Overview Of Fpd Images And Packages; Upgrading Your Cisco Ios Release And Fpd Image; Upgrading Only Your Cisco Ios Release And Retaining Your Current Fpd Image; Upgrading Fpd Images In A Production System - Cisco ASR 1000 Configuration Manual

FPD Upgrade
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Overview of FPD Images and Packages

With the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers, the Cisco IOS image comes bundled with the FPD image. An
FPD incompatibility on a SPA disables all interfaces on that SPA until the incompatibility is addressed.

Upgrading Your Cisco IOS Release and FPD Image

To upgrade your Cisco IOS release and your FPD image, do the following steps:
Download the SPA package for the Cisco IOS release that you are upgrading to. The package contains
Step 1
both the Cisco IOS image and the FPD image.
Boot the new version of Cisco IOS. When the new version of Cisco IOS boots, search for the bundled
Step 2
FPD image. The FPD images will be updated automatically as part of the Cisco IOS boot process.
When the router has booted, verify the upgrade was successful by entering the show hw-module all fpd
Step 3
command.

Upgrading Only Your Cisco IOS Release and Retaining Your Current FPD Image

You may choose to upgrade your Cisco IOS release with or without retaining your current FPD image.
You may choose to upgrade your Cisco IOS image and retain your current FPD image, although this is
not recommended.
Use the no upgrade fpd auto command to disable the bundled FPD image.
Step 1
The automatic upgrade feature is disabled once you enter the no upgrade fpd auto command.
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Save the configuration before loading the new image.
Step 2
Load the new image.
Step 3
Note If your current FPD image is not compatible with the new image, the SPAs do not come online.

Upgrading FPD Images in a Production System

Adding a SPA to a production system presents the possibility that the SPA may contain versions of FPD
images that are incompatible with the Cisco IOS release currently running the router. In addition, the
FPD upgrade operation can be a very CPU-intensive operation and therefore the upgrade operation may
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers SIP and SPA Software Configuration Guide
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Upgrading Only Your Cisco IOS Release and Retaining Your Current FPD Image, page 26-2
Upgrading FPD Images in a Production System, page 26-2
Chapter 26 Upgrading Field-Programmable Devices
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