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

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Chapter 9 Installing and Maintaining Firmware
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Firmware download process overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Upgrading and downgrading firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Considerations for FICON CUP environments . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
HA sync state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Preparing for a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Connected switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Finding the switch firmware version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Obtain and decompress firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Firmware download on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Switch firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Firmware download on an enterprise-class platform . . . . . . . . . . .200
Enterprise-class platform firmware download process
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Firmware download from a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Enabling USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Viewing the USB file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Downloading from USB using the relative path . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Downloading from USB using the absolute path . . . . . . . . . . .204
FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Public and Private Key Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
The firmwareDownload Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Power-on Firmware Checksum Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Test and restore firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Testing a different firmware version on a switch . . . . . . . . . . .206
Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms. . . . . . . .208
Testing different firmware versions on enterprise-class
platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Validating a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Chapter 10 Managing Virtual Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Logical switch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Default logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Logical switches and fabric IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Port assignment in logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Logical switches and connected devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Logical fabric overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Logical fabric and ISLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Base switch and extended ISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Management model for logical switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Account management and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223