaredownload -a sas | dmm | application [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -p ftp | scp ] [ -c ] [ -o ] host, user, pfile, passwd To download SAS firmware over a network and remove the existing SA firmware at the same time: firmwaredownload -a sas [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -p ftp | scp ] [ -c ] [ -o ] [ -e ] host, user, pfile, passwd To download FOS firmware from a USB device: firmwaredownload [ -s [ -b | -n ] ] [ -U ] [-c] [ -o ] pfile To download SAS/SA firmware from a USB device: firmwaredownload -a sas | dmm | application [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -U ] [-c] [ -o ] pfile To download SAS firmware from a USB device and remove the existing SA firmware at the same time: firmwaredownload -a sas [ -t slotnumber(s) ] [ -U ] [-c] [ -o ] [ -e ] pfile Use this command to download switch firmware from an FTP or SSH server or local NFS directory to nonvolatile storage. Switch firmware can also be downloaded from an external USB device on platforms that support USB. 42 Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module Administrator's Guide 53-1001345-01

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firmwareDownload
B
Diagnostics
The configuration download may fail for one or more of the following reasons:
•
The switch has not been disabled. Disabling the switch is not necessary for configuration files
containing only certain SNMP or Fabric Watch parameters. You may wish to attempt
configDownload
first without disabling the switch, and if there is at least one changed
parameter outside of Fabric Watch or SNMP, you are prompted to disable the switch before
proceeding.
•
The host name is not known to the switch.
•
The host IP address cannot be contacted.
•
You do not have permission on the host.
•
You are running a script that prints something at login.
•
The file does not exist on the host.
•
The file is not a switch configuration file.
•
The FTP server is not running on the host.
•
The configuration file contains errors.
•
The configuration file’s logical switch definitions do not match the definitions on the target
switch.
firmwareDownload
Downloads firmware from a remote host, a local directory, or a USB device.
Synopsis
To invoke the command in interactive mode:
firmwaredownload
To download FOS firmware over a network:
firmwaredownload
[
-s
[
-b
|
-n
] ] [
-p ftp
|
scp
] [
-c
] [
-o
]
host
,
user
,
pfile
,
passwd
To download SAS/SA firmware over a network:
firmwaredownload -a
sas | dmm |
application
[
-t
slotnumber(s)
] [
-p ftp
|
scp
] [
-c
] [
-o
]
host
,
user
,
pfile
,
passwd
To download SAS firmware over a network and remove the existing SA firmware at the same time:
firmwaredownload -a
sas [
-t
slotnumber(s)
] [
-p ftp
|
scp
] [
-c
] [
-o
] [
-e
]
host
,
user
,
pfile
,
passwd
To download FOS firmware from a USB device:
firmwaredownload
[
-s
[
-b
|
-n
] ] [
-U
] [
-c
] [
-o
]
pfile
To download SAS/SA firmware from a USB device:
firmwaredownload -a
sas | dmm |
application
[
-t
slotnumber(s)
] [
-U
] [
-c
] [
-o
]
pfile
To download SAS firmware from a USB device and remove the existing SA firmware at the same
time:
firmwaredownload -a
sas [
-t
slotnumber(s)
] [
-U
] [
-c
] [
-o
] [
-e
]
pfile
Description
Use this command to download switch firmware from an FTP or SSH server or local NFS directory to
nonvolatile storage. Switch firmware can also be downloaded from an external USB device on
platforms that support USB.