Management Network Firmware Update

This page describes how to update firmware on the Management network switches.

Requirements

Access to the switches from the liveCD/M001

Configuration

  • All firmware will be located at /var/www/fw/network on the LiveCD
  • It should contain the following files.
ncn-m001-pit:/var/www/network/firmware # ls -lh
total 2.7G
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 614M Jan 15 18:57 ArubaOS-CX_6400-6300_10_05_0040.stable.swi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 368M Jan 15 19:09 ArubaOS-CX_8320_10_05_0040.stable.swi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 406M Jan 15 18:59 ArubaOS-CX_8325_10_05_0040.stable.swi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 729M Aug 26 17:11 onyx-X86_64-3.9.1014.stable.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 577M Oct 28 11:45 OS10_Enterprise_10.5.1.4.stable.tar

1.4 Switch firmware.

Vendor Model Version
Aruba 6300 ArubaOS-CX_6400-6300_10.06.0010
Aruba 8320 ArubaOS-CX_8320_10.06.0010
Aruba 8325 ArubaOS-CX_8325_10.06.0010
Aruba 8360 ArubaOS-CX_8360_10.06.0010
Dell S3048-ON 10.5.1.4
Dell S4148F-ON 10.5.1.4
Dell S4148T-ON 10.5.1.4
Mellanox MSN2100 3.9.1014
Mellanox MSN2700 3.9.1014

Aruba Firmware Update - standalone

SSH into the switch you want to upgrade.

Example: the IP 10.252.1.12 used is the liveCD

sw-leaf-001# copy sftp://root@10.252.1.12//var/www/ephemeral/data/network_images/ArubaOS-CX_6400-6300_10_06_0010.stable.swi primary

sw-leaf-001# write mem
Copying configuration: [Success]

Once the upload is complete you can check the images

sw-leaf-001# show image
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ArubaOS-CX Primary Image
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version : FL.10.06.0010
Size    : 643 MB
Date    : 2020-12-14 10:06:34 PST
SHA-256 : 78dc27c5e521e92560a182ca44dc04b60d222b9609129c93c1e329940e1e11f9

After the firmware is uploaded you will need to boot the switch to the correct image.

sw-leaf-001# boot system primary

Once the reboot is complete check and make sure the firmware version is correct.

sw-leaf-001# show version
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ArubaOS-CX
(c) Copyright 2017-2020 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version      : FL.10.06.0010
Build Date   : 2020-09-29 07:44:16 PDT
Build ID     : ArubaOS-CX:FL.10.06.0010:3cbfcce60961:202009291304
Build SHA    : 3cbfcce609617b0cf84a6b941a2b36c43dfeb2cb
Active Image : primary

Service OS Version : FL.01.07.0002
BIOS Version       : FL.01.0002

Mellanox Firmware Update

SSH into the switch you want to upgrade

Fetch the image from ncn-m001.

sw-spine-001 [standalone: master] # image fetch http://10.252.1.4/fw/network/onyx-X86_64-3.9.1014.stable.img

Install the image.

sw-spine-001 [standalone: master] # image install onyx-X86_64-3.9.1014.stable.img

Select the image to boot next.

sw-spine-001 [standalone: master] # image boot next

Write memory and reload.

sw-spine-001 [standalone: master] # write memory
sw-spine-001 [standalone: master] # reload

Once the switch is available, verify the image is installed.

sw-spine-001 [standalone: master] # show images

Installed images:
  Partition 1:
    version: X86_64 3.9.0300 2020-02-26 19:25:24 x86_64

  Partition 2:
    version: X86_64 3.9.1014 2020-08-05 18:06:58 x86_64

Last boot partition: 2
Next boot partition: 1

Images available to be installed:
  1:
    Image  : onyx-X86_64-3.9.1014.stable.img
    Version: X86_64 3.9.1014 2020-08-05 18:06:58 x86_64

Dell Firmware Update

SSH into the switch you want to upgrade

Fetch the image from ncn-m001.

sw-leaf-001# image install http://10.252.1.4/fw/network/OS10_Enterprise_10.5.1.4.stable.tar

Check the image upload status.

sw-leaf-001# show image status
Image Upgrade State:     download
==================================================
File Transfer State:     download
--------------------------------------------------
  State Detail:          In progress
  Task Start:            2021-02-08T21:24:14Z
  Task End:              0000-00-00T00:00:00Z
  Transfer Progress:     7 %
  Transfer Bytes:        40949640 bytes
  File Size:             604119040 bytes
  Transfer Rate:         869 kbps

Once the image is uploaded all that is left is a reboot.

sw-leaf-001# write memory
sw-leaf-001# reload

Once the switch is available, verify the image is installed.

sw-leaf-001# show version
Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise
Copyright (c) 1999-2020 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.
OS Version: 10.5.1.4
Build Version: 10.5.1.4.249