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McDATA Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Repair Information
• At the product, the green port LED illuminates.
•At the Hardware View, the emulated green port LED
illuminates.
• The box adjacent to the Block Port menu option becomes
blank.
Upgrading Firmware
Firmware is the product operating code stored in FLASH memory on
the CTP card. Up to 32 firmware versions can be stored on the
management server hard drive and made available for download
through the Element Manager application. Perform the following
firmware upgrade tasks from the management server (Element
Manager application):
• Determine the active firmware version for the product.
• Add a firmware version to the management server library.
• Download a firmware version to the product.
Determine Firmware Version
To determine a switch firmware version:
1. Select Firmware Library from the Maintenance menu
(Maintenance>Firmware Library). The Firmware Library dialog box
appears (Figure 4-18).
Figure 4-18 Firmware Library Dialog Box
2. The active firmware version appears at the lower left corner of the
dialog box in XX.YY.ZZ format, where XX is the version level, YY
is the release level, and ZZ is the patch level.