Users Guide

Chapter 1: About this guide........................................................................................................... 4
Related Documents............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Documentation Feedback..................................................................................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Installing SmartFabric OS10.........................................................................................6
Uninstall existing OS........................................................................................................................................................... 6
Download OS10 image........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Install OS10............................................................................................................................................................................7
Automatic installation................................................................................................................................................... 8
Manual installation......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Log in to an OS10 switch................................................................................................................................................. 10
Install OS10 license............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Chapter 3: Preparing for an upgrade............................................................................................ 14
Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments................................................................................... 14
Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC VxRail deployments............................................................ 15
Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC PowerEdge MX deployments...........................................16
Upgrading other related hardware and software components...............................................................................16
Prerequisites for SmartFabric OS10 deployments..................................................................................................... 17
Prerequisites for solution deployments.........................................................................................................................17
Chapter 4: Upgrading OS10 software........................................................................................... 19
Upgrade OS10 automatically using ZTD....................................................................................................................... 19
Upgrade OS10 manually from the CLI.......................................................................................................................... 20
Download OS10 image for upgrade.........................................................................................................................20
Perform an OS10 upgrade......................................................................................................................................... 20
Upgrade OS10 on VLT nodes with minimal traffic loss............................................................................................ 22
VLT upgrade with minimal loss for upgrades from 10.5.0.5 or earlier to 10.5.1.1 or later releases..........26
VLT upgrade with minimal loss in a VLT or VXLAN topology if network statements are used to
advertise BGP prefixes.......................................................................................................................................... 26
Upgrade from OS9 to OS10............................................................................................................................................ 27
Chapter 5: Downgrading OS10 software...................................................................................... 28
Downgrade to OS10 release 10.5.0.0 or earlier..........................................................................................................28
Downgrade to OS10 release 10.5.1.0 or later..............................................................................................................30
Rollback from OS10 release 10.5.2.0 or later to 10.5.0.x or earlier....................................................................... 32
Rollback from OS10 release 10.5.2.0 or later to 10.5.1.0 or later...........................................................................32
Chapter 6: Frequently asked questions........................................................................................34
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