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.
- You can check the firmware download status on the Device
Inventory or Fabric Overview page.
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:
To upgrade firmware of the selected devices in the fabric, do the
following:
Skip this step to upgrade all
devices in the fabric.
-
Select Upgrade Firmware
to upgrade all devices in the fabric.
-
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, select Commit Upgrade or
Restore Upgrade from the top of the fabric page to
commit the pending devices.
-
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.
The devices are upgraded to the downloaded firmware version. Refresh
the page to view the updated list.
) to select the check
boxes of the required devices.
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