Operations, Administration, And Maintenance; Oam Overview - Brocade Communications Systems FastIron Administration Manual

Operations, Administration, and Maintenance

● OAM Overview................................................................................................................ 89
● Software versions installed and running on a device...................................................... 90
● Software Image file types................................................................................................93
● Flash timeout...................................................................................................................94
● Software upgrades.......................................................................................................... 94
● Boot code synchronization feature..................................................................................95
● Viewing the contents of flash files................................................................................... 95
● Using SNMP to upgrade software...................................................................................96
● Software reboot...............................................................................................................97
● Displaying the boot preference....................................................................................... 98
● Loading and saving configuration files............................................................................ 99
● Loading and saving configuration files with IPv6.......................................................... 103
● System reload scheduling............................................................................................. 109
● Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers............................................. 110
● Network connectivity testing..........................................................................................112
● IEEE 802.3ah EFM-OAM.............................................................................................. 114
● Hitless management on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600................................................... 122
● Displaying management redundancy information ........................................................ 132
● Layer 3 hitless route purge ...........................................................................................133
● Energy Efficient Ethernet.............................................................................................. 134
● Histogram information overview....................................................................................135
● External USB Hotplug................................................................................................... 136
● Commands....................................................................................................................137

OAM Overview

For easy software image management, all Brocade devices support the download and upload of
software images between the flash modules on the devices and a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
server on the network.
Brocade devices have two flash memory modules:
• Primary flash - The default local storage device for image files and configuration files.
• Secondary flash - A second flash storage device. You can use the secondary flash to store
redundant images for additional booting reliability or to preserve one software image while testing
another one.
Only one flash device is active at a time. By default, the primary image will become active upon reload.
You can update the software contained on a flash module using TFTP to copy the update image from a
TFTP server onto the flash module. In addition, you can copy software images and configuration files
from a flash module to a TFTP server.
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