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90 Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Managing the interface modules
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Synchronizing the interface modules’ IronWare images during bootup
By default, the BigIron RX Series system checks the IronWare images in the interface module’s
flash memory during boot to ensure they are the same as the IronWare images in the management
module’s flash memory. If an interface module does not have an IronWare image, the system
automatically downloads the image from the management module’s flash memory to the interface
module’s flash memory.
If an interface module has different IronWare images, the system prompts you to do the following:
• If you want to update the primary and secondary IronWare images in the interface module’s
flash memory with the images in the management module’s flash memory, enter the lp
cont-boot sync <slot-number> command at the Privileged EXEC prompt.
• If you want to retain the IronWare images in the interface module’s flash memory, enter the lp
cont-boot no-sync <slot-number> command at the Privileged EXEC prompt.
Specifying an immediate synchronization
You can immediately synchronize the IronWare images between the management module and one
or all interface modules. For example, to immediately synchronize the IronWare images between
the management module and all interface modules, enter the following command at the Privileged
EXEC level:
BigIron RX# lp sync all
Syntax: lp sync all | <slot-number>
The all keyword indicates that the immediate synchronization applies to all interface modules in the
BigIron RX Series chassis.
The <slot-number> parameter specifies the BigIron RX Series chassis slot number that contains
the interface module to which the immediate synchronization applies. You can specify 1 – 4 for
BigIron RX-4, 1 – 8 for BigIron RX-8 or 1 – 16 for BigIron RX-16.
Disabling or reenabling an automatic check and synchronization
By default, the BigIron RX Series system checks the IronWare images in the interface module’s
flash memory during bootup to ensure it is the same as the IronWare images in the management
module’s flash memory. For information about what the system does if the interface module does
not currently have a IronWare image or if the image is different from that of the management
module, refer to “Synchronizing the interface modules’ IronWare images during bootup” on
page 90.
To disable the automatic check and synchronization during bootup, enter the following command at
the global CONFIG level:
BigIron RX(config)# lp disable-lp-sync-check
Syntax: lp disable-lp-sync-check
Provided that you save this configuration by entering the write memory command, the system will
disable the automatic check and synchronization of the IronWare images starting with the next
software reload or system reset and each reload or reset after that.
To re-enable the automatic check and synchronization of the IronWare images during bootup, enter
the following command at the global CONFIG level:
BigIron RX(config)# no lp disable-lp-sync-check