Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Chapter

Installing and Maintaining Firmware

In this chapter

•Firmware download process overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

•Preparing for a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

•Firmware download on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

•Firmware download on an enterprise-class platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

•Firmware download from a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

•FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

•Test and restore firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

•Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

•Validating a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Firmware download process overview

Fabric OS v7.0.0 provides nondisruptive firmware installation.

This chapter refers to the following specific types of blades inserted into the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S,

or DCX 8510 Backbone platforms:

• FC blades or port blades that contain only Fibre Channel ports; the Brocade FC10-6 and the

Brocade FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, and FC8-64.

• AP blades contain extra processors and specialized ports: Brocade FR4-18i, FA4-18,

FCOE10-24, and FX8-24.

• CP blades have a control processor (CP) used to control the entire switch; CP blades can be

inserted only into slots 6 and 7 on the Brocade DCX or DCX 8510-8, and slots 4 and 5 on the

Brocade DCX-4S or DCX 8510-4.

• CORE8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two Brocade DCX

Backbones. CORE8 blades can be inserted only into slots 5 and 8 on the Brocade DCX. CR4S-8

blades can be inserted only into slots 3 and 6 on the Brocade DCX-4S.

• CORE8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two Brocade DCX 8510-8

Backbones. CORE8 blades can be inserted only into slots 5 and 8 on the Brocade DCX. CR4S-8

blades can be inserted only into slots 3 and 6 on the Brocade DCX 8510-4.

NOTE

For more information on troubleshooting a firmware download, refer to the Fabric OS

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide.