Described in, Upgrading a single core switch 2/64 or san, Director 2/128 blade – HP StorageWorks 2.128 SAN Director Switch User Manual

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7.

Answer the next prompts as indicated:

If you specify no, you must manually issue the

firmwareCommit

command.

The default is

no

. If you take the default, you must later use the

haReboot

command to perform an

HA reboot manually.
In Fabric OS 4.4.0 or later, the Full Install option is not available.

8.

Wait for the firmware download to finish.

9.

Start a new telnet session and use the

firmwareDownloadStatus

command to check the status.

For example:

Upgrading a single Core Switch 2/64 or SAN Director 2/128 blade

Although it is possible to upgrade firmware on one CP blade at a time, not do so under normal

circumstances, because it might disrupt switch operations if it is not executed in the proper sequence, or if

the version of firmware is down-level and part of an unsupported version.
When the two CP blades are not running the same firmware versions, it might be necessary to disable

one or the other blades to maintain fabric stability. For information on the commands used to achieve this,

see the

haDisable

and

haFailover

commands in the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x command

reference guide.
The following procedure allows you to upgrade a single CP blade. This procedure can be used with

Fabric OS 4.0.0d and later.

1.

Connect to the switch and log in as admin.

2.

Issue the

haShow

command to determine which CP blade is the active CP and which one is the

standby CP. In the following example, the active CP blade is CP0, and the standby CP blade is CP1:

3.

Log in to the standby CP blade as admin.

4.

Issue the following command to upgrade a new version of the firmware to the standby CP blade:

firmwaredownload -s

5.

Enter the IP address of the FTP server where the firmware is stored.

6.

Enter your user name for the server.

Do Auto Commit after reboot [Y]: y

Reboot system after download [N]: y

switch: admin> firmwaredownload -s

Server Name or IP Address: 192.1.2.3

User Name: JohnDoe

File Name: /pub/v5.0.1/release.plist

Password: *****

Do Auto Commit after reboot [Y]: y

Reboot system after download [N]: y

Firmwaredownload has started.

.

.

.

switch:admin> hashow

Local CP (Slot 5, CP0): Active

Remote CP (Slot 6, CP1): Standby, Healthy

HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State in sync

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