Rebooting The Management Module - Brocade Communications Systems PowerConnect B-RX Release Note

1. Determine the versions of the images currently installed on the BigIron RX management module
using the show version command.
2. Place the new MBRIDGE FPGA image on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX system has access
or on a PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or 2.
3. Copy the MBRIDGE FPGA image from the TFTP server or a flash card in slot 1 or 2 to all
management modules or a management module in a specified chassis slot. To perform this step, enter
one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (example: BigIron RX#):
copy tftp mbridge <TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-name> MBRIDGE
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copy slot1 | slot2 mbridge <image-name> MBRIDGE
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4. After the MBRIDGE upgrade is complete, the management module must be reloaded.
5. Verify that the MBRIDGE image(s) have been successfully copied to the specified interface
module(s) by entering the following command at any level of the CLI:
show version
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Check for the MBRIDGE image version numbers in the output. See MBRIDGE.

Rebooting the management module

After upgrading one or more software images on the management or interface module, you must reboot
the management module. After the management module reboots, it in turn reboots the interface modules.
To reboot the management module, enter one of the following commands:
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reload (this command boots from the default boot source, which is the primary code flash)
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boot system flash primary | secondary
During the management module reboot, the following synchronization events occur:
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If you have a standby management module, the active management module compares the standby
module's monitor, primary, and secondary images to its own. If you have updated these images on the
active module, the active module automatically synchronizes the standby module's images with its
own.
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If you copied the primary and/or secondary IronWare image to all interface modules using the copy
command with the all keyword, the management module made a copy of the image and stored it in its
code flash under the names lp-primary-0 or lp-secondary-0. By default, the BigIron RX system
checks the interface modules' IronWare images, which reside in the code flash of the interface
modules and the management module to make sure they are the same in both locations. (These
IronWare images are stored on the management module only and are not run by the management or
interface modules.) If the IronWare images on the interface and management modules are different,
the system prompts you to do the following:
o If you want to update the IronWare images in the interface module's code flash with the
images in the management module's code flash, enter the lp cont-boot sync <slot-
number> command at the Privileged EXEC prompt.
o If you want to retain the IronWare images in the interface module's code flash, enter the
lp cont-boot no-sync <slot-number> command at the Privileged EXEC prompt.
After the management module finishes booting, do the following:
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