Backing Up The Current Software Images; Unified Software Image Upgrade - Brocade Communications Systems PowerConnect B-RX Release Note

Field
Monitor Image
IronWare Image
FPGA Version Information

Backing up the current software images

Before performing a software upgrade, Brocade recommends backing up the following current software
images in the device's flash memory.
Syntax:: cp <original-file-name> <backup-file-name>

Unified software image upgrade

You can use the unified software image upgrade procedure to upgrade the
management and interface modules. You can use the following command to
IronWare image of both
upgrade the images. You can set parameters to limit images being copied and to direct images to be
copied to the secondary image location to a later release.
IronWare Software Release 02.8.00a for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0
Description
Indicates the monitor image running in the interface module. The output displays
the following information about the image:
•
Version – "2.2.1Txxy" indicates the image version number. The
"Txxy" is used by Brocade for record keeping. The "xx" indicates the
hardware type, while the "y" indicates the image type.
•
Size – The size, in bytes, of the image.
•
Compilation date and time – The date and time that Brocade compiled
the image.
Indicates the IronWare image running in the interface module. The output
displays the following information about the image:
•
Version – "2.2.1Txxy" indicates the image version number. The
"Txxy" is used by Brocade for record keeping. The "xx" indicates the
hardware type, while the "y" indicates the image type.
•
Size – The size, in bytes, of the image, of the image change, and the
check sum changes.
•
Compilation date and time – The date and time that Brocade compiled
the image.
The following Images are only displayed from the show version command:
•
MBRIDGE Revision – The version number of the MBRIDGE FPGA
installed on the management module for the BigIron RX-16/8/4
•
MBRIDGE32 Revision – The version number of the MBRIDGE32
FPGA installed on the management module for the BigIron RX-32.
•
SBRIDGE Revision – The version number of the SBRIDGE FPGA
installed on the switch fabric module for the BigIron RX-32 .
monitor and the Multi-Service
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