Upgrade Procedures; Upgrade Overviewget Help With Upgrades; Bootup And Upgrades - Dell C9000 Series Networking Configuration Manual

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For detailed upgrade procedures, refer to the Dell Networking OS Release Notes for your switch. The release

notes describe the requirements and steps to follow to upgrade to a desired OS version.

Upgrade Overview

To upgrade system software on the switch, follow these general steps:

Identify the boot and system images currently stored on the switch (Control Processor, Route Processor,

and line-card CPUs) using the show boot system all command.

Upgrade the operating system image using the following commands:

upgrade system

write memory

Upgrade the bootflash and bootselector images (if necessary) using the upgrade boot bootflash-

image and upgrade boot bootselector-image commands. Then reload the switch.

For detailed upgrade procedures, refer to the Release Notes.

Get Help with Upgrades

Direct any questions or concerns about the OS upgrade procedures to the Dell Technical Support Center.

You can reach Technical Support:

http://support.dell.com/

By email: Dell-Force10_Technical_Support@Dell.com

By phone: US and Canada: 866.965.5800, International: 408.965.5800.

The switch has multiple CPUs that boot up at the same time but separately from one another. The switch

supports bootups from a network-server download as well as from the local flash. Each CPU has a local flash

with multiple partitions, including partitions A and B where system images are stored. All CPUs must be

configured to boot up in the same way:

Using a software image stored on a network server (network boot) and downloaded on the switch or

stored in the local flash (flash boot)

Upgrade Procedures