Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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Testing and restoring firmware on switches
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User Name: userfoo
File Name: /home/userfoo/v7.0.0
Password: <hidden>
Do Auto-Commit after Reboot [Y]: n
Reboot system after download [N]: y
Firmware is being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30
minutes.
Checking system settings for firmwaredownload...
The switch performs a reboot and comes up with the new firmware to be tested. Your current
switch session automatically disconnects.
ATTENTION
Downloading firmware to a switch can be disruptive to switch traffic.
7. Connect to the switch, log in as admin, and enter the firmwareShow command to confirm that
the primary partition of the switch contains the new firmware.
You are now ready to evaluate the new version of firmware.
ATTENTION
Stop! If you want to restore the firmware, stop here and skip ahead to
; otherwise,
to commit the firmware on the switch, which completes the firmware
download operations.
8. Commit the firmware.
a. Enter the firmwareCommit command to update the secondary partition with new firmware.
Note that it takes several minutes to complete the commit operation.
b. Enter the firmwareShow command to confirm both partitions on the switch contain the
new firmware.
ATTENTION
Stop! If you have completed
, then you have committed the firmware on the switch and
you have completed the firmware download procedure.
9. Restore the firmware.
a. Enter the firmwareRestore command. The switch reboots and comes up with the original
firmware again.
A firmware commit automatically begins to copy the original firmware from the primary
partition to the secondary partition. At the end of the firmware commit process, both
partitions have the original firmware. Note that it takes several minutes to complete the
commit operation.
b. Wait five minutes to ensure that all processes have completed and the switch is fully up
and operational.
c. Log in to the switch. Enter the firmwareShow command and verify that both partitions on
the switch have the original firmware.