Performing A Firmware Upgrade Through The Cli - HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch Installation Manual

Performing a Firmware Upgrade through the CLI

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
2. Download the firmware from the HP Website at http://www.hp.com.
3. Log in to the switch as the admin user.
4. At the command line, enter:
Note:
5. Verify the download was successful.
6. Restart the switch by entering:
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computer.
Go to the Support page for the required loaders and instructions.
FIRMWAREDOWNLOAD HOSTIPADDR, USER, PATH_FILENAME, PASSWORD
where is the IP address of the host computer,
HOSTIPADDR
ID used to log into the switch,
filename of the configuration file, and
ID specified.
The password operand is required only if you are using FTP.
If only
FIRMWAREDOWNLOAD
parameter, as shown in the following example:
switch:admin> firmwaredownload
Server Name or IP Address [host]: www.xxx.yyy.zzz
User Name [user]: admin
File Name [config.txt]: switch1
Protocol (RSHD or FTP) [rshd]: ftp
Password:
Firmware Download Complete
FASTBOOT
Backing Up Configuration Data and Upgrading Firmware
is the path location and
PATH_FILENAME
PASSWORD
is entered, the system will prompt you for each
is the User
USER
is the password for the User
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