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Brocade:  Firmware download failed

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Applies to

  • Brocade Switches
  • Firmware upgrade
  • Fabric MetroCluster

Issue

Firmware upgrade of the Brocade switch fails:

Firmware is being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30 minutes.
Could not open /tmp/fwdl_new_rel.txt for reading.
Preparing for firmwaredownload...
Server IP: 1.2.3.4, Protocol IPv4
Reached EOF of TAR file looking for release.plist
Firmware download failed - Unable to access the package list file. Check whether the file name is specified properly. (0x12)

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