Users Guide

Chapter 1: About this guide........................................................................................................... 5
Revision history....................................................................................................................................................................5
Related Documents.............................................................................................................................................................5
Documentation Feedback..................................................................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Installing SmartFabric OS10......................................................................................... 7
Uninstall existing OS........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Download OS10 image........................................................................................................................................................ 7
Install OS10............................................................................................................................................................................8
Automatic installation................................................................................................................................................... 9
Manual installation....................................................................................................................................................... 10
Log in to an OS10 switch.................................................................................................................................................. 11
Install OS10 license............................................................................................................................................................ 12
Chapter 3: Preparing for an upgrade............................................................................................ 15
Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 certificate expiration and recommended action....................................................15
Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments...................................................................................16
Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC VxRail deployments............................................................ 17
Supported upgrade paths—Dell EMC PowerEdge MX deployments................................................................... 18
Platform-specific prerequisites.......................................................................................................................................18
Prerequisites for solution deployments........................................................................................................................ 19
Chapter 4: Upgrading OS10 software........................................................................................... 21
Upgrade OS10 automatically using ZTD....................................................................................................................... 21
Upgrade OS10 manually from the CLI.......................................................................................................................... 22
Download OS10 image for upgrade.........................................................................................................................22
Perform an OS10 upgrade......................................................................................................................................... 22
Upgrade OS10 on VLT nodes with minimal traffic loss............................................................................................ 25
VLT upgrade with minimal loss for upgrades from 10.5.0.5 or earlier to 10.5.1.9 or later releases......... 28
VLT upgrade with minimal loss in a VLT or VXLAN topology if network statements are used to
advertise BGP prefixes.......................................................................................................................................... 29
Upgrade from OS9 to OS10............................................................................................................................................29
Postupgrade certificate configurations....................................................................................................................... 30
Chapter 5: Downgrading OS10 software.......................................................................................31
Downgrade to OS10 release 10.5.0.9 or earlier...........................................................................................................31
Downgrade to OS10 release 10.5.1.x or later.............................................................................................................. 33
Rollback from OS10 release 10.5.2.0 or later to 10.5.0.9 or earlier.......................................................................35
Rollback from OS10 release 10.5.2.0 or later to 10.5.1.9 or later...........................................................................35
Appendix A: Upgrade PCIe firmware from DIAG OS......................................................................37
Appendix B: Upgrade PCIe firmware from OS10 hshell.................................................................39
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