<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I have upgrade numerous MLX's, as I work for Brocade in their Professional Services group. The process to upgrade an MLX is a little more complex than you may realize, especially since you are going from such an old code level to the latest (as a few others have pointed out).<br><br>First off, DO NOT attempt to use the combined image until you are at a minimal of code level 5.0. Trying to use the image on a code version any earlier, and you will have issues. <br><br>Secondly, if you are running MRJ21 or any form of 10GB modules, the combined image will not work, as it does not have the correct images. You have to upgrade these line cards separately. <br><br>Do not forget to upgrade your mbridge image. Follow the directions in the manual, for deleting the existing mbridge_old image or you will
have issues if you try to back out of your upgrade. <br><br>Be prepared to spend at a minimal of 30 minutes per MLX to do all the steps required to do the upgrade. You will be loading many images during this time, and it is very important that you keep track of where you are at in the process. <br><br>If it helps you, here is a list of commands to upgrade an MLX-8 with 8-port 10GB modules and 24-port Copper GE modules. These are the all the images that are needed to upgrade the management, SFM, mbridge, and line cards which are installed. In our case, these were new "out of the box" MLX's so we did not have to delete the existing mbridge_old image first. <br><br>copy tftp image 10.1.1.1 xm05100.bin del<br>copy tftp flash 10.1.1.1 xmr05100b.bin pri del<br>copy tftp flash 10.1.1.1 xmprm05100.bin boot<br>copy tftp flash 10.1.1.1 xmb05100.bin monitor<br>copy tftp lp 10.1.1.1 xmlb05100.bin monitor all<br>copy tftp lp 10.1.1.1 xmlprm05100.bin boot all<br>copy
tftp lp 10.1.1.1 xmlp05100b.bin primary all<br>copy tftp mbridge 10.1.1.1 mbridge_05100b.xsvf<br>copy tftp lp 10.1.1.1 lpfpga05100.bin fpga-all all<br>copy tftp lp 10.1.1.1 pbifsp2_05100b.bin fpga-pbif all<br>copy tftp lp 10.1.1.1 xppsp2_05100b.bin fpga-xpp all<br><br>wr mem<br>reload<br>y<br><br>Regards,<br>Terry Dickerson<br>Resident Consultant - 4<br>Brocade Communications<br>BCNP/BCNE/BCLE/BCEFE<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Niels Bakker <niels=foundry-nsp@bakker.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sat, February 26, 2011 9:36:23 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [f-nsp] Upgrading
IOS on a MLX-8<br></font><br>
* <a ymailto="mailto:eric.ndn@gmail.com" href="mailto:eric.ndn@gmail.com">eric.ndn@gmail.com</a> (Eric Nghia Nguyen Duy) [Sat 26 Feb 2011, 12:36 CET]:<br>> And reload-check is uber important :D I almost bricked one XMR unit by missing one PBIF image during upgrade!<br><br>That won't brick anything, just cause it to probably not forward packets over that linecard. Not an issue with proper OOB access via the MR.<br><br>If you want brickage, load a firmware version that predates support for that particular linecard (not really possible on XMR), or muck up the boot image on a linecard. The FPGAs just work - or don't, but you don't interact with them directly.<br><br>"reload-check" is a good tip, though.<br><br><br> -- Niels.<br><br>-- _______________________________________________<br>foundry-nsp mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net"
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