This page describes how to update firmware on the management network switches. More details and other options to upgrade firmware can be found in the switch user guides, available from the specific switch manufacturer.
Aruba firmware can be found in the HFP package provided with the HPE Cray EX release. Dell and Mellanox firmware must be downloaded from the manufacturer.
| Model | software version |
|---|---|
| Aruba 8320 Switch Series | 10.09.0010 |
| Aruba 8325 Switch Series | 10.09.0010 |
| Aruba 8360 Switch Series | 10.09.0010 |
| Aruba 6300 Switch Series | 10.09.0010 |
| Mellanox SN2100 Switch Series | 3.9.3210 |
| Mellanox SN2700 Switch Series | 3.9.3210 |
| Dell S3048-ON Switch Series | 10.5.1.4 |
| Dell S4148T-ON Switch Series | 10.5.1.4 |
| Dell S4148F-ON Switch Series | 10.5.1.4 |
Aruba software version number explained:
For example: 10.06.0120
10 is the OS06 is the major branch (new features)0120 is the CPE release (bug fixes)It is considered to be a best practice to keep all Aruba CX platform devices running the same software version.
Aruba CX devices have two software image banks, which means software images can be pre-staged to the device without booting to the new image.
(sw#) When upgrading past a major software release (for example, from 10.6 to 10.8, skipping 10.7), then issue the allow-unsafe-upgrades command to allow any low level firmware/driver upgrades to complete.
If going from the 10.6 branch to the 10.7 branch, this step can be skipped because the low level firmware/driver upgrade would be automatically completed.
config
allow-unsafe-updates 30
This command will enable non-failsafe updates of programmable devices for the next 30 minutes. Wait for all line and fabric modules to reach the ready state, and then reboot the switch to begin applying any needed updates. Ensure that the switch will not lose power, be rebooted again, or have any modules removed until all updates have finished and all line and fabric modules have returned to the ready state.
WARNING: Interrupting these updates may make the product unusable!
VSX software upgrade command can automatically upgrade both of the peers in VSX topology by staging upgrade and automatically doing traffic shifting between peers to minimize impact to network. The following examples include the option for standalone and vsx-pair upgrade.
Console into the switch being upgraded.
Check images
show images
Example output:
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ArubaOS-CX Primary Image
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Version : FL.10.06.0010
Size : 658 MB
Date : 2020-12-14 11:49:52 PST
SHA-256 : 9e03da5697ef40d261b4a2920a19197ab64ea338533578ce576e5ca1a6849285
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ArubaOS-CX Secondary Image
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Version : FL.10.04.0010
Size : 722 MB
Date : 2019-12-03 10:41:01 PST
SHA-256 : 2f00ca2d86338701225aadf4b9aa9b076e929b2b4620239b44122f300ff29e2d
Default Image : primary
Boot Profile Timeout : 5 seconds
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Management Module 1/1 (Active)
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Active Image : primary
Service OS Version : FL.01.07.0002
BIOS Version : FL.01.0002
Upload the firmware to the desired image. In this example we are uploading it to the secondary.
copy sftp://root@10.252.1.12//root/ArubaOS-CX_6400-6300_10_08_1021.swi secondary
write mem
Example output:
Copying configuration: [Success]
Once the upload is complete, check the images:
show image
Example output:
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ArubaOS-CX Primary Image
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Version : FL.10.06.0010
Size : 658 MB
Date : 2020-12-14 11:49:52 PST
SHA-256 : 9e03da5697ef40d261b4a2920a19197ab64ea338533578ce576e5ca1a6849285
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ArubaOS-CX Secondary Image
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version : FL.10.08.1021
Size : 812 MB
Date : 2021-11-08 02:09:58 UTC
SHA-256 : 3e7f5e22843b49438d2eab19f0e6df8ebccef053e38d6cd65110cfeb37d707fc
Default Image : primary
Boot Profile Timeout : 5 seconds
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Management Module 1/1 (Active)
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Active Image : primary
Service OS Version : FL.01.07.0002
BIOS Version : FL.01.0002
After the firmware is uploaded, boot the switch to the correct image.
boot system secondary
Once the reboot is complete, check and make sure the firmware version is correct.
show version
Example output:
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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
Console into both VSX switches and pre-stage the firmware.
In this example we are pre-staging the firmware to sw-spine-001 and sw-spine-002
Check images first.
show images
Example output:
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ArubaOS-CX Primary Image
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Version : GL.10.06.0010
Size : 444 MB
Date : 2020-12-14 11:55:16 PST
SHA-256 : 4157d15a5cad6efce4d0e8b35f75b4d6212de5af0c5c9bf3ad8f74853df67733
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ArubaOS-CX Secondary Image
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version : GL.10.02.0020
Size : 360 MB
Date : 2019-03-12 09:26:31 PDT
SHA-256 : da629a197e6acbdd805bc7cb85f1decff772ce25223ea20f7c55d426df03fcbe
Default Image : primary
Boot Profile Timeout : 5 seconds
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Management Module 1/1 (Active)
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Active Image : primary
Service OS Version : GL.01.08.0002
BIOS Version : GL-01-0013
Upload the firmware to the desired image. In this example we are uploading it to the secondary.
copy sftp://root@10.252.1.12//var/www/ephemeral/data/network_images/ArubaOS-CX_8325_10_08_1021.swi secondary
write mem
Example output:
Copying configuration: [Success]
Once the upload is complete, check the images and make sure the version is correct.
show image
Example output:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ArubaOS-CX Primary Image
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version : GL.10.06.0010
Size : 444 MB
Date : 2020-12-14 11:55:16 PST
SHA-256 : 4157d15a5cad6efce4d0e8b35f75b4d6212de5af0c5c9bf3ad8f74853df67733
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ArubaOS-CX Secondary Image
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version : GL.10.08.1021
Size : 473 MB
Date : 2021-11-08 01:48:56 UTC
SHA-256 : c16dc680333eaf72188061209e56cd24854cb291e6babe2333110ff6029e8227
Default Image : primary
Boot Profile Timeout : 5 seconds
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Management Module 1/1 (Active)
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Active Image : primary
Service OS Version : GL.01.08.0002
BIOS Version : GL-01-0013
After the firmware is uploaded to both VSX switches, you will need to start the software update from the VSX primary member.
Since we uploaded to the secondary image, we choose that one to boot to.
vsx update-software boot-bank secondary
This will trigger the upgrade process on the VSX pair and it will start the dialogue explaining what will happen next, i.e. if any firmware/driver upgrades are needed and it will show on the screen the current status of the upgrade process. In the VSX upgrade process, the secondary VSX member will always boot first.
Once software update is complete verify the image version on both switches.
show version
Example output:
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ArubaOS-CX
(c) Copyright 2017-2021 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version : GL.10.08.1021
Build Date : 2021-11-08 01:48:56 UTC
Build ID : ArubaOS-CX:GL.10.08.1021:befed610d5e5:202111080115
Build SHA : befed610d5e59c29e3cfb6e163fa45af615a2bd3
Active Image : secondary
Service OS Version : GL.01.08.0002
BIOS Version : GL-01-0013
SSH into the switch being upgraded.
Fetch the image from ncn-m001.
image fetch scp://root@10.252.1.4/root/onyx-X86_64-3.9.3210.img
Install the image.
image install onyx-X86_64-3.9.3210.img
Select the image to boot next.
image boot next
Write memory and reload.
write memory
reload
Once the switch is available, verify the image is installed.
show images
Example output:
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
SSH into the switch being upgraded.
Fetch the image from ncn-m001.
image install http://10.252.1.4/fw/network/OS10_Enterprise_10.5.1.4.stable.tar
Check the image upload status.
show image status
Example output:
Image Upgrade State: download
==================================================
File Transfer State: download
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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
Reboot after the image is uploaded.
write memory
reload
Once the switch is available, verify the image is installed.
show version
Example output:
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