HP StorageWorks 4/256 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.x administrator guide (569 - Page 154
autoleveling, Server Name, or IP Address, User name, File name, Password
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8. Respond to the prompts as follows: Server Name or IP Address User name File name Enter the name or IP address of the FTP server where the firmware file is stored; for example, 192.1.2.3. You can enter a server name if DNS is enabled. Enter the user name of your account on the server; for example, "JohnDoe". Fabric OS 5.2.x or higher: Specify the full path name of the firmware directory, for example, /pub/v5.2.x. Password Fabric OS 5.1.x or lower: Specify the full path name of the firmware directory, appended by release.plist; for example, /pub/v5.1.x/release.plist. Note: For v4.x and v5.x switches only, do not attempt to locate the release.plist file in the top level directory; there is a release.plist file for each platform, and the correct one is automatically selected. Enter your account password for the server. Note that this is a required field even if you are logged in as an anonymous user; in such cases, the value may be ignored by the FTP service. After the firmware is downloaded, the switch performs an HA reboot and starts the firmware commit. 9. After the HA reboot, connect to the switch and log in again as admin. 10. If you want snapshots of the upgrade progress, using a separate telnet session, enter the firmwareDownloadStatus command to monitor the firmware download. 11. After the firmware commit is completed, enter the firmwareShow command to display the firmware level of both partitions. It takes several minutes to complete the commit operation. switch:admin> firmwaredownload Server Name or IP Address: 10.1.2.3 FTP User Name: JaneDoe File Name: /pub/v5.2.x FTP Password: xxxx Verifying the input parameters ... Checking system settings for firmwaredownload... You can run firmwaredownloadstatus to get the status of this command. This command will cause a warm/non-disruptive boot on the switch, but will require that existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted. Do you want to continue [Y] y The firmware is downloaded to one CP blade at a time, beginning with the standby CP blade. During the process, the active CP blade is failed over. After the firmware is downloaded, a firmware commit starts on both CP blades. The entire firmware download and commit process takes approximately 35 minutes. If there is an AP blade present: At the point of the failover an autoleveling process is activated. autoleveling is triggered when the active CP detects a blade that contains a different version of the firmware, regardless of which version is older. Autoleveling downloads firmware to the AP blade, swaps partitions, reboots the blade, and copies the new firmware from the primary partition to the secondary partition. If you have multiple AP blades, they are updated simultaneously; however, the downloads can occur at different rates. 154 Installing and maintaining firmware