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
 
NOTE: Some Windows unzip applications insert extra carriage returns (CR) or line feeds (LF) when they extract
the contents of a .tar file, which may corrupt the downloaded OS10 binary image. Turn off this option if you use a
Windows-based tool to untar an OS10 binary file.
2. (Optional) View the current software download status in EXEC mode.
VLT-Peer1# show image status
Image Upgrade State:     idle
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File Transfer State:     idle
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State Detail:          Completed: No error
Task Start:            2018-08-16T19:38:37Z
Task End:              2018-08-16T19:38:44Z
Transfer Progress:     100 %
Transfer Bytes:        417828173 bytes
File Size:             417828173 bytes
Transfer Rate:         58152 kbps 
Installation State:      idle
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State Detail:          No install information available
Task Start:            0000-00-00T00:00:00Z
Task End:              0000-00-00T00:00:00Z
VLT-Peer2# show image status
Image Upgrade State:     idle
==================================================
File Transfer State:     idle
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State Detail:          Completed: No error
Task Start:            2018-08-16T19:41:49Z
Task End:              2018-08-16T19:42:09Z
Transfer Progress:     100 %
Transfer Bytes:        417828173 bytes
File Size:             417828173 bytes
Transfer Rate:         21092 kbps 
Installation State:      idle
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State Detail:          No install information available
Task Start:            0000-00-00T00:00:00Z
Task End:              0000-00-00T00:00:00Z 
3. Install the image using the image install command on both the VLT peer nodes.
VLT-Peer1# image install image://PKGS_OS10-Enterprise10.5.1.0.483stretch-installer-
x86_64.bin
Install started.
VLT-Peer2# image install image://PKGS_OS10-Enterprise10.5.1.0.483stretch-installer-
x86_64.bin
Install started.
4. Use the show image status command to view the installation status.
VLT-Peer1# show image status
Image Upgrade State:     idle
==================================================
File Transfer State:     idle
--------------------------------------------------
State Detail:          Completed: No error
Task Start:            2018-08-16T19:38:37Z
Task End:              2018-08-16T19:38:44Z
Transfer Progress:     100 %
Transfer Bytes:        417828173 bytes
File Size:             417828173 bytes
Transfer Rate:         58152 kbps 
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