Users Guide

upgrade system
Upgrade the Dell Networking OS image. To upgrade the bootash or bootselector image, use the upgrade boot command.
Syntax
upgrade system {flash: | ftp: | nfsmount: | scp: | stack-unit {stack-unit-id |
all} | tftp: | usbflash:} file-url {A: |B:}
Parameters
system Enter the keyword system to upgrade the operating system (OS) image.
ash: le-url Enter the keyword flash: and specify the location of the image le in the format //
directory-path or press Enter to launch a prompt sequence.
ftp: le-url Enter the keyword ftp: and specify the location of the image le in the format //
userid:password@host-ip/filepath or press Enter to launch a prompt
sequence.
nfsmount://
<mount-point>/
lepath
Enter the keyword nfsmount: and specify the location of the image le in the
format //<mount-point>/filepath.
scp: le-url Enter the keyword scp: and specify the location of the image le in the format
userid:password@host-ip/filepath or press Enter to launch a prompt
sequence.
stack-unit stack-
unit-id
Enter the keyword stack-unit and specify the stack-unit ID to sync the image to that
stack-unit.
stack-unit all Enter the keyword stack-unit followed by the keyword all to sync the image on all
stack-units.
tftp: le-url Enter the keyword tftp: and specify the location of the image le in the format //
host-ip/filepath or press Enter to launch a prompt sequence.
usbash: le-url Enter the keyword usbflash: and specify the location of the source le in the
format //directory-path to upgrade form an external ash device or press Enter to
launch a prompt sequence.
A: | B: Specify the ash partition of the operating-system image to be upgraded.
Defaults none
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Added support for NFS mount.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0(0.0) Added support for IPv6 for the file-url parameter.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
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