Brocade Communications Systems S3-1002483-03 manual Software images required, 121

Replacing a switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Removing a switch fabric module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Installing a new switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Replacing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Removing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Installing a new fiber-optic transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Determining which power supply failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Replacing cooling system components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Replacing fan assemblies in the BigIron RX-16 . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Replacing the fan assembly in the BigIron RX-4

and BigIron RX-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Replacing the air filters in a BigIron RX Series switch. . . . . . .119

Chapter 6	Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files
	Software images required	121

Software image naming conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Displaying flash memory and version information . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Displaying flash information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Displaying version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Changes to software images starting with version 02.5.00 . .130 Command change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Using unified software images to upgrade images . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release

02.6.00 and later. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Unified software image upgrade to upgrade

release 02.2.01 to 02.5.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Upgrading images independently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Upgrading software releases prior to release 02.2.01 . . . . . .135 Basic tasks in the software upgrade process . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Upgrading the management module monitor and boot images136 Upgrading the IronWare image on a management module . .137 Upgrading the monitor and boot images on interface modules137 Upgrading the interface module’s IronWare image. . . . . . . . .138 Rebooting the management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 Upgrading the MBRIDGE FPGA on the management

module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140 Hitless Layer 2 OS upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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