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Chapter
10
Installing and Maintaining Firmware
In this chapter
•Firmware download process overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
•Preparing for a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
•Firmware download on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
•Firmware download on a Backbone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
•Firmware download from a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
•FIPS support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
•Testing and restoring firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
•Testing and restoring firmware on Backbones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
•Validating a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Firmware download process overview
Fabric OS v7.2.0 provides nondisruptive firmware installation.
This chapter refers to the following specific types of blades inserted into the Brocade DCX and
DCX 8510 Backbone families:
• FC blades or port blades that contain only Fibre Channel ports; the Brocade FC8-16, FC8-32,
FC8-48, and FC8-64; and the Brocade FC16-32 and FC16-48 blades for 16-Gbps-capable FC
blades.
• AP blades contain extra processors and specialized ports: FCOE10-24, FX8-24, and FS8-18
encryption blade.
• 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.
• CR8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two Brocade DCX Backbones.
CR8 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.
• CR8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two Brocade DCX 8510-8
Backbones. 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.