Did you try my suggestion from my post above? Since you are on the v7 firmware, you will likely need to do what sdyoung and I had to do. You are having the same problems we had.
Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)
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its in the fohdeesha docs. but to save you time
setenv <varname>
or in your case:
Code:
setenv gatewayEvery day is a school day..... I learnt that using the setenv command without a value, clears the existing one.......
With that done, I returned to square one..... see attached grab...........
Success!!
I'm not sure exactly what did it..... but I changed the 6450 ip to a different address and also disconnected another switch on the network.... I did need to set a gateway........ but then it all kicked off..... so a HUGE thank you to all who took an interest.....
So, I'm back in the game and returning to the Fohdeesha docs.........
I'm sure I'll be back!
yes.. but you didn't change the TFTP server IP address to be adjacent to your IP address.. If the netmask/broadcast address is whacked it will definitely tell you it needs a gateway 'cause its in a different subnet. could also be a bug in that version of firmware.
Try changing the tftp server address like I asked - change it on the switch and obviously your windows 11 PC. I don't expect it to work. but these are fast easy changes.
do take a look at @Lone Wolf 's posts and comments after my suggestion (probably) doesn't work.
I did but unfortunately didn't get very far..... There was no ip set other than the one I set in the bootmanager..... and, even though my router could see the mac address of the 6450, I couldn't get to a GUI........
How - how could your router see the mac address of your 6450 if the 6450 management port was directly connected to AND ONLY TO your windows 11 PC/TFTP server???????
and that being said turning off another switch in your network should have had zero effect on on your TFTP server to 6450 interaction unless one or both were/are connected to another network.
gonna go out on a limb and say you have some things still misconfigured in other parts of your network - netmasks and/or broadcast addresses possibly.
also I'm not quite sure you understand ipv4 subnetting/routing and how that works. Which is okay - gotta start somewhere but...
having multiple devices interconnected across multiple subnets as you learn and then try to burn firmware is a good way to end up with a for-the-time-being-bricked-device ...
you're being way to hard on your self trying to learn by perhaps biting off a bit too much...
simpler is better when trying to update firmware.
my 2cents.
I changed the switch to 10.10.10.97, but I didn't change the W11/TFTP address......
It's got me through the first stage anyway......
My bad..... I didn't say that I'd given up with the direct connection and gone back to my original pfsense/HP2910al switch network.
I ssh'd into the 2910 and could see the the mac address of the 6450 on the port it was connected too.
So, I'm back into Fohdeesha's docs but, like Wolf, the "enable" command demands a user name and password and the defaults don't work.
My pfsense has issued the 6450 with an ip address and I can get to the web gui..... again user name/password required with no joy
Did you set them using the commands I posted earlier? I believe by default there is no default user name and password until you set it yourself. The commands I posted earlier should set them and allow you to log into the webui. You need to type them all, starting with 'configure terminal'
That's the bit I didn't get..... Where do I issue the "configure terminal" command? In the boot manager, it's not accepted as a command..... in the OS, only two commands are available.... "enable" which again demands a username/password..... and "show"
............. and I can't get into the GUI for the lack of a user name/password.............
Ah, I think I am starting to understand. You need to type "enable" first, and then "configure terminal", but enable is asking for a password. It looks like you were able to do an update through TFTP earlier, see if "factory set-default" will work for you now. If not, I'm not sure how to delete the password for "enable" to work.
Progress is good! If you can't factory reset let me know, I think I figured out how to remove the password too.
All done! It went on rails once able to get the "factory set-default" to run.
Thanks again to all, particularly to Jon/Fohdeesha for the facility and a beer/coffee token is inbound!
Paul
Thanks again to all, particularly to Jon/Fohdeesha for the facility and a beer/coffee token is inbound!
Paul
Can you check the firmware version on it? On mine when I run 'show version' it shows SW: Version 08.0.30uT313. Are you running 7.x? When I got mine it was running 7.4 and the fans didn't spin down much. After upgrading to 8.0.3 they spun down after booting and became a lot quieter. Way too loud for a living room, but much quieter than before. My replacement fans should arrive today.