Selecting A Primary Or A Secondary Image; Understanding The Image Version String - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

NOTE
Do not terminate a process that was installed since the last reboot unless you have saved your configuration. If you
have installed a software module and you terminate the newly installed process without saving your configuration,
your module may not be loaded when you attempt to restart the process with the

Selecting a Primary or a Secondary Image

The switch comes with one image preinstalled at the factory and can store up to two images: a primary
and a secondary. When downloading a new image, you select which partition (primary or secondary) to
install the new image. If you do not specify a partition, the software image is downloaded and installed
into the current (active) partition. If you want to install the software image to the alternate partition,
you must specify that partition before downloading the image.
To view your current (active) partition, use the following command:
show switch
Output from this command includes the selected and booted images and if they are in the primary or
secondary partition.
If two MSMs are installed in the switch, the downloaded image is saved to the same location on each
one.
You can select which image the switch will load on the next reboot by using the following command:
use image {partition} <partition> {msm <slotid>}

Understanding the Image Version String

The image version string contains build information for each version of ExtremeWare XOS. You can use
either the
show version
on your switch.
Depending on the command line interface (CLI) command, the output is structured as follows:
●
show version
ExtremeWare XOS Version <major>.<minor>.<patch>.<build>
For example:
ExtremeWare XOS version 10.1.2.16
●
show switch
<major>.<minor>.<patch>.<build>
For example:
10.1.2.16
Table 53 describes the image version fields.
Table 53: Image version fields
Field Description
major Specifies the ExtremeWare XOS major version number.
minor Specifies the ExtremeWare XOS minor version number.
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or command to display the ExtremeWare XOS version running
show switch
Downloading a New Image
command.
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