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Appendix B Upgrading software

This chapter describes how to upgrade system software while the HP SecBlade firewall card

is operating normally or when the firewall card cannot correctly start up.

Hardware compatibility

Table 7 describes the compatibility of the firewall card and network devices.

Table 7 Hardware compatibility

Firewall card

Network device

LSWM1FW10

HP 5800 Switch Series

LSQ1FWBSC0

HP 7500 Switch Series

LSR1FW2A1

HP 9500 Switch Series

LST1FW2A1

HP 12500 Routing Switch Series

SPE-FW M-200

HP 6600 Router Series

IM-FW -II

HP 8800 10G Core Routers

NOTE:

The following example was created and verified on the firewall card LSQ1FWBSC0 that is

installed on a 7506 Switch.

System software types

The firewall card system software includes BootWare image, system software images, and

configuration files.

This chapter describes how to upgrade the system software images and configuration files.

BootWare images

The BootWare image comprises a basic section and an extended section. The basic

section is the minimum code that bootstraps the syst em. The extended section enables

hardware initialization and provides system managem ent menus. You can use t hese

menus to load software and the startup configuration file or manage files when the firewall

card cannot correctly start up.

NOTE:

Generally, there is no need to upgrade the BootWare program independently. The firewall

card uses the shipped BootWare program.