Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 12000 Design, Deployment And Management Manual page 70

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SilkWorm 12000 Management Interfaces
fimwareCommit: Allows the user to manually commit the firmware to the second half of the compact
flash.
firmwareDownload: This command is used to download new firmware to the switch; however there are
additional management features to be aware of. One such feature to be aware of is that the only
supported protocol is FTP. Another is that it requires input from the user to replicate the firmware to the
active partition on the compact flash. If this replication is selected (firmwareCommit), a reboot is
required to complete this task. Please refer to Figure 6-1 for an example of firmwareDownload. When
entering the filename, there is no need to enter in the absolute path to the release.plist file. The
firmwareDownload command will complete this path by automatically inserting the appropriate
hardware type directory into the path. In this example, firmwareDownload will actually use the path /
pub/v4.0.0/SWBD10/release.plist. The default parameters are enclosed within the square brackets [ ].
Please pay attention to the items in bold and their default values. Line A discusses whether or not to
force the installation of all firmware components. It is recommended that the user choose to overwrite
the whole firmware. This will allow for a consistent firmware install. In line B, it prompts to confirm if
an Auto-Commit should take place after reboot. The recommendation and default is to have this
completed. On the last line, line C, it prompts if the CP card should be rebooted automatically following
the firmwareDownload process. It is recommended that the default be selected on this line. By selecting
"Y" on an "Active" CP card, a failover will occur to make the "Active" CP card become "Standby".
sw0:root> firmwareDownload
Server Name or IP Address: 10.1.1.1
User Name: user
File Name: /pub/v4.0.0/release.plist
Password:
Full Install (Otherwise upgrade only) [Y]: Y
Do Auto-Commit after Reboot [Y]: Y
Reboot system after download [N]: N
Figure 6-1
Note:
firmwareRestore: Enables the user to restore to the original firmware prior to the firmwareCommit, if
auto-commit was not selected. If commit has already been executed, firmwareRestore will just copy the
firmware from the secondary flash back to the primary flash. It will not actually rollback the firmware
revision. If this is the case, do another firmware download to reinstall the old revision of firmware.
This is especially helpful if the new version of the firmware is not stable with the current configuration
and devices, thus enabling the user to revert to an earlier version of firmware.
Note:
haFailover: This will failover the "Standby" CP card to being the "Active" CP card. By executing this
command it will cause a brief interruption in traffic while the ports initialize to the new "Active" CP
card. This would be used, for example, in a situation where the "Active" CP card needs to be replaced.
6-2
SilkWorm 12000 Firmware Download
Do not use the full path to the release.plist. Only specify the root directory of where the
firmware is and the name of the release.plist to use.
The firmware commands are available on both the Active and Standby CP cards and both
logical switches. Refer to the Maintenance section of this guide for more detail on firmware
downloading procedures.
A
B
C
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