Brocade Communications Systems MLX Series - Single-Command Package Upgrade; Interface Module Auto-Upgrade

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Simplified Upgrade
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Option to Ignore the Version
By default, the upgrade operation will perform a version check. An optional parameter to ignore the
version field will be available in the CLI command as well as SNMP MIB.
The user may choose to perform a forced upgrade.
Similarly, if the specified manifest file does not have a version field, it will perform a forced upgrade
for backward compatibility.
Supported Images
The version comparison is done for the following images:
• Interface Module FPGA (LP FPGA)
• Management Module FPGA (MBRIDGE and MBRIDGE-32)
NOTE
Simplified Upgrade (single-command) must be performed before LP Auto-Upgrade can be
configured. The later one uses the manifest file that the former one downloaded in the system flash.
Single-Command Package Upgrade
The CLI command is modified to have an optional parameter to ignore or bypass version checking.
Full syntax (using a TFTP server as the source):
NetIron# copy tftp system [all-images] <server-ip-address>
manifest <File name> [lp-sec | mp-sec | secondary]
[skip-version-check]
Full syntax (using a removable storage device as the source):
NetIron# copy <slot1 | slot2> system [all-images]
manifest <File name> [lp-sec | mp-sec | secondary]
[skip-version-check]
Interface Module Auto-Upgrade
NOTE
Interface Module Auto-Upgrade does not support LP Auto-Upgrade, which allows the system to
automatically upgrade the Boot and FPGA images of an inserted interface module.
In a full-system upgrade where an external set of images (or, release package) is to be applied to
the system, it makes sense to perform a version comparison between what is currently running in
the system and the release package (while LP Auto-Upgrade compares the image version in LP and
that of the system).