Archive for 'Brocade'

Upgrading Brocade firmware

I recently purchased a Brocade 3200 for my lab, and wanted to upgrade the switch to the latest stable version of firmware. Brocade comes with the “firmwaredownload” command, which can be used to retrieve and load a firmware image from a remote FTP or RSH server: Switch:admin> firmwaredownload Server Name or IP Address [host]: 192.168.1.5 [...]

Changing the IP address on a Brocade 3200

I purchased a used Brocade 3200 for my home lab, and needed to update the network information to allow myself to login remotely. To view the existing network configuration, I serial consoled in and ran the ipAddrShow command: Switch:admin> ipAddrShow Ethernet IP Address: 10.1.1.48 Ethernet Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0 Fibre Channel IP Address: none Fibre Channel Subnetmask: [...]

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