SAN switch firmware upgrade

[BrianDoyle]

Hi,
Trying to save the config of my brocade SAN switch and then upgrade to 6.3.0
Im getting an error message while first trying to save the config.

I ssh to the switch
switch01:admin> configupload
Protocol (scp, ftp, local) [ftp]: ftp
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.5.10.16
User Name [user]: Administrator
File Name [config.txt]: config.txt
Section (all|chassis [all]): all
Password:
/bin/ncftpput -t 60 -u "Administrator" -p "***********" "10.5.10.16" "." "/tmp/config.txt" > /dev/null 2>&1: No such file or directory
configUploadMainWork: system(/bin/ncftpput -t 60 -u "Administrator" -p "***********" "10.5.10.16" "." "/tmp/config.txt" > /dev/null 2>&1) returned 768

configUpload not permitted (ftp failed). Transfer failed.
switch01:admin>

Ive read about people setting up a FTP server but this hasnt helped or made a difference.

[IBaltay]

Hi,
maybe this could help you:
http://community.brocade.com/home/thread/2595

[BrianDoyle]

Thanks for the reply.
Managed to get the config onto my laptop.
Now to upgrade the firmware, it comes in a zip file with many directories inside named SWBD21, SWBD32, SWBD42, 46,50,52,55,62,63â ¦etc
What file do I need to have in the path to the firmware?

thanks

[Uwe Zessin]

None, the switch 'knows' which folder to use.

In the older versions it was even more confusing, because (if 'v6.3.0a' was the top-level folder in the FTP hierarchy) you had to specify something like:
File Name: v6.3.0a/release.plist

although that file was not there - there were different files one level below. However, if you blindly followed the instructions it worked anyway ;-)

Today you can just enter:
File Name: v6.3.0a

[Víctor Cespón]

None, just provide the path to the root of the uncompressed folder, the switch will pick the right folder.

Do not add /release.plist, just the path to the root folder.

[BrianDoyle]

In the end i used IIS and ftp and it worked.
Do not try tftp as i had tried along with 3rd party tools.
Make sure the read and write are enabled in ftp too.
thanks for the help