Downloading Firmware From Usb Device - IBM SAN256B-6 Installation, Service And User Manual

5. Log back in to the standby CP blade and run firmwareDownloadStatus on the standby CP blade to
validate a successful commit. This may take 10 minutes.
6. If you are upgrading through several levels of the Fabric OS, repeat step 2 through step 5 as often as
necessary based on the path outlined in the preceding table. Otherwise, proceed to step 7.
7. Log out of the standby CP blade and log in to the active CP blade.
8. Proceed to the procedures for verifying operation of the new CP blade.

Downloading firmware from USB device:

About this task
For this task, determine the correct sequence of upgrading firmware versions to reach your target version.
This section assumes that the new firmware has already been copied onto the USB device. The folder
structure on the USB device must be as follows in order to allow the device to be enabled:
v IBM>
– config
– firmware (Contains the specific release you are installing)
– firmwareKey
– support
Complete the following steps to download the firmware from a USB device to the replacement blade.
Procedure
1. Insert the USB device into the active CP blade.
2. Attach a serial cable from the PC to the active CP blade.
3. Log in to the active CP blade as admin if you are not still logged in and enter usbStorage -e to
enable the USB device.
4. Remove the serial cable from the active CP blade and attach it to the standby CP blade and log in as
admin.
5. Run firmwareDownload -s to download the firmware to the standby CP blade. Enter all requested
information. The -s option disables the autoreboot, so you will have to manually issue a reboot after
the download finishes to initiate firmwarecommit. Use all default values, except use USB [Y] so that
USB will be used for downloading.
6. When the download process finishes, run firmwareDownloadStatus to verify that the firmware has
been updated. The command displays a running account of the progress of the firmwareDownload
command until the command has completed. The final message is similar to the following and will
appear with a date and time stamp.
Slot 1 (CP0, active): Firmwaredownload command has completed successfully.
7. Ensure that you are still logged in to the standby CP blade (the blade for which you just changed the
firmware level) and type reboot. The reboot of the standby CP will initiate a firmwarecommit to the
secondary partition and log you out.
Chassis_1: admin> reboot
Broadcast message from root (ttyS0) Fri Jun 17 14:49:45 2016...
The system is going down for reboot NOW !!
INIT: Switching to runlevel: 6
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal Chassis_1:admin> HAMu Heartbeat down, stop FSS
Unmounting all ##exiting due to signal: 9, pending signals: 0x20000, 0x0
ilesystems.
Please stand by while rebooting the system...
Restarting system.
The system is coming up, please wait...
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Use firmwareshow to verify the firmware versions.