HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

176 Installing and maintaining firmware
firmwaredownload from a USB device
The DC Director supports a firmware download from the USB device attached to the active CP.
NOTE: The USB device ships with the DC Director only.
Before the USB device can be accessed by the firmwaredownload command, it must be enabled and
mounted as a file system. The firmware images to be downloaded must be stored under the /firmware
directory 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 (upper case), is specified, the
firmwaredownload command will download 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.
To enable USB:
1. Log in to the switch using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Type the following command:
usbstorage -e
To view the USB file system:
1. Log in to the switch using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Type the usbstorage -l command:
admin>usbstorage -l
/usb/usbstorage/brocade/firmware/
6.0.0/
/usb/usbstorage/brocade/firmwarekey/pubkey.pem
To download the 6.0 image using the relative path:
1. Log in to the switch as admin.
2. Type the firmwaredownload command with the -U operand:
admin>firmwaredownload –U 6.0
To download the 6.0 image using the absolute path:
1. Log in to the switch as admin.
2. Type the firmwaredownload command with the -U operand:
admin>firmwaredownload –U /usb/usbstorage/brocade/firmware/6.0