Simplex Upgrade Procedure - Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x3100 Series Manual

Software Upgrade

1.10.9.3 Simplex Upgrade Procedure

This is a walkthrough of a software upgrade for a simplex CFC200. It is assumed that the system is running in a
stable state.
CFC200 Simplex Software Upgrade Steps
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Step State or Action
Pre-Upgrade Configuration
1.
Back up the current database:
2.
BACKUP DATABASE
Retrieve the new load files for
3.
the CFC and Line Cards from
the network server and store
them in FLASH on the CFC
card.
Execute a restart on the CFC
4.
card
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Checking the Allied Telesis website, find the latest loads for the hardware
and software release this upgrade will support and download these to the
network server so that they may be copied if necessary.
Note: For both the CFC and Line Cards, ensure that all
PREFLOADs are set to the current load. This
ensures that the database that is backed up (in the
step below) can correctly allow the user to perform a
downgrade or abort the upgrade if necessary.
For network reliability purposes, backup the existing configuration data-
base to the external network server using the BACKUP DATABASE
command. Refer to Section 1.9.
Follow these steps to get the latest CFC and Line Card load files and set
them as the TEMP load.
1 Ensure the latest loads are on the network server.
2. Transfer the new loads from the server to the control module FLASH
(Refer to 1.7.4.)
- GET FILE <load> tftp server 10.52.65.42
3. Set the new CFC load as the TEMP load for the CFC200.
- SET CARD=ACTCFC TEMPLOAD=<latest CFC200 load>
4. Set a new Line Card load as a Temp load for verification testing
- SET CARD=<slot-list> TEMPLOAD=<latest Line Card
load>
Restart the card with the command:
RESTART CARD=ACTCFC COLD
The CFC200 and Line cards reboot to the new loads and recover.
The database contains all the original configuration, schema-migrated to
the new load, and held in CFC200 RAM during this step only. The original
database is still intact in FLASH memory.
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