EMC DS-32B2 User Manual

Download a switch firmware file from a host.

firmwareDownload [[-sbni] host,user,pfile [, passwd]]

Admin

Use this command to download switch firmware from a remote host 
or from a local directory to the switch’s non-volatile storage area.

Fabric OS v4.x supports only FTP protocol for firmware downloads.

Both theDS-32B2 and each CP of the ED-12000B have a primary and 
secondary partition. The 

firmwaredownload 

command by default 

updates both partitions at once. 

If you select to disable the auto-commit option when running 

firmwaredownload

, then, after the CP is rebooted, you must execute 

either:

◆

The 

firmwarecommit

 command to copy the primary partition 

(with new firmware) to the secondary, and commit the new 
firmware to both partitions of the CP, or

◆

The 

firmwarerestore

 command to restore the secondary 

partition (with the old firmware) to the primary, and back out of 
the new firmware download.

The v4.0 firmware is in the form of RPM packages with names 
defined in pfile. The package list file (that is, 

release.plist

 file) is a 

binary file which contains specific firmware information such as the 
release version, time stamp, and platform code, and the names of 
packages to be downloaded. 

When the Fabric OS zip or tar.gz file is uncompressed it creates a directory 
named for the release version of the firmware. When executing a 

firmwaredownload

 specify the path to this directory and the filename 

release.plist.

 For example,

 /v4.0.0c/release.plist.

 

This command supports both non-interactive and interactive modes. 
If no operands are specified, or if there is any syntax error in the 
operands, the command will go into the interactive mode and 
prompt you for input. In the interactive mode, all of the optional 
operands are presented to the user.