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Dell EMC PowerSwitch S6010–ON Firmware
Updater Release Notes
January 2021
Rev. A02

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  • Page 1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch S6010–ON Firmware Updater Release Notes January 2021 Rev. A02...
  • Page 2 A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2018 - 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1: ............................ 4 S6010–ON Firmware updater release notes......................... 4 Document revision history............................4 Firmware requirements..............................4 Important information..............................4 IP address assignment in ONIE..........................6 ONIE-based firmware update process........................6 Support resources................................ 11 Contents...
  • Page 4: Chapter 1

    Firmware downgrade not recommended After you upgrade the firmware, Dell Technologies does not recommend downgrading to an earlier BIOS version. Downgrading to an earlier BIOS version causes the AMI label to change. This AMI label change may cause an unwanted change to the NVRAM variable layout.
  • Page 5 BIOS Downgrading BIOS is not supported. You can only upgrade to the latest BIOS version. Marginal reset timing change Changed the marginal reset timing for out-of-band (OOB) the management port. BIOS version numbering change The BIOS version nomenclature has changed. The version X.Y.Z.U-V: The processor family.
  • Page 6: Ip Address Assignment In Onie

    This method allows you to update the firmware components, for example BIOS and CPLD, in one step without requiring a switch reboot. However, this method is not support for platforms supporting the multistage reboot sequence. There are two ways to use the onie-self-update command. For ease of use, Dell Technologies recommends using Option 1.
  • Page 7 OPTION 1: 1. Boot into Rescue mode. 2. Start the firmware update process using the onie-self-update command. ONIE:/ # onie-self-update tftp://x.x.x.x/onie-firmware-x86_64-VENDOR_MACHINE -r0.bin OPTION 2: 1. Boot into Rescue mode. 2. Copy the firmware update binary to the target. Using SCP: ●...
  • Page 8 There are two options for staging the firmware update from the networking operating system (NOS). NOTE: These steps are for a switch with Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 installed. For systems running software version 10.5.x.x or later, use Option 1. For systems running software version 10.4.x.x or earlier, use Option 2.
  • Page 9 64 bytes from xx.xx.x.xxx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=61 time=2.48 ms 64 bytes from xx.xx.x.xxx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=61 time=2.62 ms 64 bytes from xx.xx.x.xxx: icmp_seq=4 ttl=61 time=2.41 ms --- xx.xx.x.xxx ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.411/2.526/2.621/0.104 ms OS10# 4.
  • Page 10 root@OS10:~# /mnt/onie-boot/onie/tools/bin/onie-fwpkg ** Pending firmware update information: Name | Version | Attempts |Size (Bytes) | Date ======== ====+==== =====+==========+==============+==================== fw-updater.bin | x.xx.x.x-xx | 19314551 | 2018-02-17 03:19:35 =============+==========+==========+==============+==================== For more detailed information run: onie-fwpkg show-pending <update_name> root@OS10:~# 10. Set next boot to ONIE update mode. root@OS10:~# os10-image -o update WARNING: ONIE update requested Are you sure (y/N)? y...
  • Page 11: Support Resources

    To access the Dell EMC support site, go to www.dell.com/support/. To display information in your language, scroll down to the bottom of the web page and select your country from the drop-down menu.
  • Page 12 To participate in Dell EMC community blogs and forums, go to www.dell.com/community.