User Manual

82 Maintaining configurations and firmware
7. At the Do you want to continue [y/n] prompt, enter y.
8. Respond to the prompts as follows:
After the firmware is downloaded, the switch reboots and starts the firmware commit.
9. After the reboot, connect to the switch and log in again as admin.
10.If you want to watch the upgrade progress, issue the firmwaredownloadstatus command to
monitor the status of the firmware download.
11.After the firmware commit finishes, issue the firmwareshow command to display the firmware level
for both partitions.
Example:
Log in again to view the upgrade progress; for example:
Server Name
or IP Address:
Enter the name or IP address of the server where the firmware file is stored;
for example, 192.1.2.3. You can enter a server name if DNS is enabled.
User name: Enter the user name of your account on the server; for example, JohnDoe.
File name: Specify the full path name of the firmware directory, appended by
release.plist; for example, /pub/v4.4.0/release.plist.
Password: Enter your account password for the server.
switch:admin> firmwaredownload
You can run firmwareDownloadStatus to get the status of this
command.
This command will cause the switch to reset and will require that
existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted.
Do you want to continue [Y]: y
Server Name or IP Address: 192.1.2.3
User Name: JohnDoe
File Name: /pub/v4.4.0/release.plist
Password: xxxxx
Firmwaredownload has started.
0x8fd (Fabric OS): Switch: 0, Warning SULIB-FWDL_START, 3,
Firmwaredownload command has started.
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switch:admin> firmwaredownloadstatus
[0]: Tue Apr 20 10:32:34 2004
cp0: Firmwaredownload has started.
[1]: Tue Apr 20 10:36:07 2004
cp0: Firmwaredownload has completed successfully.
[2]: Tue Apr 20 10:57:09 2004
cp0: Firmwarecommit has started.
[3]: Tue Apr 20 10:36:07 2004
cp0: Firmwarecommit has completed successfully.
[4]: Tue Apr 20 11:03:28 2004
cp0: Firmwaredownload command has completed successfully.
switch:admin> firmwareshow
Primary partition: v4.4.0
Secondary Partition: v4.4.0
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