McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Command Line Interface Guide (AA-RWEJA-TE, November 2006)

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem command line interface guide 111
Firmware Install command
Description Downloads firmware from a remote host to the switch, installs the firmware, then resets the switch
(without a POST) to activate the firmware. This command is disruptive, and prompts you for the
following:
• The file transfer protocol (FTP or TFTP)
• An account name and password on the remote host (for FTP only)
• IP address of the remote host
• Pathname for the firmware image file
Authority Admin session
Syntax
firmware install
Examples The following is an example of the Firmware Install command using FTP:
McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start
McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> firmware install
The switch will be reset. This process will cause a disruption to I/O
traffic.
Continuing with this action will terminate all management sessions,
including any Telnet sessions. When the firmware activation is complete,
you may log in to the switch again.
Do you want to continue? [y/n]: y
Press 'q' and the ENTER key to abort this command.
FTP or TFTP : ftp
User Account : johndoe
IP Address : 10.0.0.254
Source Filename : 6.4.00.11_mpc
About to install image. Do you want to continue? [y/n] y
Connected to 10.0.0.254 (10.0.0.254).
220 localhost.localdomain FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-18) ready.
331 Password required for johndoe.
Password: xxxxxxxxx
230 User johndoe logged in.
bin
200 Type set to I.
verbose
Verbose mode off.
This may take several seconds...
The switch will now reset.
Connection closed by foreign host.