HP AA-RSB6B-TE Upgrading or Restoring the Switch Firmware, Downloading Firmware from the HP Website, version, ■The version Telnet command, 3.At the command line, type:

Saving Configuration Settings and Upgrading Firmware

Upgrading or Restoring the Switch Firmware

The SAN Switch 2/8 ships with preloaded firmware. In most cases there is no need to update the firmware on the new switch. The firmware version can be determined by using:

■The version Telnet command

■The Switch Management Application page in Web Management Tools Use these steps to upgrade or restore the switch firmware.

1.Verify that the RSHD service or the FTP service is running on the host workstation.

2.Login to the switch as the admin user.3.At the command line, type:

firmwareDownload hostIPaddr, user, path_filename, password

For example, where hostIPaddr is the IP address of the host computer, user is the User ID used to log into this computer, path_filename is the path location and filename of the new firmware file, and password is the password for the user ID specified.

Note: The password operand is only required if you are using FTP.

4. Reboot the switch by entering the following command:

fastBoot

Downloading Firmware from the HP Website

To download the firmware from the HP website, go to http://www.hp.com/support. The website contains the required loaders and

instructions for downloading the firmware to a switch.

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