Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 81)

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Chapter
4
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
In this chapter
• Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
• Determining the software versions installed and running on a device . . . . 48
• Image file types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
• Upgrading software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
• Using SNMP to upgrade software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
• Changing the block size for TFTP file transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
• Rebooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
• Displaying the boot preference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
• Loading and saving configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
• Scheduling a system reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
• Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Overview
For easy software image management, all devices support the download and upload of software
images between the flash modules on the devices and a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server
on the network.
TurboIron X Series devices have two flash memory modules:
• Primary flash – The default local storage device for image files and configuration files.
• Secondary flash – A second flash storage device. You can use the secondary flash to store
redundant images for additional reload reliability or to preserve one software image while
testing another one.
Only one flash device is active at a time. By default, the primary image will become active upon
reload.
You can update the software contained on a flash module using TFTP to copy the update image
from a TFTP server onto the flash module. In addition, you can copy software images and
configuration files from a flash module to a TFTP server.
NOTE
TurboIron X Series devices are TFTP clients but not TFTP servers. You must perform the TFTP
transaction from the device. You cannot “put” a file onto the device using the interface of your TFTP
server.