13 – Command Reference Firmware Install

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Firmware Install

Downloads firmware from a remote host to the switch, installs the firmware, then resets the switch to activate the firmware. This is disruptive. The command prompts you for the following:

„The file transfer protocol (FTP or TFTP)

„IP address of the remote host

„An account name and password on the remote host (FTP only)

„Pathname for the firmware image file

Authority

Admin session

Syntax firmware install

Examples The following is an example of the Firmware Install command using FTP:

SANbox #> admin start

SANbox (admin) #> firmware install

The switch will be reset. This process will cause a disruption to I/O traffic.

Continuing with this action will terminate all management sessions, including any Telnet sessions. When the firmware activation is complete,

you may log in to

the switch again.

Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y

Press 'q' and

the ENTER key to abort this command.

FTP or TFTP

:

ftp

User Account

:

johndoe

IP Address

:

10.0.0.254

Source Filename : 6.7.00.11_mpc

About to install image. Do you want to continue? [y/n] y

Connected to 10.0.0.254 (10.0.0.254).

220localhost.localdomain FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-18) ready.

331Password required for johndoe. Password: xxxxxxxxx

230User johndoe logged in.

bin

200Type set to I. verbose

Verbose mode off.

This may take several seconds...

The switch will now reset. Connection closed by foreign host.

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