Considerations for Obtaining and
Decompressing Software
You must download the software package and
transfer it to the server and location (such as the FTP server root directory) that
you will use for the software upgrade.
You may also download the software package
from a USB drive using the firmware download usb command.
You must decompress the software package before using the firmware download
command to upgrade the software.
Note
As a best practice, use 7zip to
decompress the software tarball when you use a Microsoft Windows platform for
software upgrade.
The decompressed software package expands into
a directory that is named according to the software version. When issued with the
path to the directory where the software is stored, the firmware download
command performs an automatic search for the package file type that is associated
with the device.
The following firmware download
command options are available. See the Extreme SLX-OS Command Reference for more information about the options.
default-config:
Downloads new software and, after a forced cold reboot, cleans up the
in-band configuration.
fullinstall:
Downloads a larger file selection to cover the differences between 32-bit
and 64-bit software or between 2.6 and 4.14 kernel software when upgrading
or downgrading the device.
noactivate:
Downloads the software to the system without activating it, so the device is
not automatically rebooted.
nocommit:
Disables auto-commit mode so that software is downloaded only to the primary
partition.
noreboot:
Disables auto-reboot mode.
use-vrf:
Specifies the name of the VRF where the host is located. If this option is
not set, mgmt-vrf is used by default.
So that you can address the FTP or SCP server
by its name, ensure that a Domain Name System (DNS) entry is established for the
server.
SLX-OS does not support the
use of special characters (such as &, !, %, or #) in FTP, TFTP, SFTP, or SCP
passwords. The software download fails if your password contains special characters.
