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Upgrading Switch Firmware

Revision A02 March 4, 2005

This document describes how to upgrade your EMC Connectrix 3250 VL2E switch firmware. Topics include Before You Start ............................................................................... 2 Installing a New Version of Switch Firmware...................................... 3

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Before You Start

The procedure takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. You must stop I/O between the server and the storage system before you install the firmware, so schedule the installation for a time when stopping I/O to the storage system is most convenient. You will need a telnet connection to the switch from a host from which you will FTP the firmware to the switch. This host is referred to as the FTP host. If this host is a Windows host that does not have an FTP server application on it, you can use the 3Com 3CDaemon FTP utility provided with the switch firmware.

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Installing a New Version of Switch Firmware

You should always install the latest supported version of the switch firmware. For supported revisions, refer to Supported Configurations in the Technical descriptions section on the AX100 support website.

To Prepare for the Firmware Installation

1. Verify the revision of the currently installed firmware. a. On the FTP host, start a telnet session to the switch: telnet switch_IP_address b. Enter your login ID and password. If the system asks you to change the password, enter any password that contains a minimum of eight letters and/or numbers and at least one number. c. Verify the current firmware version: firmwareshow
If the firmware revision is up-to-date, you do not need to install new firmware. If it is not up-to-date, proceed to the next step.

2. Verify that the FTP host is running an FTP server application, and identify the default FTP directory on the host.
If you are upgrading the switch from a Windows host that does not have an FTP server application, install and use the provided 3Com 3CDaemon FTP utility. See README.pdf for more information. The 3CDaemon FTP utility and the README.pdf are included in the 3cdvr210.zip file.

In most cases If the FTP host is a UNIX host, the firmware file will download to the / root directory. If the FTP host is a Windows host, the firmware will download to the default FTP directory, C:\inetpub\ftproot.
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Verify the location of the default FTP directory with the host system administrator.

3. From the AX100 support website, download the file containing the latest supported version of switch firmware (BRCDFOS4_4_0b_3250_firmware.zip) to the default FTP directory on the FTP host. The zip file contains firmware and the 3Com 3CDaemon utility for Windows.
For information on accessing the AX100 support website, refer to the support information that shipped with the storage system.

4. Unzip the BRCDFOS4_4_0b_3250_firmware.zip file to the same default FTP directory. IMPORTANT - If you are using WinZip, be sure to select Use folder Names so the files are placed in the correct locations. If using another
utility make sure folders are created during the unzip process. The unzip operation creates a v.x.y.z directory within the default FTP directory, and extracts the files to this directory. This directory contains a number of folders and over 100 files. If this is not the case, then try unzipping the file again.

5. From within the v.x.y.z directory, unzip the firmware file named v.x.y.z.zip to the same default FTP directory. 6. Using the telnet connection to the switch you have already set up, save the zoning information in the switchs flash memory, so that it is available after the switch reboots: cfgsave 7. Using telnet, back up your current switch configuration: configUpload ConfigUpload is an interactive command that prompts you for specific information, such as transfer method and location.

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For example:
Switch_1 login: admin Password: Password Switch_1: admin>configupload Protocol (scp or ftp) [ftp]: FTP Server Name or IP Address[host]:host_IP_address User Name [user]: FTP_Server_User_Name File Name [config.txt]: myconfig.txt Password: FTP_Password Upload complete

EMC strongly recommends that you back up your switch configuration whenever you change the switch configuration, including zoning changes. You can download the backup configuration file if the configuration ever becomes corrupted or you replace the switch.

8. Enter the FTP host name (server name) or IP address, FTP username, filename, and password when prompted for them. For example for a Windows host:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: User Name [user]: FTP_user_name File Name [config.txt]:

host_IP_address

inetpub/FTProot/v.x.y.z/ds_sw_config.txt Password: FTP_password

Upload complete

The ds_sw_config.txt file is created automatically when the upload takes place. You can name this .txt file anything you prefer.

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To Install the Switch Firmware

CAUTION This procedure will reboot the switch, which disrupts I/O to the storage system for up to five minutes. For more information, issue the help firmwaredownload command. The firmware consists of many .rpm files instead of just one binary file. You must specify the folder where you unzipped the vx.y.z.zip file. The filename you specify is always release.plist. The release.plist file tells the download program what files to download to the switch. The release.plist file is not in this directory. Do not move it. The download program will find it. Important When you enter a path, you must use the UNIX forward slash (/)
even on a Windows FTP host.

1. Stop I/O to the storage system. 2. Download the new version of the firmware: firmwaredownload 3. Enter y to continue and enter the server name or IP address, FTP username, filename, and password when prompted for them. For example:
You can run firmwareDownloadStatus to get the status of this command. This command will cause the switch to reset and will require that existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted. Do you want to continue [Y]: y Server Name or IP Address: host_IP_address User Name: FTP_Server_User_Name File Name: /vx.y.z/release.plist Password: FTP_password

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FirmwareDownload has started. Start to install packages... dir setup swb ldconfig glibc bash readline terminfo termcap which fabos-hmon fabos-wwnhs apache fastcgi fabos-webtools tz ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ############################### ###############################

Write kernel image into flash. ............... Verification SUCCEEDED Removing unneeded files, please wait... Finished removing unneeded files. All packages have been downloaded successfully. Firmwaredownload has completed successfully. HA Rebooting...

4. Wait four minutes for the switch to reboot, then start a telnet session back into the same switch. 5. If the system asks to change the password, enter any password that contains a minimum of eight letters and/or numbers and at least one number.

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For example:
Fabric OS (tm) switch_name login: admin Password:

Please change your passwords now. Type <Ctrl-C>to abort.) For username - admin New password: new password Re-enter new password: For username - user New password: new password Re-enter new password: Saving passwd...done.

6. Verify that both the primary and secondary switch partitions completed the firmware upgrade: firmwareshow
It may take about ten minutes after the reboot to finish writing the secondary partition.

For example:
DS_SW:admin> firmwareshow Primary partition: v4.4.0b Secondary Partition: v4.4.0b DS_SW:admin>

7. Save the updated configuration to flash memory, so it is available after a switch reboot or total power failure: cfgsave 8. Back up the current configuration using a filename that is different from the filenames of the previously saved configuration files to ensure you do not overwrite these files: configUpload 9. Restart I/O to the storage system.

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