Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Installation Guide 121
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Chapter
6
Upgrading Software Images and Configuration FilesIn this chapter
•Software images required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
•Software image naming conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
•Displaying flash memory and version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
•Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
•Using unified software images to upgrade images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
•Upgrading images independently. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
•Loading and saving configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
•Dynamic configuration loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
•Using SNMP to save and load configuration information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
•Erasing image and configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
•File synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
•Scheduling a system reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
•Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Software images required
This chapter describes the software images required to operate a BigIron RX Series switch and how
to load them on the switch. The images required are described in Table 22 .
DANGER
The procedures in this manual are for qualified service personnel
TABLE 2 2 Software image files
Module Image type Image name
Management Module Boot and Monitor rmb<xxxxx>
IronWare rmpr<xxxxx>
FPGA mbridge
Interface Module Boot and Monitor rlb<xxxxx>
IronWare rlp<xxxxx>