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This command will upgrade the firmware on both CPs and all AP blade(s) above.
If you want to upgrade firmware on a single CP only, please use -s option.
You may run firmwaredownloadstatus to get the status of this
command.
This command will cause a warm/non-disruptive boot on the active CP,
but will require that existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions
be restarted.
Do you want to continue [Y]: y
The firmware is being downloaded to the Standby CP. It may take up to 10 minutes.
10.Optionally, after the failover, connect to the switch, and log in again as admin. Using a separate
session to connect to the switch, enter the firmwareDownloadStatus command to monitor the
firmware download status.
sw0:FID128:admin> firmwaredownloadstatus
[1]: Mon Jul 22 04:27:21 2013
Slot 7 (CP1, active): Firmware is being downloaded to the switch. This step may
take up to 30 minutes.
[2]: Mon Jul 22 04:34:58 2013
Slot 7 (CP1, active): Relocating an internal firmware image on the CP blade.
[3]: Mon Jul 22 04:35:29 2013
Slot 7 (CP1, active): The internal firmware image is relocated successfully.
[4]: Mon Jul 22 04:35:30 2013
Slot 7 (CP1, active): Firmware has been downloaded to the secondary partition of
the switch.
[5]: Mon Jul 22 04:37:24 2013
Slot 7 (CP1, standby): The firmware commit operation has started. This may take up
to 10 minutes.
[6]: Mon Jul 22 04:41:59 2013
Slot 7 (CP1, standby): The commit operation has completed successfully.
[7]: Mon Jul 22 04:41:59 2013
Slot 7 (CP1, standby): Firmwaredownload command has completed successfully. Use
firmwareshow to verify the firmware versions.
11.Enter the firmwareShow command to display the new firmware versions.
Firmware download from a USB device
NOTE
Pre-formatted USB sticks are available through technical support.
The Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 7840, and VA-40FC switches and the Brocade
DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510 Backbones support a firmware download from a Brocade-branded USB
device attached to the switch or active CP. Before the USB device can be accessed by
thefirmwareDownload command, it must be enabled and mounted as a file system. The firmware
images to be downloaded must be stored under the relative path from /usb/usbstorage/brocade/
firmware or use the absolute path in the USB file system. Multiple images can be stored under this
directory. There is a firmwarekey directory where the public key signed firmware is stored.
When the firmwareDownload command line option, -U (uppercase), is specified, the
firmwareDownload command downloads the specified firmware image from the USB device. When
specifying a path to a firmware image in the USB device, you can only specify the relative path to /
firmware or the absolute path.
NOTE
You must unmount the USB device using the usbStorage -d command before removing the USB
device from the switch.
Firmware download from a USB device
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