Brocade 48000 firmware upgrade failure

[Tim Lines]

I need to upgrade my Brocade 48000 firmware but it fails because it can't access the package list file. How do I get past this?

Steps to recreate:
1. Downloaded v5.3.0c.tar.gz from HP website
2. Untarred it on ftp server.
3. Logged in on Brocade.
4. Ran firmwaredownload.
5. Firmware download aborted.

Transcript of breakage:
broca:admin> firmwaredownload

Server Name or IP Address: 159.49.42.6

FTP User Name: tlines

File Name: /sw/vendor/Brocade/v5.3.0c

FTP Password:



This command will upgrade both CP blades. If you want to

upgrade a single CP only, please use -s option.



You can run firmwaredownloadstatus to get the status of this

command.



This command will cause the active CP to reset and will require

that existing telnet, secure telnet or SSH sessions be restarted.



Do you want to continue [Y]: y

Firmware is being downloaded to standby CP. This step may take up to 30 minutes.

Firmware download failed on standby CP - Unable to access the package list file. Check whether the switch is supported by the requested firmware. Also check firmwaredownload help page for other possible failure reasons. (0x12)

Please use firmwaredownloadstatus and firmwareshow to see the firmware status.

broca:admin> logout

[Bharath_Pingali]

Hello Tim,

Try "File Name: /sw/vendor/Brocade/v5.3.0c/release.plist" instead of "File Name: /sw/vendor/Brocade/v5.3.0c"

Good Luck
Bharath

[Matt Raccagno]

Are you running redundant CPs in your Director? If so, you need to have an IP address on each of the CPs in addition to the FC switch address. The download is failing because there is no network connectivity to your standby CP.

An ipaddrshow will confirm the addresses that are configured on your switch and CPs.