SmartConnect User’s Guide

Stacking Boot Management

The Boot Management General window provides controls that allow the administrator to per- form a reboot of individual switches in the stack, or the entire stack. The following table describes the stacking Reboot commands.

Table 4-2

Stacking Boot Management buttons

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

Reboot Stack

Performs a software reboot/reset of all switches in the stack. The software

 

image specified in the Image To Boot drop-down list becomes the active

 

image.

 

 

Reboot Master

Performs a software reboot/reset of the Master switch. The software image

 

specified in the Image To Boot drop-down list becomes the active image.

 

 

Reboot Switches

Performs a reboot/reset on selected switches in the stack. Select one or more

 

switches in the drop-down list, and click Reboot Switches. The software

 

image specified in the Image To Boot drop-down list becomes the active

 

image.

 

 

The Update Image/Cfg section of the window applies to the Master. When a new software image or configuration file is loaded, the file first loads onto the Master, and the Master pushes the file to all other switches in the stack, placing it in the same software or configuration bank as that on the Master. For example, if the new image is loaded into image 1 on the Master switch, the Master will push the same firmware to image 1 on each Member switch.

Upgrading Stack Software

Upgrade all stacked switches at the same time. The Master controls the upgrade process. Use the following procedure to perform a software upgrade.

1.Load new software on the Master. Refer to “Transferring the New Image to the Switch” on page 20.

The Master pushes the new software image to all Members in the stack, as follows:

„If the new software is loaded into image 1, the Master pushes the software into image 1 on all Members.

„If loaded into image 2, the Master pushes the software into image 2 on all Members.

The software push can take several minutes to complete.

BMD00082, February 2009

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IBM Partner Pavilion BMD00082 manual Upgrading Stack Software, Stacking Boot Management buttons