Finding The Firmware Version; Obtaining And Decompressing Firmware - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Table 52 Recommended firmware (continued)
Switch model
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port
8Gb FC blade (FC8-48)
HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port
10Gb ISL blade (FC10-6)
HP StorageWorks 48 Port 4Gb Blade
(FC4-48)
HP StorageWorks B-Series iSCSI Director
Blade (FC4- 1 6IP),
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks MP Router
Fabric Manager
Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)
See the Fabric OS Compatibility section of the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.x release notes, for the
recommended firmware version.
If the 4/8 SAN Switch, 4/16 SAN Switch, 8/8 SAN Switch, 8/24 SAN Switch, 8/40 SAN Switch, 8/80
SAN Switch, SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP
p-Class BladeSystem, Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem, SAN Switch 4/32, 4/64
SAN Switch, SAN Switch 4/32B, or 400 MP Router switches are adjacent and you start firmware
downloads on them at the same time, there may be traffic disruption.

Finding the firmware version

To determine whether you need to upgrade switches connected to the switch you are upgrading, use the
following procedure on each connected switch to display firmware information and build dates.
To find switch version:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the version command.
The following information is displayed:
• Kernel displays the version of switch kernel operating system.
• Fabric OS displays the version of switch Fabric OS.
• Made on displays the build date of firmware running in switch.
• Flash displays the install date of firmware stored in nonvolatile memory.
• BootProm displays the version of the firmware stored in the boot PROM.

Obtaining and decompressing firmware

Firmware upgrades are available for customers on the HP website http://www.hp.com.
You must decompress the firmware before you can use the firmwareDownload command to update
the firmware on your equipment. Use the UNIX tar command for .tar files, the gunzip command for all
.gz files, or a Windows unzip program for all .zip files
When you unpack the downloaded firmware, it expands into a directory that is named according to the
version of Fabric OS it contains. For example, if you download and unzip Fabric OS 6.1.1 zip, it expands
into a directory called 6.1.1. When you issue the firmwareDownload command, there is an automatic
search for the correct package file type associated with the switch. Specify only the path up to and
including the 6.1.1 directory.
Earliest compatible version
6.0.0b
6.0.0b
5.2.1b
XPath OS 7.4.x
5.2.0a
10.0.2
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