Brocade Communications Systems S3-1002483-03 manual Basic tasks in the software upgrade process

6 Upgrading images independently

Basic tasks in the software upgrade process

Follow the steps given below to upgrade all or some of the BigIron RX Series software images.

1.Determine the versions of the software images currently installed and running on the BigIron RX Series system.

2.Copy the new software image from a source to a destination.

The source from which to copy the new image is usually a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX Series system has access or a PCMCIA flash card inserted in the management module’s slot 1 or 2. The destination to which to copy the new image is either the management module’s code flash or a flash card inserted in slot 1 or 2, or all or one specified interface module.

3.Reboot the management module.

For information about performing this task, Refer to “Rebooting the management module” on page 139.

Upgrading the management module monitor and boot images

Follow the steps given below to upgrade the management module’s monitor and boot images simultaneously.

To upgrade the management module monitor and boot image, perform the following steps:

1.Place the new boot images on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX system has access or on a PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or 2.

2.Copy the new monitor and boot images to the BigIron RX. Enter one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (example: BigIron RX#):

TABLE 26	Command syntax for upgrading monitor and boot images on the management module
Command syntax		Description
copy tftp flash <TFTP-server-ip-addr>		Copies the latest monitor images from the TFTP server to
<image-name>mon		flash.
copy tftp flash <TFTP-server-ip-addr>		Copies the latest boot images from the TFTP server to flash.
<image-name>boot
copy tftp flash <TFTP-server-ip-addr>		Copies the latest monitor and boot images from the TFTP
<image-name>mon copy-boot		server to flash.

For information about the image name to specify, refer to Table 22.

For example, to copy the management module boot and monitor image from TFTP server 10.10.12.12, enter

BigIron RX# copy tftp flash 10.10.12.12 rmb02702h.bin mon copy-boot

4.Verify that the new monitor and boot images have been successfully copied to flash or slot 1 or

2 by entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI:

•show flash (if the destination was code flash)

•dir /<path-name>/ (if the destination is slot 1 or 2)

Check for the monitor and boot images, and the date and time at which the new images were built.

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