Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Installation, Upgrade, and Downgrade Guide Document Version 1 03 2021 Rev.
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1 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 Related Documents The following table lists the related documentation. Table 1.
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2 Installing SmartFabric OS10 This chapter provides instructions about installing SmartFabric OS10 on a Dell EMC ONIE-enabled switch. If the switch does not have a default OS installed, download an OS10 software image from the Dell Digital Locker and install it using ONIE. You can also use the following procedure to install OS10 on a Dell EMC ONIE device when: ● You convert a switch from OS9 or any third-party OS.
NOTE: MX-Series Ethernet I/O modules support OS10 in the 10.5.0.1 and later releases. The OS10 image is packaged as a Dell Upgrade Package (DUP) and is downloaded from www.dell.com/support/. For information about how to upgrade the IOMs, see the Dell EMC MX Networking Deployment Guide. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Sign into DDL using your account credentials. Locate your entitlement ID and order number that is sent by email, and then select the product name.
● Install OS—Boots to the ONIE prompt and installs an OS10 image using the Automatic Discovery process. When ONIE installs a new OS image, the previously installed image and OS10 configuration are deleted. ● Rescue—Boots to the ONIE prompt and enables manual installation of an OS10 image or ONIE update. ● Uninstall OS—Deletes the contents of all disk partitions, including the OS10 configuration, except ONIE and diagnostics. ● Update ONIE—Installs a new ONIE version.
... ... ... Press or to enter setup. Welcome to GRUB! GNU GRUB version 2.02~beta2+e4a1fe391 OS10-B EDA-DIAG ONIE Booting `OS10-A' Loading OS10 ... [ 3.883826] kvm: already loaded the other module [ 3.967628] dummy-irq: no IRQ given. Use irq=N [ 3.973212] mic_init not running on X100 ret -19 [ 3.980168] esas2r: driver will not be loaded because no ATTO esas2r devices were found [ 4.021676] mtdoops: mtd device (mtddev=name/number) must be supplied [ 5.092316] i8042: No controller found [ 5.
Install manually using a USB drive You can manually install the OS10 software image using a USB device. Verify that the USB device supports a FAT32 or EXT2 file system. For instructions to format a USB device in FAT32 or EXT2 format, see the accompanying Windows documentation for FAT32 formatting or Linux documentation for FAT32 or EXT2 formatting. 1. Plug the USB storage device into the USB storage port on the switch. 2. Power up the switch to automatically boot using the ONIE: Rescue option. 3.
intellectual property laws. Dell EMC and the Dell EMC logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. OS10# configure terminal OS10# configure terminal OS10(config)# username admin password alpha404! role sysadmin OS10(config)# exit OS10# write memory When logging into a switch, it may take 6 to 10 seconds for the CLI prompt to display.
Table 2. Install license using VRF File transfer method Default VRF Management VRF¹ Non-default VRF ¹ Before you configure the management VRF for use in an OS10 license installation, remove all IP and IPv6 addresses on the management interface. Install license — SCP OS10# license install scp://user:userpwd@10.1.1.10/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.xml License installation success. Install license — localfs Follow these steps to install a license from a local file directory: 1.
Hardware Version : X01 Platform Name : x86_64-dell_s4100_c2338-r0 PPID : TW09H9MN282987130026 Service Tag : 9531XC2 Product Base : Product Serial Number: Product Part Number : License Details ---------------Software : OS10-Enterprise Version : 10.5.1.0 License Type : PERPETUAL License Duration: Unlimited License Status : Active License location: /mnt/license/9531XC2.
3 Preparing for an upgrade This chapter provides you a list of prerequisites that you must ensure are met before you upgrade the SmartFabric OS10 nodes in your network.
Table 3. Full Switch mode deployments Release Supported upgrade paths for non-VLT deployments Supported upgrade paths for VLT deployments ● 10.4.2.x ● 10.4.3.x To upgrade to the latest release: 10.4.1.x » 10.4.3.x » 10.5.1.x » 10.5.2.x 10.4.0E 10.4.0.E » 10.4.2.x » 10.5.0.6 » 10.5.2.x NOTE: When you upgrade VLT peers from 10.4.0E(R2) or earlier to 10.4.2.x, upgrade both the VLT nodes simultaneously during the maintenance window.
Table 4. SmartFabric Services mode in VxRail deployments Release Supported upgrade paths 10.4.1.4 » 10.4.3.4 or 10.4.3.6P3 » 10.5.0.7P3 » 10.5.2.3 Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC PowerEdge MX deployments For a list of supported upgrade paths for OS10 in PowerEdge MX Deployments, see the Dell EMC OpenManage EnterpriseModular Edition Version 1.20.10 for PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis User's Guide.
To upgrade PCIe, ONIE, and ONIE firmware, follow the instructions in the Platform-Specific Release Notes: ● Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4100-ON Series ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes ● Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5200F-ON Series ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes For a list of latest recommended firmware versions for the different platforms, see the Platform-specific ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes on the Dell EMC Support Site.
● Single rack SFS upgrade from Release 10.5.0.7P3 to 10.5.2.2 or 10.5.2.3 without breakout configuration on uplink connections For VxRail single rack deployment with two leaf switches, if there is no breakout configuration on the uplink connections, follow the normal upgrade procedure using the OMNI GUI.
4 Upgrading OS10 software This chapter explains how to upgrade SmartFabric OS10 software (OS10) on Dell EMC PowerSwitches. You can upgrade OS10 software on standalone OS10 nodes or OS10 nodes in a VLT setup. You can also upgrade a switch from OS9 to OS10. OS10 upgrades are available for download from the Dell Digital Locker (DDL). A factory-loaded OS10 image includes a perpetual license.
Protocol State : idle Reason : ZTD process completed successfully at Sun Nov 7 09:42:52 2021 ----------------------------------For more information about how to automate switch deployment, see the Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide. Upgrade OS10 manually from the CLI To upgrade an OS10 image, first download and unpack the new OS10 binary image as described in Download OS10 image for upgrade. Then copy the binary image file to a local server and follow the steps in Perform OS10 upgrade.
CAUTION: Do not use copy commands to download the image to the switch, as this action may result in loss of disk space for critical system applications and functions, and it may be difficult to locate the image. 1. Backup the current running configuration to the startup configuration in EXEC mode. Alternatively, use the write memory command to copy the current running configuration to the startup configuration. OS10# copy running-configuration startup-configuration 2.
Active Build Date/Time: 2020-03-07T23:35:01Z Standby Partition: A Standby SW Version: 10.5.2.0 Standby SW Build Version: 10.5.2.0 Standby Build Date/Time: 2020-03-07T11:43:33+0000 Next-Boot: standby[A] NOTE: Use the show boot detail command to check 9. Depending on the release that is presently running on your system: ● System is presently running an OS10 release earlier than 10.5.1.0 and you are installing 10.5.2.0 or later Reload the new software image in EXEC mode.
The following describes the VLT upgrade process: In this example topology: ● ● ● ● VLT-Peer1 and VLT-Peer2 are leaf nodes that are connected to the spine switch through port channel 10. Host1 is connected to both the VLT peer nodes through port channel 20. Host2 uses switch-independent NIC teaming. Switch1 is connected to the VLT peer nodes through port channel 30. Important notes ● The ports that are connected to Host2 are not part of a VLT port channel.
NOTE: Some Windows unzip 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. 2. (Optional) View the current software download status in EXEC mode.
Installation State: idle -------------------------------------------------State Detail: Completed: Success Task Start: 2018-08-16T19:40:57Z Task End: 2018-08-16T19:45:16Z VLT-Peer2# show image status Image Upgrade State: idle ================================================== File Transfer State: idle -------------------------------------------------State Detail: Completed: No error Task Start: 2018-08-16T19:41:49Z Task End: 2018-08-16T19:42:09Z Transfer Progress: 100 % Transfer Bytes: 417828173 bytes File
Remaining Restore time Peer-Routing : 80 seconds : Disabled When the delay-restore timer expires, the system generates a syslog message similar to the following one: <165>1 2021-02-24T02:29:29.296791+00:00 host1 dn_alm 881 - - Node.1-Unit.1:PRI [event], Dell EMC (OS10) %VLT_DELAY_RESTORE_COMPLETE: VLT delay restore timer stop Upgrade on VLT peer nodes is now complete. Both the nodes actively forward traffic. After upgrade, VLT-Peer1 is the primary node and VLT-Peer2 is the secondary node.
OS10(configure-router-bgpv4-af)# end OS10# 2. Follow the VLT min-loss upgrade procedure outlined above. 3. Remove the route-map on both VLT peers one after the other.
5 Downgrading OS10 software This chapter explains how to downgrade OS10 on Dell EMC PowerSwitches. OS10 supports downgrading to an earlier release using the image install command. The following table lists the sections in this chapter. NOTE: Instead of a downgrade, you can rollback to an earlier release when the previous image is available in the system as the standby image. Table 8. Downgrade OS10 Task Section Downgrade to OS10 release 10.5.0.x or earlier Downgrade to OS10 release 10.5.0.
5. Download the OS10 binary image for Release 10.5.0.0 from a local server using the image download serverfilepath/filename command in EXEC mode; for example: OS10# image download sftp://admin:passwd@10.1.1.1/home/admin/images/OS10EE.bin 6. (Optional) View the current software download status in EXEC mode. OS10# show image status 7.
11. If the saved configuration from Release 10.5.0.0 (or the earlier release that you are downgrading to) is available, apply the saved configuration and license files, and reload the switch. OS10# copy ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath/10.5.0.0-startup.xml config:// startup.xml OS10# license install scp://user:passwd@hostip/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.xml OS10# reload NOTE: While reloading, if the CLI prompts to save, select no for the save option.
3. Back up the current running configuration to an external storage. OS10# copy running-configuration ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath/10.5.2.0-runningconfiguration.txt 4. Back up the startup configuration (startup.xml) to an external storage. OS10# write memory OS10# copy config://startup.xml ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath/10.5.2.0startup.xml 5. Download the OS10 binary image for Release 10.5.1.
11. If the saved configuration from Release 10.5.1.0 (or the later release to which you are downgrading to) is available, apply the saved configuration and license files, and reload the switch. OS10# copy ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath/10.5.1.0-startup.xml config:// startup.xml OS10# license install scp://user:passwd@hostip/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.xml OS10# reload NOTE: While reloading, if the CLI prompts to save, select no for the save option.
1. Use the show boot detail command to view the standby image. OS10# show boot detail Current system image information detail: ========================================== Type: Node-id 1 Boot Type: Flash Boot Active Partition: B Active SW Version: 10.5.2.0 Active SW Build Version: 10.5.2.0 Active Kernel Version: Linux 4.9.168 Active Build Date/Time: 2020-03-07T11:43:33+0000 Active Partition: B Standby Partition: A Standby SW Version: 10.5.1.0 Standby SW Build Version: 10.5.1.0.
6 Frequently asked questions This chapter provides answers to frequently asked questions about OS10 installation, upgrade, and downgrade procedures. Which firmware version should I use? If you are using any of the following switch platforms: ● S4100-ON Series—Dell Technologies strongly recommends that you upgrade the following components on the switch platforms before you upgrade OS10 to Release 10.5.2.3: Table 9. S4100-ON Series Platform ONIE version ONIE firmware version S4112F-ON 3.33.1.1-9 3.33.5.
● TFTP ● USB Dell Technologies recommends copying the image to the switch using the image download command and then install it. What is the preferred method to upgrade IOMs in the fabric? Use the OME-M console to upgrade the IOMs in the fabric. The upgrade is carried out using a Dell Update Package (DUP). A DUP is a self-contained package format that updates a single element on a system. Download the OS10 DUP and follow the instructions in the OME-M User's Guide.
