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
About this guide
This guide is intended for system administrators who are responsible for installing, upgrading, and maintaining networks. It
includes the following chapters:
● Installing SmartFabric OS10
● Preparing for upgrade
● Upgrading OS10 software
● Downgrading OS10 software
● Frequently asked questions
Revision history
The following table provides an overview of the changes to this guide from a previous version.
Table 1. Revision history
Revision Date Revision summary
A04 2021-08-27 Removed the note about upgrading
SmartFabric OS10 on the Z9100-ON
switch from the Upgrading OS10
software section.
A03 2021-07-29 Updated the Supported upgrade paths-
Full switch mode deployments section
with the procedure to upgrade from
10.4.2.x or earlier releases.
A02 2021-07-13
● Updated the Supported upgrade
paths section.
● Added PCIe upgrade instructions
for S5200-ON platforms.
● Added links to the ONIE Firmware
Updater and DIAG OS Release
Notes.
A01 2021-07-02 Added the following:
● Information about certificate expiry
and prerequisites.
● S4100-ON platform-specific
prerequisites.
● FAQs
A00 2021-03-04 Initial release.
Related Documents
The following table lists the related documentation.
Table 2. Related Documentation
Related Documentation Description Link
Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10
Release Notes
This document includes:
● New feature information
Dell EMC Networking OS10 Info
Hub
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