Administrator Guide
upgrade
Upgrade the bootflash, bootselector, or Dell Networking OS (system) image on the switch CPUs.
C9000 Series
Syntax
upgrade {bootflash—image | bootselector-image| system—image} [all | linecard
[slot-id |all] [pe pe-id {stack-unit unit-number}] | rpm{0|1} {booted | flash:
| ftp: | rpmA:| rpmB:| scp:| tftp: | usbflash:}
Parameters
bootflash-image Enter the keyword bootflash-image to upgrade the bootflash image on the switch
CPUs.
bootselector-
image
Enter the keyword bootselector-image to upgrade the bootselector image on the
switch CPUs. Use this option only with TAC supervision.
system-image Enter the keyword system-image to upgrade the boot OS image stored in cache
memory of the switch CPUs.
all Enter the keyword all to upgrade the bootflash and bootselector images on the switch
CPUs.
linecard
slot-id
Enter the keyword linecard and specify the linecard slot-id . The linecard slot id range
is from 0 to 11. Enter linecard all to select all linecards.
rpm
slot-id
Enter the keyword rpm to upgrade Control and Route processors of the RPM . To
upgrade standby RPM execute the command from primary RPM with rpmA: |
rpmB:,option.
pe
pe-id
Enter the keyword pe and specify the port extender ID number. The PE ID range is from
0 to 255. Enter pe all to upgrade all port extenders attached to the C9010.
stack-unit
unit-
number
Enter the keyword stack-unit and specify the stack unit number. The stack unit
number range is from 0 to 7.
booted Enter the keyword booted to upgrade C9000 CPUs using the currently loaded bootflash
and bootselector image. This option is not applicable for the system image.
flash: | ftp: |
tftpdud: |
usbflash:
file-url
Enter one of the file transfer methods and locations to specify where the software image
(file-url), which you want to use to upgrade the currently loaded image, is stored:
• flash://filepath.
• ftp://userid:password@host-ip/filepath to upgrade from an FTP
server, where host-ip is either an IPv4 dotted decimal address or an IPv6
[x:x:x:x::x] format address.
• tftp://host-ip/filepath to upgrade from a TFTP server, where host-ip is
either an IPv4 dotted decimal address or an IPv6 [x:x:x:x::x] format address.
• usbflash://filepath to upgrade form an external flash device.
rpmA: | rpmB: Specify the primary RPM’s flash partition for upgrade.
Defaults none
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.11(0.0) Introduced on N20xx and N30xx series.
9.9 (0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
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