Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Installation, Upgrade, and Downgrade Guide
- About this guide
- Installing SmartFabric OS10
- Preparing for an upgrade
- Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments
- Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC VxRail deployments
- Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC PowerEdge MX deployments
- Upgrading other related hardware and software components
- Prerequisites for SmartFabric OS10 deployments
- Prerequisites for solution deployments
- Upgrading OS10 software
- Downgrading OS10 software
- Frequently asked questions
3. Back up the current running configuration to an external storage.
OS10# copy running-configuration ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath/10.5.2.0-running-
configuration.txt
4. Back up the startup configuration (startup.xml) to an external storage.
OS10# write memory
OS10# copy config://startup.xml ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath/10.5.2.0-
startup.xml
5. Download the OS10 binary image for Release 10.5.1.0, also called the standby image, from a local server using the image
download server-filepath/filename command in EXEC mode; for example:
OS10# image download sftp://admin:passwd@10.1.1.1/home/admin/images/OS10EE.bin
6. (Optional) View the current software download status in EXEC mode.
OS10# show image status
7. Install the OS10 standby image using the image install file-url command in EXEC mode, where filename is the
name of the image file that was downloaded with the image download command; for example:
OS10# image install image://OS10EE.bin
8. (Optional) View the status of the software installation in EXEC mode.
OS10# show image status
Image Upgrade State: idle
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File Transfer State: transfer-success
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State Detail: Completed: No error
Task Start: 2019-11-19T06:55:44Z
Task End: 2019-11-19T06:55:53Z
Transfer Progress: 100 %
Transfer Bytes: 469343880 bytes
File Size: 469343880 bytes
Transfer Rate: 67812 kbps
Installation State: install-success
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State Detail: Completed: Success
Task Start: 2019-11-19T06:55:53Z
Task End: 2019-11-19T06:56:01Z
9. Use the show boot detail command to view the standby image. Change the next boot image to the standby image in
EXEC mode. Reload the device. The device comes up with 10.5.1.x software image.
OS10# show boot detail
OS10# boot system standby
OS10# reload
10. Use the show version command in EXEC mode to verify that the downloaded OS10 image is installed as the current
running version.
OS10# show version
Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise
Copyright (c) 1999-2019 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.
OS Version: 10.5.1.0
Build Version: 10.5.1.0.124
Build Time: 2020-02-12T02:34:02Z
System Type: S4148F-ON
Architecture: x86_64
Up Time: 1 day 00:54:13
Downgrading OS10 software
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