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Figure 48-22. Upgrading all Stacked Switches Example
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:
Figure 48-23 shows an example of how to upgrade an individual stack unit.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
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.
upgrade system stack-unit
unit-number partition
EXEC Privilege
2 Reboot the stack unit from the master switch to
load the Dell networking OS image from the same
partition.
boot system stack-unit unit-number
primary system partition
CONFIGURATION
3 Save the configuration.
write memory
EXEC Privilege
4 Reset the stack unit to activate the new Dell
networking OS version.
power-cycle stack-unit unit-number
EXEC Privilege
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:
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Erasing IOM Primary Image, please wait
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...................................Writing.........................................
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31972272 bytes successfully copied
System image upgrade completed successfully.
Upgrade system image for all stack-units [yes/no]: yes
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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