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Upgrading a Switch Stack
To upgrade all switches in a stack with the same Dell networking OS version, follow these steps:
Figure 48-22 shows an example of how to upgrade all switches in a stack, including the master switch.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Copy the new Dell networking OS image to a network server.
2 Download the Dell networking OS image by
accessing an interactive CLI that requests the
server IP address and image filename, and prompts
you to upgrade all member stack units. Specify the
system partition on the master switch into which
you want to copy the Dell networking OS image;
valid values are a: and b:.
As shown in
Figure 48-22, the system then
prompts you to upgrade all member units with the
new Dell networking OS version.
upgrade system { flash: | ftp: | scp:
| tftp: | usbflash: } partition
EXEC Privilege
3 Reboot all stack units to load the Dell networking
OS image from the same partition on all switches in
the stack.
boot system stack-unit
all primary system partition
CONFIGURATION
4 Save the configuration.
write memory
EXEC Privilege
5 Reload the stack unit to activate the new Dell
networking OS version.
reload
EXEC Privilege