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BigIron RX Installation Guide
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Replacing cooling system components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Chapter 7 Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Software images required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Software image naming conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Displaying flash memory and version information . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Loading and saving configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Dynamic configuration loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Using SNMP to save and load configuration information. . . . . . . .194
Erasing image and configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
File synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Replacing fan assemblies in the BigIron RX- 32 . . . . . . . . . . .150
Replacing fan assemblies in the BigIron RX-16 . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Replacing the fan assembly in the BigIron RX-4 and
BigIron RX-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Replacing the air filters in a BigIron RX Series switch. . . . . . .158
Displaying flash information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Displaying version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Changes to software images starting with version 02.5.00 . . 174
Command change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release 02.6.00 and
later. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release 02.2.01 to
02.5.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Upgrading software releases prior to release 02.2.01 . . . . . .179
Basic tasks in the software upgrade process . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Upgrading the management module's monitor and
boot images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Upgrading the management module's IronWare image . . . . .180
Upgrading the interface module's monitor and boot images .181
Upgrading the interface module's IronWare image. . . . . . . . .182
Rebooting the management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Upgrading the MBRIDGE FPGA on the management module 183
Hitless Layer 2 OS upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Replacing the startup configuration with the running
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Replacing the running configuration with the startup
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Logging changes to the startup-config file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Copying a configuration file to or from a TFTP server . . . . . . .190
Making local copies of the startup configuration file . . . . . . .191
Loading the configuration information into the running-config193
File synchronization between the active and standby management
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
File synchronization between the management and interface
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
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