Upgrading Or Restoring The Switch Firmware; Disabling A Switch; Enabling A Switch - HP StorageWorks 8B - FC Entry Switch Manual

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Basic Configuration Procedures

Upgrading or Restoring the Switch Firmware

To upgrade or restore the switch firmware:
1.
Verify that the RSHD service (on a UNIX machine) or the FTP service (on a Windows
machine) is running on the host workstation.
2.
Login to the switch as the admin user.
3.
At the command line enter the following command:
firmwareDownload "hostIPaddr", "user", "path_filename",
"password"
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:
fastBoot

Disabling a Switch

To disable a switch:
1.
Login to the switch as the admin user.
2.
At the command line enter the following command:
switchDisable
All Fibre Channel ports on the switch are taken offline, if the switch was part of a fabric, the
remaining switches reconfigure.

Enabling a Switch

To enable a switch:
1.
Login to the switch as the admin user.
2.
At the command line enter the following command:
switchEnable
All Fibre Channel ports that passed the POST test are enabled. If the switch was part of a
fabric, it rejoins the fabric.
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The password operand is only required if you are using FTP.
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