Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide 14-15
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Controlling Firmware Download Reboots
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2.6.x/v2.6.2
3.x/v3.2.0_rc1
4.4.x/v4.4.0_rc1/release.plist
5.x/v5.2.x_rc1/release.plist
7. Select FTP from the Select Protocol drop-down menu.
8. From the SAN Elements tab, select the switches that you want to upgrade and either drag the
switches to the Selected Switches panel or click the right arrow. Use Shift-click and Ctrl-click to
select multiple switches.
You can also drag a fabric name from the SAN Elements tab into the Selected Switches panel to
add all of the switches from that fabric.
9. Click Download. For switches running firmware prior to Fabric OS v4.0, you must click Reboot to
open the Sequenced Reboot window when the download completes.
Controlling Firmware Download Reboots
If you are downloading firmware with firmware repository support, then for switches running firmware
versions after Fabric OS v4.0, the Reboot Required column in the Firmware Download to Switches
window displays the following reboot information:
• Automatic reboot occurs automatically after firmware download
• Manual you must manually reboot the switch
• Not Applicable no firmware matching the selected switch type is available in the repository
Switches running a firmware version prior to Fabric OS v4.0 do not automatically reboot after a
firmware download. You can create a download sequence to control the order that the switches reboot.
See “Performing a Sequenced Reboot” on page 14-23 for additional information.
Downloading Firmware to HBAs
Fabric Manager supports up to 50 firmware downloads to multiple HBAs simultaneously. HBA
firmware downloads are supported only on switches with the following firmware versions:
Note
If you want to download firmware to a dual-switch chassis, you need to select only one of
its logical switches. Both switches are upgraded. If you add both of the logical switches
from a dual-switch chassis to the Selected Switches panel, you receive a warning when
you click Download. In the Firmware Download to Switches window, when you select
one logical switch in a dual-switch chassis the other switch is grayed out.
Note
If the switch loses network connectivity during the firmware download from Fabric Manager, the
firmware download action times out after approximately 25 minutes for switches running Fabric OS
v2.x or v3.x, and after approximately 80 minutes for switches running Fabric OS v4.x or v5.x. An error
message is not returned when the firmware download is interrupted.