Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.1 (53-1002446-01, March 2012)

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Chapter 9 Installing and Maintaining Firmware
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Upgrading and downgrading firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Considerations for FICON CUP environments . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
HA sync state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Preparing for a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Connected switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Finding the switch firmware version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Obtain and decompress firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Firmware download on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Switch firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Firmware download on a Backbone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Backbone firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . .198
Firmware download from a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Enabling USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Viewing the USB file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Downloading from USB using the relative path . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Downloading from USB using the absolute path . . . . . . . . . . .202
FIPS support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Public and private key management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
The firmwareDownload command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Power-on firmware checksum test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Test and restore firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Testing a different firmware version on a switch . . . . . . . . . . .204
Test and restore firmware on Backbones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Testing different firmware versions on Backbones . . . . . . . . .206
Validating a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Chapter 10 Managing Virtual Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Logical switch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Default logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Logical switches and fabric IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Port assignment in logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Logical switches and connected devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Logical fabric overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Logical fabric and ISLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Base switch and extended ISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Management model for logical switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Account management and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221