Upgrade Overview; Upgrade Procedure For Dell Networking N2000/N3000 Series Switches - Dell N2000 Series Firmware Upgrade

Upgrade Procedure Dell™ Networking
N2024/N2024P/N2048/N2048P/N3024/N3024F/N3024P/N3048/N3048P
Switches

Upgrade Overview

Administrators must have access to the CLI via telnet, SSH or the serial port to perform the upgrade procedure.

Upgrade Procedure for Dell Networking N2000/N3000 Series Switches

The upgrade procedure given below upgrades an individual switch or a stack of switches running firmware version
6.x.x.x. This is a normal operation of the upgrade procedure. Please do not interrupt switch operation during the
upgrade process as this may result in corruption of flash memory. Do not power off a switch undergoing the
upgrade process unless specifically directed to do so by the instructions.
NOTE:
A TFTP server must be on the network and the switch software
must be accessible to the TFTP server before attempting to download
the switch software by TFTP.
NOTE:
The following TFTP server may be used if you do not have
one: http://tftpd32.jounin.net/tftpd32_download.html
To upgrade a switch running a 6.x.x.x version of firmware to the 6.0.1.3 version of firmware or later, uses the
procedure below. An annotated upgrade example is shown following this section.
1. Back up your configuration.
2. If using telnet or ssh to perform the upgrade procedure and if the current configuration does not contain a
non-default enable authentication method or enable password, configure an enable password and save the
configuration. Example steps to configure an enable password are shown below:
console#configure
console(config)#enable password <password>
console(config)#exit
console#copy running-config startup-config
3. Download the 6.0.1.3 firmware image (N3000_N2000v6.0.1.3.stk) to the switch or stack master.
NOTE: Activate the image to use as the boot (active) image after the switch
resets. Images on the N2000/N3000 series switches are named active and backup.
4. Activate 6.0.1.3 firmware.
NOTE: Boot Code and CPLD Update is required for Dell Networking N2000 and
N3000 Series Switches after reloading the switch with firmware version
6.0.1.3 as active image
5. Reload the switch.
6. Update boot code.
7. Reload the switch again for boot code to take effect.
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