Upgrading The Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch Software - Dell EMC VxBlock 240 Administration Manual

Upgrading the Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch software

Use this procedure to upgrade both the NX-OS Kickstart and NX-OS System images on the Cisco Nexus
3048 Switch.
About this task
Upgrade recommendations:
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Upgrading the two images together.
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Ensuring the version numbers of the images are the same.
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Backing up the original configuration.
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Verifying that the configuration has been updated successfully and then creating a backup of the
new configuration.
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Ensuring two switches are upgraded. Verify that the first switch has not experienced a platform
outage before upgrading the second switch.
Before you begin
Obtain:
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Console (terminal) access
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Management IP access
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A Cisco account to download any images
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An SCP, TFTP, FTP, or SFTP server
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Access to the software code
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Release notes from Cisco
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Sufficient free space on bootflash on the switch
Procedure
1 Go to the Cisco Support website and download the NX-OS Kickstart and NX-OS System
Software for the Cisco Nexus 3xxx series switch.
2 Upload the two files to the switch using TFTP, SCP, FTP, or SFTP to bootflash.
3 To back up the switch running the configuration, type:
copy running-config startup-config
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