Dell PowerConnect B-RX16 Installation Manual

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180 BigIron RX Installation Guide53-1001811-01Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software7Upgrading the management module’s monitor andboot imagesYou can upgrade the management module’s monitor and boot images simultaneously.NOTEBrocade highly recommends that the interface monitor and boot images be upgraded at the sametime as the management’s module images to keep both code images synchronized on the sameversion. The procedure for doing this is described in “Upgrading the interface module’s monitor andboot images” on page 181.Follow the steps given below to upgrade the management module’s monitor and boot imagessimultaneously.1. Place the new monitor and boot images on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX Series systemhas access or on a PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or 2.2. Copy the new monitor and boot images to the BigIron RX Series. Enter one of the followingcommands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (example: BigIron RX#):For information about the image name to specify, refer to Table 24.3. Verify that the new monitor and boot images have been successfully copied to the flash or slot1 or 2 by entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI:• show flash• dir // (if the destination is slot 1 or 2)Check for the boot image, monitor image, and the date and time at which the new images werebuilt.4. If you want to upgrade other software images, go to the appropriate upgrade section forinformation. If you have completed upgrading the software images, you must reboot themanagement module to complete the upgrade process. For more information,refer to“Rebooting the management module” on page 183.Upgrading the management module’s IronWare imagePerform the following steps to upgrade the management module’s IronWare image (primary orsecondary).1. Place the new IronWare image on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX Series system hasaccess or on a PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or 2.TABLE 28 Command syntax for upgrading monitor and boot images on the management moduleCommand syntax Descriptioncopy tftp flash

monitor

copy-bootCopies the latest monitor and boot images from the TFTPserver to flash.copy slot1 | slot2 flash monitorcopy-bootCopies the latest monitor and boot images from a flash cardin slot 1 or 2 to flash.