White Papers

Table Of Contents
Specify the system partition on the master switch into which you want to copy the Dell Networking OS image. The valid
values are a: and b:.
The system prompts you to upgrade all member units with the new Dell Networking OS version.
3. Reboot all stack units to load the Dell Networking OS image from the same partition on all switches in the stack.
CONFIGURATION mode
boot system stack-unit all primary system partition
4. Save the configuration.
EXEC Privilege mode
write memory
5. Reload the stack unit to activate the new Dell Networking OS version.
EXEC Privilege mode
reload
The following example shows how to upgrade all switches in a stack, including the master switch.
Dell# upgrade system ftp: A:
Address or name of remote host []: 10.11.200.241
Source file name []: Dell-SH-9.0.(1.0).bin
User name to login remote host: ftp
Password to login remote host:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Erasing IOM Primary Image, please wait
.!..........................................
.......Writing..............................
............................................
............................................
31972272 bytes successfully copied
System image upgrade completed successfully.
Upgrade system image for all stack-units [yes/no]: yes
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
Image upgraded to all
Dell# configure
Dell(conf)# boot system stack-unit all primary system: A:
Dell(conf)# end
Dell# write memory
Jan 3 14:01:48: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %FILEMGR-5-FILESAVED: Copied running-config to startup-
config
in flash by default
Synchronizing data to peer Stack-unit
!!!!
Dell# reload
Proceed with reload [confirm yes/no]: yes
Upgrading a Single Stack Unit
You can manually upgrade the Dell Networking OS image in the boot partition of a member unit from the corresponding partition
in the master unit.
To upgrade an individual stack unit with a new Dell Networking OS version, follow these steps.
1. Download the Dell networking OS image from the master's boot partition to the member unit, and upgrade the relevant boot
partition in the single stack-member unit.
EXEC Privilege
upgrade system stack-unit unit-number partition
2. Reboot the stack unit from the master switch to load the Dell Networking OS image from the same partition.
CONFIGURATION mode
boot system stack-unit unit-number primary system partition
3. Save the configuration.
CONFIGURATION mode
write memory
854
Stacking