Checking Connected Switches - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

4. In the Product information section on the right side, select Software & drivers.
The download drivers & software page is displayed.
5. Click the appropriate switch in the select your product section.
The specify operating system page is displayed.
6. Click Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.).
The download drivers and software page is displayed.
7. In the Firmware section, click the blue download button to the right of the applicable firmware.
To locate all available switch firmware, start at the HP web site:
Downloads.
The Software & Driver Downloads page is displayed. You may search for your product using either of the
following methods:
1. Select the Download drivers and software radio button, enter your product name in the space
provided, and press Enter.
The Product search results page is displayed.
a. Select the appropriate product.
The specify operating system page is displayed.
b. Click Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.).
The download drivers and software page is displayed.
c. In the Firmware section, click the blue download button to the right of the applicable firmware.
2. Click Storage in the Or Select a product category section.
The Storage page is displayed.
a. Click SAN Infrastructure.
The SAN Infrastructure page is displayed.
b. Select the appropriate product family.
The product family page is displayed.
c. Select the appropriate switch.
The specify operating system page is displayed.
d. Click Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.).
The download drivers and software page is displayed.
e. In the Firmware section, click the blue download button to the right of the applicable firmware.
Before you can use the firmwareDownload command to update the firmware on your equipment, you
must unzip the firmware (using the UNIX tar or gzip command or a Windows unzip program).
When you unpack the downloaded firmware it expands into a directory that is named according to the
version of Fabric OS it contains. For example, if you download and unpack Fabric OS 5.0.1.zip, it
expands into a directory called 5.0.1. When you use the firmwaredownload command, you specify
the path to the version 5.0.1 directory and append the keyword release.plist to the path.

Checking connected switches

If the switch to be upgraded is running version 4.1.0 firmware or later, HP recommends that all switches
directly connected to it be running versions no earlier than 2.6.1, 3.1.0, or 4.1.0. If some connected
switches are running earlier firmware versions, upgrade them to at least the earliest recommended version
(shown in Table
latest firmware; to download firmware, see
13) before upgrading firmware on your switch. HP recommends that you download the
http://www.hp.com
"Obtaining and unzipping
and select Driver
firmware" on page 76.
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