topic Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order in ICX Switches

Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

mikehammett — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:07:35 GMT

I have some Foundry FESX424F-PREM switches. They are running version 3.1. I also have IronWare 7.2. Can I jump from 3.1 to 7.2 or are there intermediary steps I need to go through to ensure a smooth transition?

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

BenBeck — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:10:58 GMT

Fesx4xx can indeed go up to the 7202 code stream. Those switches have been unsupported for a few years. I'm pretty confident you need a middle jump there, but I don't have any to test on. Can you post a 'show version' and a 'show flash'? I'd like to see the boot code formats. That may give us a clue.

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

mikehammett — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:18:58 GMT

I realize they're no longer supported, but they're still humming along. I just took over this network that has been sadly left to entropy. Things that don't work are taking higher priority than things that do. 🙂

SSH@[redacted]#show version
SW: Version 03.1.00bT3e3 Copyright (c) 1996-2006 Foundry Networks, Inc.
Compiled on Nov 29 2006 at 17:10:32 labeled as SXR03100b
(3613091 bytes) from Primary SXR03100b.bin
BootROM: Version 03.0.01T3e5 (FEv2)
HW: Stackable FESX424F-PREM
==========================================================================
Serial #: [redacted]
P-ASIC 0: type 00D1, rev D2
P-ASIC 1: type 00D1, rev D2
==========================================================================
333 MHz Power PC processor 8245 (version 129/1014) 66 MHz bus
512 KB boot flash memory
16384 KB code flash memory
128 MB DRAM
The system uptime is 48 days 17 hours 47 minutes 45 seconds
The system : started=warm start reloaded=by "reload"
Crash time: 07:09:22 Central Sun Oct 04 1903

SSH@[redacted]#show flash
Compressed Pri Code size = 3613091, Version 03.1.00bT3e3 (SXR03100b.bin)
Compressed Sec Code size = 3584182, Version 03.0.01cT3e3 (SXR03001c.bin)
Compressed BootROM Code size = 524288, Version 03.0.01T3e5
Code Flash Free Space = 786432

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

BenBeck — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:26:45 GMT

Well you definitely got some life out of them! Hmmm. Very hard to say. I wouldn't want to give you any official advice here without being 100% confident. I did work on these switches, but it has been years. Do you have any spares around that you could test on?

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

mikehammett — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:30:35 GMT

I do have a spare that I intended to test it on first.

What sort of probable outcomes should I be expecting?

If the worst thing that happens is that I lose the current config, I can confidently plow onward with the test. If the worst thing that happens is that I brick the device, I may wait a few more days. 🙂

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

BenBeck — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:34:18 GMT

I would guess worst case is you have to recover from bootmon which isn't too hard. Again, hard to say without testing the scenario. Officially speaking, it would be at your own risk 🙂

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

mikehammett — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:09:13 GMT

How would I do such recovery, should it be necessary?

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

mikehammett — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:38:00 GMT

Well, it worked on my spare, no config switch. I guess it's time to try it on the production ones.

FESX424F Router#show ver
SW: Version 07.2.02rT3e3 Copyright (c) 1996-2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Compiled on Oct 23 2015 at 05:43:57 labeled as SXR07202r
(4026161 bytes) Secondary SXR07202r.bin
BootROM: Version 07.2.00T3e5 (FEv2)
HW: Stackable FESX424HF-PREM (PROM-TYPE FESX424-L3U)
==========================================================================
Serial #: FL35067706
License: SX_V4_HW_ROUTER_SOFT_PACKAGE (LID: hnIKFLMMFL)
P-ASIC 0: type 00D1, rev D2 subrev 00
P-ASIC 1: type 00D1, rev D2 subrev 00
==========================================================================
333 MHz Power PC processor 8245 (version 129/1014) 66 MHz bus
512 KB boot flash memory
8192 KB code flash memory
128 MB DRAM
The system uptime is 35 seconds
The system : started=warm start reloaded=by "reload"

FESX424F Router#show flash
Compressed Pri Code size = 3613091, Version 03.1.00bT3e3 (SXR03100b.bin)
Compressed Sec Code size = 4026161, Version 07.2.02rT3e3 (SXR07202r.bin)
Compressed BootROM Code size = 524288, Version 07.2.00T3e5
Code Flash Free Space = 319488

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

mikehammett — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:29:07 GMT

First two production switch upgrades went just as flawlessly. Works great!

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

thierry_lethuil — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:33:28 GMT

Hi Mike,

I also have many Foundry LS624 and LS648 switches which are running Ironware version 3.1
Can you confirm you managed to update Ironware directly from version 03.1.00b to version 07.2.02r ?

Re: Foundry Switch Firmware Upgrade Order

skybetik — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 05:37:30 GMT

hi could you share the firmware SXR07202r.bin for FESX424HF-PREM