Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Installation, Upgrade, and Downgrade Guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- Installing SmartFabric OS10
- Preparing for an upgrade
- Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 certificate expiration and recommended action
- Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments
- Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC VxRail deployments
- Supported upgrade paths—Dell EMC PowerEdge MX deployments
- Platform-specific prerequisites
- Prerequisites for solution deployments
- Upgrading OS10 software
- Downgrading OS10 software
- Upgrade PCIe firmware from DIAG OS
- Upgrade PCIe firmware from OS10 hshell
- Links to ONIE Firmware Updater and DIAG OS Release Notes
- Frequently asked questions
2. Back up the startup configuration in EXEC mode.
OS10# copy config://startup.xml config://<backup file name>
3. Enter the system "file /mnt/onie-boot/onie/vmlinuz*" command from the OS10 CLI to check the version of
the ONIE Linux kernel.
OS10# system "file /mnt/onie-boot/onie/vmlinuz*"
/mnt/onie-boot/onie/vmlinuz-3.14.27-onie: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage,
version 3.14.27-onie+
(root@arlogin-sjc-01.force10networks.com) #1 SMP Thu Feb 19 17:09:11 PST 2015, RO-
rootFS, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA
If the ONIE Linux kernel version is:
● 3.x.x—See the ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes for the latest recommended ONIE and ONIE firmware versions
and update them. See Appendix A for a list of links to the ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes for the different
platforms.
● 4.x.x—Proceed with OS10 upgrade.
4. Download the new software image from the Dell Support Site, extract the bin files from the tar file, and save the file in
EXEC mode.
OS10# image download file-url
For example:
OS10# image download scp://userid:passwd@hostip:/filepath
NOTE:
Some Windows extraction applications insert extra carriage returns (CR) or line feeds (LF) when they extract
the contents of a .tar file, which may corrupt the downloaded OS10 binary image. Turn off this option if you use a
Windows-based tool to untar an OS10 binary file.
5. (Optional) View the current software download status in EXEC mode.
OS10# show image status
6. (Applicable only if you are presently running OS10 release 10.5.0.x or earlier and installing 10.5.2.0 or later now.) Cancel any
staged firmware update using the image cancel command.
OS10# image cancel
7. Install the 10.5.2.6 or later software image in EXEC mode.
OS10# image install image-url
For example:
OS10# image install image://filename.bin
NOTE:
OS10 has two images: A and B. One image is active, which is the present running version and used as the
running software at the next system reload. The other image remains standby, used for software upgrades.
The image install command installs the downloaded image to the system. If you had modified text files or installed
custom packages, they are not available with the standby image. Back up the modified files and custom packages, and
reinstall them after downloading the standby image.
8. (Optional) View the status of the current software install in EXEC mode.
OS10# show image status
9. (Optional) Verify the standby image version.
OS10# show boot detail
Current system image information detail:
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Type: Node-id 1
Boot Type: Flash Boot
Active Partition: B
Upgrading OS10 software
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