Software Upgrade And Downgrade; Software Upgrade Overview; Initial Steps - Brocade Communications Systems FastIron X Series Software Update

Software Upgrade and Downgrade

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Software upgrade overview.............................................................................................21

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Initial steps...................................................................................................................... 21

● Upgrade process.............................................................................................................23
● Downgrade process........................................................................................................ 28
● Loading images on the device........................................................................................ 30
● Software recovery........................................................................................................... 33
Software upgrade overview
Follow these steps to upgrade software.
1. Determine the current software versions and license requirements, and download the software as
described in
2. Upgrade the software as described in
FastIron 08.0.00a and later also support manifest file upgrade, but this process can be used only to
upgrade to a later release. For more information, refer to
Initial steps
Perform the following steps before an upgrade or downgrade.
NOTE
You must upgrade to the boot code that supports this release. Refer to "Software image files for
Release 08.0.xx" in the release notes for detailed information.
NOTE
In this section, the output is truncated. Only relevant portions of the output is displayed. For detailed
output, see
1. Determine the current boot image version using the show flash command.
device# show flash
Active Management Module (Slot 9):
Compressed Pri Code size = 3613675, Version 03.1.00aT3e3 (sxr03100a.bin)
Compressed Sec Code size = 2250218, Version 03.1.00aT3e1 (sxs03100a.bin)
Compressed BootROM Code size = 524288, Version 03.0.01T3e5
Code Flash Free Space = 9699328
<output is truncated to show relevant sections only>
2. Determine the current flash image version using the show version command.
device# show version
Copyright (c) 1996-2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
FastIron Ethernet Switch Software Upgrade Guide
53-1003632-02
Initial steps on page 21.
Sample output - determining the software versions
UNIT 1: compiled on Mar
(10360844 bytes) from Primary ICX64S07400.bin
Upgrade process on page 23.
Upgrade using a manifest file
on page 22.
2 2012 at 12:38:17 labeled as ICX64S07400
on page 25.
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