XCO supports firmware download and
upgrade across all devices of the fabric.
Before you begin
- Register firmware host. For more information, see Register Firmware Host.
- XCO determines the
grouping of devices for firmware download to achieve least traffic disruption
when upgrading a fabric with active traffic.
- You can select single or multiple devices in
the fabric for firmware upgrade.
About this task
Note
As a best practice, do not change
the target firmware version file name and the directory name.
Procedure
-
In the Navigation menu, select
Fabrics.
-
In the Fabrics page, click anywhere in the
required fabric row except the Actions column (
)
to proceed to the fabric Topology page.
- Optional:
In the Topology page, go
to Device Management (
) to select the check boxes of the required
devices for firmware upgrade.
Skip this step to upgrade all
devices in the fabric.
-
Select Firmware Upgrade
from the Fabric Actions menu.
-
In the Host field,
provide the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the firmware host server.
-
In the Absolute Path
field, provide the firmware file path.
-
Select Download and
Activate.
- Optional:
Enable or disable Auto Commit as required.
-
If Auto Commit is disabled, do
the following as required on the fabric devices pending for commit:
- In the Fabric Actions
menu, select Commit Firmware Upgrade to commit the firmware.
- In the Fabric Actions
menu, select Restore Firmware Upgrade to restore the firmware.
-
Select Upgrade
Firmware.
- The list of devices in the fabric is displayed.
- The LLDP links of the devices in the fabric might go down during
firmware download as devices reload and will be in the maintenance mode.
This is reflected in the fabric topology view as "No physical links
discovered".
- You are prompted to review the system generated upgrade strategy to
minimize traffic disruption to the active fabric.
-
Select View and Confirm Upgrade
Strategy to review and approve the device upgrade
sequence.
-
Select Confirm
Upgrade.
- The list of devices in
the fabric along with upgrade status is displayed.
- The device upgrade status
indicates various stages such as download, active, and commit. The user
interface also provides updates such as the number of devices undergoing
upgrade, waiting for upgrade, activation and commit pending, commit
upgrade, restore upgrade, and upgrade success.
-
Select Commit Upgrade to commit pending devices.
Alternatively, select Commit Firmware
Upgrade from the Fabric Actions menu.
-
Select Commit Upgrade when prompted.
The devices are upgraded to the
downloaded firmware version.
