Software Reboot - Brocade Communications Systems FastIron Administration Manual

NOTE
The syntax shown in this section assumes that you have installed HP OpenView in the "/usr" directory.
NOTE
Brocade recommends that you make a backup copy of the startup-config file before you upgrade the
software. If you need to run an older release, you will need to use the backup copy of the startup-config
file.
1. Configure a read-write community string on the Brocade device, if one is not already configured. To
configure a read-write community string, enter the following command from the global CONFIG level
of the CLI.snmp-server community string ro | rw where string is the community string and can be
up to 32 characters long.
2. On the Brocade device, enter the following command from the global CONFIG level of the CLI.
no snmp-server pw-check
This command disables password checking for SNMP set requests. If a third-party SNMP
management application does not add a password to the password field when it sends SNMP set
requests to a Brocade device, by default the Brocade device rejects the request.
3. From the command prompt in the UNIX shell, enter the following command.
/usr/OV/bin/snmpset -c rw-community-string brcd-ip-addr 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.5.0 ipaddress
tftp-ip-addr 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.6.0 octetstringascii file-name 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.7.0
integer command-integer
where
rw-community-string is a read-write community string configured on the Brocade device.
brcd-ip-addr is the IP address of the Brocade device.
tftp-ip-addr is the TFTP server IP address.
file-name is the image file name.
command-integer is one of the following.
20 - Download the flash code into the primary flash area.
22 - Download the flash code into the secondary flash area.

Software reboot

You can use boot commands to immediately initiate software boots from a software image stored in
primary or secondary flash on a Brocade device or from a BootP or TFTP server. You can test new
versions of code on a Brocade device or choose the preferred boot source from the console boot
prompt without requiring a system reset.
NOTE
It is very important that you verify a successful TFTP transfer of the boot code before you reset the
system. If the boot code is not transferred successfully but you try to reset the system, the system will
not have the boot code with which to successfully boot.
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