Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Configuration Manual page 32

Upgrading the Switch Software
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Log in to Cisco.com to access the Software Download Center. To log in to Cisco.com, go to the URL
http://www.cisco.com/
2. Access the Software Download Center using this URL:
index.html
3. Navigate to the software downloads for Cisco Nexus devices.
4. Read the release notes for the related image file.
5. Select and download the kickstart and system software files to a local server.
6. Ensure that the required space is available in the bootflash: directory for the image file(s) to be copied.
7. If you need more space on the active supervisor module bootflash, delete unnecessary files to make space
available.
8. Copy the kickstart and system images to the switch bootflash using a transfer protocol. You can use ftp,
tftp, scp, or sftp. The examples in this procedure use scp.
9. Install the new images, specifying the new image names that you downloaded in the previous step.
10. After the switch completes the installation, log in and verify that the switch is running the required software
version.
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1
Log in to Cisco.com to access the Software Download Center. To log in to Cisco.com, go to the URL
www.cisco.com/
Note Unregistered Cisco.com users cannot access the links provided in this document.
Step 2 Access the Software Download Center using this URL:
Step 3
Navigate to the software downloads for Cisco Nexus devices.
You see links to the download images for the switch.
Step 4 Read the release notes for the related image file.
Step 5
Select and download the kickstart and system software files to a local server.
Step 6 Ensure that the required space is available in the bootflash: directory for the image file(s) to be copied.
Example:
switch# dir bootflash:
4681
13176836
49152
310556
20058112
20217856
76930262
103484727
Usage for bootflash://sup-local
74934272 bytes used
5550080 bytes free
80484352 bytes total
switch# dir bootflash:
4681
13176836
49152
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http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/download/
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/download/index.html
config
gdb.1
lost+found/
n1
n5000-uk9-kickstart.4.0.1a.N1.0.62.bin
n5000-uk9-kickstart.4.0.1a.N2.0.140.bin
n5000-uk9.4.0.1a.N1.0.62.bin
n5000-uk9.4.0.1a.N2.0.140.bin
config
gdb.1
lost+found/
Using the Cisco NX-OS Setup Utility
http://
OL-30890-01