You will run these commands again after to ensure the fabric is healthy nsshowħ Download the switch firmware from BrocadeĨ Extract the Zip file and place it on your FTP server Upgrading the Brocade switch firmwareġ Connect to the switch with an admin accountĢ Enter the command firmwaredownload and follow the prompts. If you have other switches connected to the switch you are upgrading check for computability in the Brocade Fabric OS Release Notes.Ĥ You can also run an errclear to clear all existing statsĦ Check that no firmware upgrade is already in progress firmwaredownloadstatusħ If the switches are in a fabric run the commands below and take a note of the setting. So check you are happy with your multipathing setup on hosts before continuing. As shown in the table below upgrade between one release is online more than this will require a reboot of the switch. Verify the upgrade path from within the Brocade Fabric OS Upgrade Guide which you will find in the Brocade document library. Check the current firmware version by entering at the CLI firmwareshow Pre-Upgrade Tasksīefore updating the Fabric OS on your Brocade switches complete the following steps:ġ Find the current firmware version and check compatibility. You will require an FTP server to complete the process. Zoneshow > to check that the zone is correct.This post discusses the process to update a Brocade Fibre Channel switch. Syntax: zoneadd "this_zone", "wwn of new hba" Zoneadd > you can use this to add the new HBA's wwn, and yes you type the quotations. Syntax: zoneremove "this_zone", "wwn of old hba" Zoneremove > you likely want to use this instead of zonedelete, and yes you type the quotations. > You may wish to run a cfgshow on your switch to check things there.īut from here I can only suggest commands you will need.Ĭfgshow >will give you details of the configuration. Gather the WWN and port information for the existing enviroment & document properly. > configupload I can't give particulars on this, because I don't know what version your running.Ģ. Before you begin any changes you always run a backup of current configuration on all fabric/switch And since you don't mention the hardware involved, it makes me wonder it you have the ability to this harware replacement live and online!ġ. You will need to work in confirming the WWN of the old HBA removing the hardware and getting the new WWN. Here some basic commands, but you will have to open a book and gather and confirm the details for your version. You did not mention the O/S version of your Brocade or any model numbers of directors or switches.
The first I feel should be said.if you are not a SAN trained professional you should NOT be doing this! Making even one mistake can make your storage unavailable to all applications. Doing it from the GUI is the fastest and best way to do this, especially on a Brocade!
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