System Images

Mellanox switches can hold two firmware images. These images, once uploaded, are called the “Running” and “Image available for install”.

Relevant configuration

(switch (config)#) Delete old images, if any exist

image delete XXX

(switch (config)#) Copy an image from a local server using sftp.

image fetch scp://root:password@server/path-to-image/image-X86_64-3.4.2002.img
image install image-X86_64-3.4.2002.img

(switch (config)#) Boot the switch into the new firmware.

image boot next
configuration write
reload

Show commands to validate functionality

(switch#)

show version

Expected results

  • Administrators can upload an image to the switch
  • Administrators can see the versions of code for the primary and secondary images
  • Administrators can boot into the uploaded image
  • Administrators can confirm the switch is running the uploaded image

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