Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02 User Manual

Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms

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c. Confirm the evaluation version of firmware is now running on the active CP by entering the 

firmwareShow command. 

9. Update firmware on the standby CP.

a. Connect to the enterprise-class platform on the standby CP, which is the old active CP.

b. Enter the firmwareDownload command with the -s  -b -n operands. This ensures that the 

following steps are successful.

At this point the firmware should download to the standby CP only and reboot it. The 
current enterprise-class platform session will be disconnected.

c. Wait one minute for the standby CP to reboot, and then connect to the enterprise-class 

platform and log in as admin.

d. Enter the firmwareShow command to confirm that both primary partitions now have the 

test drive firmware in place. 

You are now ready to evaluate the new version of firmware.

ATTENTION

Stop! If you want to restore the firmware, stop here and skip ahead to 

; otherwise, 

continue to 

 to commit the firmware on both CPs, which completes the firmware 

download.

10. Perform a commit on the standby CP.

From the current enterprise-class platform session on the standby CP, enter the 
firmwareCommit command to update the secondary partition with new firmware. It takes 
several minutes to complete the commit operation. Do not do anything on the enterprise-class 
platform while this operation is in process.

11. Perform a commit on the active CP.

a. From the current enterprise-class platform session on the active CP, enter the 

firmwareShow command and confirm that only the active CP secondary partition contains 
the old firmware.

b. Enter the firmwareCommit command to update the secondary partition with the new 

firmware. It takes several minutes to complete the commit operation. Do not do anything 
on the enterprise-class platform while this operation is in process.

c. Upon completion of the firmwareCommit command, type the firmwareShow command to 

confirm both partitions on both CPs contain the new firmware.

d. Enter the haShow command to confirm that the HA state is in sync. 

ATTENTION

Stop! If you have completed 

, then you have committed the firmware on both CPs and 

you have completed the firmware download procedure.

12. Restore the firmware on the standby CP.

In the current enterprise-class platform session for the standby CP, enter the firmwareRestore 
command. The standby CP will reboot and the current enterprise-class platform session will 
end. Both partitions will have the same Fabric OS after several minutes.

13. Perform haFailover on the active CP.