Upgrade Task List; Preloading The Bootware Image To Bootware - HP 10500 Series Configuration Manual

Upgrade task list

Tasks at a glance
(Optional.)
BootWare
(Required.)
completing the upgrade
(Optional.)
(Optional.)
BootWare image without using ISSU
(Optional.)
the active MPU to the standby MPU at startup

Preloading the BootWare image to BootWare

BootWare is called bootrom in CLI.
To preload the BootWare image to BootWare:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. (Optional.) Enable BootWare
image validity check.
3. Return to user view.
Preloading the BootWare image to
Specifying startup images and
Upgrading PEXs
Restoring or downgrading the
Enabling software synchronization from
Remarks
If a BootWare upgrade is required, you can perform this
task to shorten the subsequent upgrade time. This task
helps avoid upgrade problems caused by unexpected
electricity failure.
If you skip this task, the device upgrades the BootWare
automatically when it upgrades the startup software
images.
The BootWare image preloaded into the BootWare take
effect only after you reboot the device.
You can perform this task to upgrade the BootWare
image for the device or a PEX.
Perform this task to upgrade a standalone device, an IRF
fabric, or the parent fabric in an eIRF system.
Start with the parent fabric when you upgrade the parent
fabric and PEXs in an eIRF system.
Perform this task to upgrade the PEXs in an eIRF system.
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By default, software synchronization is enabled. This
feature enables automatic software synchronization
when the device operates in standalone mode. With
software synchronization, you do not need to manually
upgrade the standby MPU.
To synchronize software from the global active MPU to
other MPUs on an IRF fabric, use the irf auto-update
enable command.
Command
system-view
bootrom-update security-check
enable
quit
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Remarks
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By default, this feature is enabled.
This feature examines the image for
wrong file type, file corruption, and
hardware incompatibility. HP
recommends enabling it to ensure
a successful upgrade.
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