Users Guide

Upgrade OS10 manually from the CLI
To upgrade an OS10 image, first download and unpack the new OS10 binary image as described in Download OS10 image for
upgrade. Then copy the binary image file to a local server and follow the steps in Install OS10 upgrade.
NOTE:
● To upgrade a Dell EMC ONIE switch to OS10 from OS9 or another network operating system (NOS), follow the
procedure in Baremetal switch with only ONIE installed.
● For additional information related to OS10 upgrades, see the Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Release Notes Release:
10.5.2.4
● Do not upgrade the ONIE firmware and OS10 image simultaneously. Perform the ONIE firmware upgrade first before you
upgrade the OS10 image.
Download OS10 image for upgrade
NOTE: For MX-Series Ethernet I/O modules, OS10 updates are packaged as Dell Upgrade Packages (DUPs) and can be
downloaded from www.dell.com/support/. For information on how to download the DUP files to upgrade OS10 on an
MX9116n and MX5108n switch, see the Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Release Notes—Release 10.5.0.
To upgrade an existing OS10 image, first download a new OS10 Enterprise Edition image from DDL.
1. Sign into DDL using your account credentials.
2. Locate the entry for your entitlement ID and order number, and then select the product name.
3. Select the Available Downloads tab on the Product page.
4. Select the OS10 Enterprise Edition image to download, and then click Download.
5. Read the Dell End User License Agreement, and then scroll to the end of the agreement and click Yes, I agree.
6. Select how to download the software files, then click Download Now.
7. After you download the OS10 Enterprise Edition image, unpack the .tar file and store the OS10 binary image on a local server.
To unpack the .tar file, follow these guidelines:
● Extract the OS10 binary file from the .tar file. For example, to unpack a .tar file on a Linux server or from the ONIE
prompt, enter:
tar -xf tar_filename
NOTE:
Some Windows unzip applications insert extra carriage returns (CR) or line feeds (LF) when they extract the
contents of a .tar file. The extra CRs and LFs may corrupt the downloaded OS10 binary image. Turn OFF this option
if you use a Windows-based tool to untar an OS10 binary file. For example, in WinRAR under the Advanced Options
tab, de-select the .tar file smart CR/LF conversion feature.
● Generate a checksum for the downloaded OS10 binary image by using the md5sum command on the image file. Ensure
that the generated checksum matches the checksum in the image MD5 file that is extracted from the .tar file.
md5sum image_filename
8. Follow the procedure in Install OS10 upgrade.
Install OS10 upgrade
After you download and unpack a new OS10 binary image as described in Download OS10 image for upgrade, follow these steps:
NOTE:
● During the OS10 image upgrade process in a VLT setup, when the VLT peers are running different software versions,
make no configuration changes on a VLT peer. Ensure that both nodes are upgraded to the same version before you
make any configuration change.
● Use the image download command to download the software image to the system — it does not install the software
on your device. The image install command installs the downloaded image, which becomes the standby image.
● If the active image includes any modified text files or custom packages that were installed earlier, they would not be
available with the standby image. Backup the modified files and re-install the packages after downloading the image.
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