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Brocade blade is showing unknown FOS version

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Applies to

  • Brocade X6 -4
  • Brocade X6 -8
  • Brocade 8500

Issue

Brocade blade switch shows unknown FOS version under the firmwareshow -v output:

Example:


/fabos/bin/switchshow :
switchName:     Fiber Switch 1
switchType:     166.0
switchState:    Online
switchMode:     Native
switchRole:     Principal
switchDomain:   40
switchId:       fffc28
switchWwn:      10:00:c4:f5:7c:af:99:84


firmwareshow -v:
Slot Name       Appl     Primary/Secondary Versions               Status
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  CP0        FOS      v8.1.2a                                  ACTIVE *
                         v8.1.2a
  2  CP1        FOS      v8.1.2a                                  STANDBY
                         v8.1.2a
  6  SX6        FOS      Unknown
                         Unknown

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