Updating the firmware on a Dell™ PowerVault™ 5xF Fibre Channel switch
To update the firmware on a PowerVault 5xF, perform the following steps:
NOTE: Alternatively, steps 6 through 8 may be accomplished by using the Administrative page within the Web based PowerVault 5xF Fibre Channel Switch Manager.
- Copy the latest version of the firmware to the root of the C:\ hard drive of the host PC.
- Execute the setup program from the Dell PowerVault Utilities CD to install the two Switch Utilities files (cat.exe and rshd.exe) on the host PC.
- During the setup you must specify a Destination Folder, click Browse and click C:\ to select it as the Destination Folder. Click OK.
- Accept the program defaults to finish the install.
- Click Programs, click Dell OpenManage PowerVault Manager, click PowerVault 50F&51F Utilities, and then click rshd (remote shell daemon).
- Initiate a telnet session to an individual switch by typing the following commands and pressing the <Enter> key after each command:
telnet <switch IP address>
Dell_FC_Switch: admin
passwd: <password>
where <switch IP address> is the IP address of the switch <password> is the Administrator password.
- From the telnet command line, type the following commands and press the <Enter> key after each command:
For the PowerVault 50F, type:
flashDownload "<host IP address>", "<username>", "<filename>"
For the PowerVault 51F and 56F:
firmwareDownload "<host IP address>", "<username>", "<filename>"
where the <host IP address> is the host IP address, the <user name> is a valid user name for the host, and the <filename> is the path to the firmware file.
Example:
firmwareDownload "192.111.2.1", "administrator", "v2_1_4"
The host PC server delivers the file to the switch, where the file is stored in flash memory.
- Reboot the switch to initiate the new firmware.
- Press the <Ctrl>+<C> keys at the same time on the keyboard of the host PC to terminate the rsh daemon.