Chapter

Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files

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In 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 22

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>

 

 

 

 

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