Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/24c Service Manual

53-1003240-0215 August 2014Fabric OSUpgrade GuideSupporting Fabric OS v7.3.0

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Changes made for Fabric OS 7.3.0aThe following content is new or significantly revised from 53-1003240-01 for this release of thisdocument:• Changed l

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Installing and Maintaining Firmware● Firmware download process overview... 13

(which is nondisruptive) the system. After the system boots up, the new firmware is activated. Thefirmware download process then copies the new image

then you must export the public key to the remote host. Before running the firmwareDownloadcommand, you must first configure the SSH protocol to permi

Backbone HA sync states (Continued)TABLE 2 Active CP Fabric OSversionStandby CP Fabric OSversionHA sync state Remedyv7.2.0 v7.2.0 InSync N/Av7.2.0 v

Enabling automatic firmware synchronization from active CP to thestandby CPStarting with Fabric OS 7.3.0, you can enable automatic firmware synchroniz

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Preparing for a Firmware Download● Prerequisites...

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When you unpack the downloaded firmware, it expands into a directory that is named according to theversion of Fabric OS it contains. For example, when

Firmware Download Scenarios● Firmware download on switches... 21● Fi

CAUTIONAfter you start the process, do not enter any disruptive commands (such as reboot) thatinterrupt the process. The entire firmware download and

Firmware download on a BackboneATTENTIONTo successfully download firmware, you must have an active Ethernet connection on each CP.You can download fir

NOTEBy default, the firmwareDownload command automatically upgrades both the active and the standbyCPs and all co-CPs on the CP blades in the Brocade

Network Protocol (1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP, 4-SFTP)) [1]:Password: <hidden>Checking version compatibility...Version compatibility check passe

Enabling the USB device1. Log in to the switch using an account assigned to the admin role.2. Enter the usbStorage -e command.Viewing the USB file sys

downloaded, it can be used to validate the firmware to be downloaded next time when you run thefirmwareDownload command.The public key file on the swi

cfgload attributes SelectYes. The following questions are displayed:Enforce secure config Upload/Download: Select yes .Enforce signed firmware downloa

Testing and Restoring Firmware● Testing and restoring firmware on switches...29● Test

ContentsPreface...5D

ATTENTIONDownloading firmware to a switch can be disruptive to switch traffic.7. Connect to the switch, log in as admin, and enter the firmwareShow co

NOTEBrocade recommends that, under normal operating conditions, you maintain the same firmware versionon both CPs, and on both partitions of each CP.

At this point the firmware downloads to the standby CP only and reboots it. The currentBackbone session is disconnected.c) Wait one minute for the sta

If an AP blade is present : Blade partitions always contain the same version of thefirmware on both partitions. The firmware is stored on the blade’s

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IndexAauto-leveling, FR4-18i blade 23, 31BBackboneupgrading firmware 23Backbone firmwaredownload 23download process overview 23version testing 30blade

auto-leveling 31Backbones 23connected switches 20FICON CUP considerations 15FIPS 26high availability synchronization 15preparing for download 19proces

The firmwareDownload command... 27Configuring a switch for signed firmware...

Preface● Document conventions...5● Brocade resource

Convention Descriptionvalue In Fibre Channel products, a fixed value provided as input to a commandoption is printed in plain text, for example, --sho

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About This Document● Supported hardware and software..................... 9● Supported