Upgrading Or Restoring The Switch Firmware - HP StorageWorks 2/16 - SAN Switch Installation Manual

Backing Up the Configuration and Upgrading Firmware

Upgrading or Restoring the Switch Firmware

The SAN Switch 2/16 ships with preloaded firmware. In most cases, there is no
need to update the firmware on the new switch. The firmware version can be
determined by using:
Use these steps to upgrade or restore the switch firmware.
1. Verify that the RSHD service (on a UNIX machine) or the FTP service (on a
2. Log into the switch as the admin user.
3. At the command line enter the following command:
For example, where hostIPaddr is the IP address of the host computer, user
is the User ID used to log into this computer, path_filename is the path
location and filename of the new firmware file, and password is the
password for the user ID specified.
Note:
4. Reboot the switch by entering the following command:
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The version Telnet command
The Switch Management Application page in Web Management Tools
Windows or UNIX machine) is running on the host workstation.
firmwareDownload hostIPaddr, user, path_filename, password
The password operand is only required if you are using FTP.
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