HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

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g. Click Test to verify that you can access the FTP server specified. Fabric Manager reports success or
failure. The test must be successful for certain features to work (for example, firmware download,
configuration download, fabric merge check, and so on).
In addition to validating connectivity to the FTP server, clicking the Test button writes a temporary
file to the specified FTP directory. For the test to complete successfully:
• Write permissions must be set up properly on the specified directory of the FTP server.
• Ports 20 and 21 must be open between the Fabric Manager client, the FTP server, and the
switch.
4. Click OK to save the settings.
Downloading firmware to multiple switches
Before you begin downloading firmware, verify that your task meets the following requirements:
• All switches that you choose to upgrade can run the firmware that you plan to download.
• All switches that you choose to simultaneously reboot reside on the same fabric.
• TCP/UDP Ports 20 and 21(FTP) must be accessible between the Fabric Manager server and each
switch.
CAUTION: If you are upgrading firmware from Fabric OS 3.0.0 to 3.1.0, or from Fabric OS 4.0.0 to
4.1.0, any port name changes that you have made in Fabric Manager are lost; this ensures that multiple
Fabric Manager clients that are simultaneously active during the firmware upgrade do not overwrite each
other’s port names.
NOTE: The firmware download to multiple switches feature is not supported for FC routers using Fabric
Manager. If you attempt to download firmware on an FC router using Fabric Manager, Advanced Web
Tools is launched.
Downloading firmware steps varies depending on the location of your FTP server:
• If you are using the FTP server built in with Fabric Manager, see “Downloading firmware with firmware
repository support.”
• If your external FTP server resides on the same system as the Fabric Manager server, see “Downloading
firmware with firmware repository support.”
• If your external FTP server resides on the same system as the Fabric Manager server, but the external
FTP server user does not have root access, see ”Downloading firmware using an external FTP server”
on page 155.
• If your external FTP server is on a system different from the one where the Fabric Manager server is
installed, see ”Downloading firmware using an external FTP server” on page 155.
Downloading firmware with firmware repository support
The Firmware Download to Switches window, illustrated in Figure 95, provides information on firmware
versions and download status.