Download Firmware on vSLX

Firmware download is supported on virtual devices over Linux. It is not supported on SLX-OS CLI.
  1. Log in to SLX-OS as admin user.
  2. Switch to Linux shell using the start-shell command. 
    SLX# start-shell
  3. Get the Linux admin user shell using the su command. Enter the default root password fibranne when prompted. 
    [admin@SLX]# su
Password:
  4. Download the firmware using options such as -p (FTP or SCP), -j (perform vSLX-OS upgrade). 
    Help :
firmwaredownload -h
    firmwaredownload syntax: 
firmwaredownload -sjb -S -p <protocol>  <serverip>, <username>, <image full path>, <password>
    firmware download using FTP: 
firmwaredownload -sjb -S -p ftp 10.10.10.10,<releaseuser>,<image full path>,<releaseuser>
    firmware download using SCP: 
firmwaredownload -sjb -S -p scp 10.10.10.10,<releaseuser>,<image full path>,<releaseuser>
    Note

    Note

    • There is no FWDL support across releases for SLX 9540 vSLX.
    • There is no fullinstall support.
  5. After downloading the firmware, verify the firmware version using SLX-OS CLI command, show version. 
    SLX# show version
9036302-00 Rev AB