Reference Guide

350 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference

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firmwareSync

Synchronizes the firmware from the active control processor (CP) to the standby CP.

Synopsis firmwaresync [-force]

firmwaresync --help

Description Use this command to manually synchronize the firmware from the active CP to the standby CP. Execute the

command without arguments to synchronize the active CP firmware to the standby CP.

Notes This command is applicable only for the dual CP systems. Execution of this command updates the firmware

version of the standby CP with that of the active CP. The lowest firmware version on the standby CP can be Fabric

OS v6.4.0.

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric restrictions that may be in place. Refer to "Using Fabric

OS Commands" and "Command Availability" for details.

Operands This command has the following operand:

[-force]

Executes the command without user confirmation. This operand is optional.

--help

Displays the command usage.

Examples To synchronize the standby CP with active CP firmware version:

switch:admin> firmwaresync

This command will copy the firmware on the active CP blade to the

standby CP blade but will require that existing telnet, secure telnet or

SSH sessions to the standby CP blade to be restarted.

This command may take up to 10 minutes.

Do you want to continue (Y/N) [Y]:

Firmwaresync has started.

.......................Firmwaresync has been completed successfully.