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Post upgrade, Brocade switch is not booting with new firmware

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Applies to

Brocade Fibre Channel (FC) switches

Issue

Post performing the upgrade from v8.2.3 to v9.0.1d, FOS version shows older version instead of latest version.

Switchxxx:admin> version
Kernel:     2.6.34.6
Fabric OS:  v8.2.3
Made on:    Wed Feb 24 20:04:13 2021
Flash:      Mon Jan 24 08:52:08 2022
BootProm:   3.0.32

firmwareshow -v shows that secondary partition has been upgraded to latest version whereas primary still shows the older version, and there is a warning which says firmwaredownload is in progress even though firmwaredownloadstatus shows Firmware has been downloaded.

Switchxxx:admin> firmwareshow -v
Appl     Primary/Secondary Versions
------------------------------------------
FOS      v8.2.3
         v9.0.1d
WARNING: Firmwaredownload is in progress.
Switchxxx:admin> 
Switchxxx:admin>firmwaredownloadstatus
[1]: Tue Aug 30 10:00:54 2022
Firmware is being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30 minutes.
[2]: Tue Aug 30 10:08:28 2022
Firmware has been downloaded to the secondary partition of the switch.

 

 

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