136 Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Upgrading images independently
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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#):
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.
TABLE 2 6 Command syntax for upgrading monitor and boot ima ges on the management module
Command syntax Description
copy tftp flash <TFTP-server-ip-addr>
<image-name> mon
Copies the latest monitor images from the TFTP server to
flash.
copy tftp flash <TFTP-server-ip-addr>
<image-name> boot
Copies the latest boot images from the TFTP server to flash.
copy tftp flash <TFTP-server-ip-addr>
<image-name> mon copy-boot
Copies the latest monitor and boot images from the TF TP
server to flash.