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Backing Up the Configuration and Upgrading Firmware
82 SAN Switch 2/32 Installation Guide
Upgrading or Restoring Switch Firmware
The SAN Switch 2/32 ships with preloaded firmware. In most cases there is no
need to update the firmware on the new switch. The firmware version can be
determined by using:
■
The
version
Telnet command
■
The Switch Management Application page in Web Tools
Use these steps to upgrade or restore the switch firmware.
1. Verify that the RSHD service or the FTP service is running on the host
workstation.
2. Login to the switch as the admin user.
3. Enter the following command:
firmwareDownload hostIPaddr, user, path_filename,
password
For example, where
hostIPaddr
is the IP address of the host computer,
user
is the User ID used to log into this computer,
path_filename
is the
path location and filename of the new firmware file, and
password
is the
password for the user ID specified.
The password operand is only required if you are using FTP.
4. Reboot the switch by entering the following command:
fastBoot