Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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You need to modify this field as follows:
a. Delete the extra directory information (C:\Inetpub\ftproot) in the Firmware File field.
b. If the path contains backslashes (\), convert these to forward slashes (/).
c. For Fabric OS v4.x and v5.x switches only, add /release.plist to the end of the path.
For example, the Firmware File field should now contain only one of the following,
depending on the firmware version:
2.6.x/v2.6.2
3.x/v3.2.0_rc1
4.4.x/v4.4.0_rc1/release.plist
5.x/v5.2.x_rc1/release.plist
7. Select FTP from the Select Protocol menu.
8. From the SAN Elements tab, select the switches that you want to upgrade and either drag the
switches to the Selected Switches panel or click the right arrow. Use Shift-click and Ctrl-click to
select multiple switches.
You can also drag a fabric name from the SAN Elements tab into the Selected Switches panel
to add all of the switches from that fabric.
NOTE
If you want to download firmware to a dual-switch chassis, you need to select only one of its
logical switches. Both switches are upgraded. If you add both of the logical switches from a
dual-switch chassis to the Selected Switches panel, you receive a warning when you click
Download. In the Firmware Download to Switches dialog box, when you select one logical
switch in a dual-switch chassis the other switch appears dimmed.
9. Click Download. For switches running firmware prior to Fabric OS v4.0, you must click Reboot
to open the Sequenced Reboot window when the download completes.
NOTE
If the switch loses network connectivity during the firmware download from Fabric Manager, the
firmware download action times out after approximately 25 minutes for switches running Fabric OS
v2.x or v3.x, and after approximately 80 minutes for switches running Fabric OS v4.x or v5.x. An error
message is not returned when the firmware download is interrupted.
Firmware download to HBAs
Fabric Manager supports up to 50 firmware downloads to multiple HBAs simultaneously. HBA
firmware downloads are supported only on switches with the following firmware versions:
• Fabric OS v3.1.1 or later
• Fabric OS v4.1.0 or later
• Fabric OS v5.0.0 or later
• Fabric OS v5.3.0 and later
Fabric Manager supports only the Emulex HBA with the following drivers for the FDMI-based
firmware downloads:
• SCSIPort Miniport Driver 5.30a2-1d (Windows 2003 Server), Firmware 3.93A0