Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Network OS 2.1 - Manual (Page 11)

Network OS Documentation Update 1
53-1002606-06
Chapter
1
NOS Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter
• New Content for the NOS Administrator’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
New Content for the NOS Administrator’s Guide
The updates in this chapter are for the Network OS Administrator’s Guide Supporting Network OS
v2.1.1 (53-1002491-01)
, originally published in December 2011.
NOTE
The updates are arranged by the chapter names as they appear in the original document.
Chapter 6, Installing and Maintaining Firmware
Replace the section titled “Downloading firmware from a USB device” on page 56 with the following
section.
Downloading firmware from a USB device
The Brocade VDX 6710, 6720, and 6730 switches support firmware download from a
Brocade-branded USB device. Third-party USB devices are not supported. Before you can access
the USB device, you must enable the device and mount it as a file system. The firmware images to
be downloaded must be stored in the factory-configured firmware directory. Multiple images can be
stored under this directory.
1. Ensure that the USB device is connected to the switch.
2. Enter the usb on command.
switch# usb on
Trying to enable USB device. Please wait...
USB storage enabled
3. Optional: Enter the usb dir command.
switch# usb dir
firmwarekey\ 0B 2010 Aug 15 15:13
support\ 106MB 2010 Aug 24 05:36
config\ 0B 2010 Aug 15 15:13
firmware\ 380MB 2010 Aug 15 15:13
NOS_v2.1.1\ 379MB 2010 Aug 15 15:31
Available space on usbstorage 74%
4. Enter the firmware download usb command followed by the relative path to the firmware
directory.