Upgrading The Images Independently; Upgrading The Monitor And Boot Images On The Management Module - Brocade Communications Systems PowerConnect B-RX Release Note

1. Copy the unified software image (rx02800a.bin) from a TFTP server to the switch.
For example, to copy the entire unified software image from a TFTP server at IP address 10.10.12.12,
use the following command.
BigIron RX# copy tftp image 10.10.12.12 rx02800a.bin
2. Reboot the management module using the reload command.
3. If you are using SSH v2, you must clear the crypto key using the crypto key zeroize command after
you upgrade. Then, regenerate a new crypto key using the crypto key generate command.
This is the most common upgrade method. After reload all the cards in the system will be running the
new monitor and Multi-Service IronWare image.
You can also upgrade the boot images of the Management module and the interface module using the
unified software image upgrade command along with the monitor and system image. This should be done
only if it is mentioned in the release notes that the upgrade of the boot images are necessary. We can use
the following option with the above mentioned command to upgrade boot image along with monitor and
system image as shown below.
BigIron RX# copy tftp image 10.10.12.12 rx02800a.bin lp-boot mp-boot
Syntax: copy tftp image <TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-name> [lp-boot | lp-sec | mp-boot | mp-sec |
mbridge]
The <TFTP-server-ip-addr> variable is the IP address for the TFTP server you are downloading the image
from.
The <image-name> variable is the name of the unified software image you want to download to the
switch.
The lp-boot parameter specifies that you want to download the new interface module boot image.
The lp-sec parameter specifies that interface image be copied to the secondary location in flash.
The mbridge parameter tells the BigIron RX to copy the MBRIDGE image. It will now include two
MBRIDGES; one for BigIron RX-16/8/4 (mbridge.xsvf) and one for the BigIron RX-32(mbridge32.xsvf).
The mp-boot parameter specifies that you want to download the new management module boot image.
The mp-sec parameter specifies that management image be copied to the secondary location in flash

Upgrading the images independently

Note: Using the unified approach is the easier single step process and also the preferred one.
If you do not want to use the unified software upgrade procedure to upgrade your modules boot, monitor
and system images, you can do them one by one separately, as described in the sections below.

Upgrading the monitor and boot images on the management module

To upgrade the monitor and boot images on the management module, perform the following steps:
1. Place the new boot images on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX system has access or on a
PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or slot 2.
2. Copy the new monitor and boot images to the BigIron RX. Enter one of the following commands at
the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (For example:
IronWare Software Release 02.8.00a for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0
):
BigIron RX#
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