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You can reinstall a different version of the software on the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform product family in any one of the following cases:
Reinstallation guidelines and limitations are as follows:
You can reinstall the software from your software CD in the event that the system disk becomes corrupted.
Before beginning this procedure you must know or do the following:
Caution | You cannot install or upgrade to Release 4.2(1)SP1(6.2) unless your Cisco Nexus 1110-S has the product ID (PID) N1K-1110-S, your Cisco Nexus 1110-X has the product ID (PID) N1K-1110-X, your Cisco Nexus 1010 has the product ID (PID) N1K-C1010, or your Cisco Nexus 1010-X has the product ID (PID) N1K-C1010-X. |
Caution | Potential loss of data— When you reinstall the software, all the previous configurations will be overwritten or deleted and your previous settings will be lost. |
You can replace one Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform in a redundant pair using the process shown in the following flowchart.
Note | For information about powering down, disconnecting, repacking, and shipping the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform, see the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Hardware Installation Guide. |
Step 1 | Collect the
following information from the functioning
Cisco Nexus Cloud Services
Platform.
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Step 2 | Prepare the
replacement
Cisco Nexus Cloud Services
Platform by doing the following:
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Step 3 | Connect the replacement Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform to the upstream switch. See the Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform Hardware Installation Guide for information about connecting to upstream switches. |
Step 4 | On the existing
Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM), do the following:
Example: switch# dir bootflash:repository 283129856 Apr 25 15:39:15 2012 nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV1.5.1.iso |
Step 5 | After you set
up the software for the replacement Cisco Nexus Cloud Services Platform, you
must manually enable the HA peer for each redundant virtual service blade
(VSB). See the
Cisco Nexus
Cloud Services Platform Software Configuration Guide.
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This section provides the software installation and upgrade release history:
Feature Name |
Releases |
Feature Information |
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Software reinstall or upgrade |
4.2(1)SP1(2) |
This feature was introduced. |