Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
Information About Software Images
Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches and Associated Expansion Modules
Upgrading the BIOS and Power Sequencer Images
Supported Upgrade and Downgrade Paths for Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
ISSU Support For Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders
ISSU Support for vPC Topologies
ISSU Support for vPC Topologies with Fabric Extenders
ISSU Support with Fibre Channel and FCoE Topologies
Summary of ISSU-Supported Topologies
Summary of ISSU Unsupported Topologies
Management Services After an ISSU
Fibre Channel/FCoE Protocol and Services During an ISSU
Ethernet Interfaces on the Switch and the Fabric Extenders
Copying the Running Configuration from an External Flash Memory Device
Copying the Startup Configuration from an External Flash Memory Device
Upgrade Process in a Non-vPC Topology
Upgrade Process for a vPC Topology on the Primary Switch
Upgrade Process for a vPC Topology on the Secondary Switch
Disruptive Installation Process
Upgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N2(1c) and Earlier Releases (Disruptive Upgrade)
Minimizing the Impact of a Disruptive Upgrade
Upgrading a Direct vPC or a Single-Homed FEX Access Layer
Upgrading a Dual-Homed FEX Access Layer
Downgrading from a Higher Release
Troubleshooting ISSUs and Disruptive Installations
Obtain Documentation and Submit a Service Request
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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
First Published: September 15, 2018
This document describes how to upgrade or downgrade Cisco NX-OS software on Cisco Nexus 5500 Series switches and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders. Use this document in combination with documents listed in the “Obtain Documentation and Submit a Service Request” section.
This document includes these sections:
- Information About Software Images
- Supported Hardware
- Upgrade Guidelines
- Using the Install All Command
- Upgrading the BIOS and Power Sequencer Images
- Supported Upgrade and Downgrade Paths for Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
- Upgrading Procedures
- Disruptive Installation Process
- Forcing an Upgrade
- Upgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N2(1c) and Earlier Releases (Disruptive Upgrade)
- Minimizing the Impact of a Disruptive Upgrade
- Monitoring the Upgrade Status
- Downgrading from a Higher Release
- Troubleshooting ISSUs and Disruptive Installations
- Obtain Documentation and Submit a Service Request
Information About Software Images
Cisco Nexus devices are shipped with the Cisco NX-OS software preinstalled on the switches. Before you upgrade or downgrade from an existing image, you should read through the information in this document to understand the guidelines, prerequisites, and procedures for upgrading the software. For updated information about the Cisco NX-OS software for the Cisco Nexus device, see the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Release Notes.
The Cisco NX-OS software consists of the kickstart image and the system image. The system image includes the software for the Cisco Nexus device and the Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders (FEXs) that are connected to the switch. The images contain a major release identifier, a minor release identifier, and a maintenance release identifier. The images might also contain a rebuild identifier, which can be referred to as a support patch. The following figure shows the version identifiers that are used with a combination of platform-independent and platform-dependent schemes for the Cisco NX-OS software.
Figure 1 Cisco NX-OS Version Identifies
The platform designator is N for the Cisco Nexus device. Applicable features, functions, and fixes in the platform-independent code are present in the platform-dependent release.
Upgrade Guidelines
When upgrading system software, follow these guidelines:
You cannot enter global configuration mode during an upgrade. You should save, commit, or discard any active configuration sessions before you upgrade or downgrade the Cisco NX-OS software image. The active configuration session is deleted without a warning during a reload.
Use the show configuration session summary command to verify that there are no active configuration sessions.
For more information on configuration sessions, see the System Management Configuration Guide for your platform.
Note CLI and SNMP configuration change requests are denied during an in-service software upgrade (ISSU).
- Topology—You should make topology changes, such as Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or Fiber Channel (FC) fabric changes, that affect zoning, Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF), or FC domains before you perform an upgrade. You should perform module installations or removals only before or after an upgrade.
- Scheduling—You should upgrade when your network is stable and steady. Ensure that everyone who has access to the switch or the network is not configuring the switch or the network during this time. You cannot configure a switch during an upgrade.
- Space—Verify that sufficient space is available in the location where you are copying the images. The internal bootflash requires approximately 200 MB of free space. Also, run the show system internal flash command to check that the threshold limit for the filesystems /bootflash/mnt/pss /var/tmp and /var/sysmgr are met.
- Bootflash—During ISSU, bootflash must be free. Bootflash can be busy due to open or active SFTP session, file operation, and so on.
- Hardware—Avoid power interruptions during an installation procedure. Power interruptions can corrupt the software image.
- Connectivity to remote servers—Configure the IPv4 address or IPv6 address for the 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet port connection (interface mgmt0). Ensure that the switch has a route to the remote server. The switch and the remote server must be in the same subnetwork if you do not have a router to route traffic between subnets.
- Software image—Ensure that the specified system and kickstart images are compatible with each other as follows:
– If the kickstart image is not specified, the switch uses the current running kickstart image.
– If you specify a different system image, ensure that it is compatible with the running kickstart image.
– Locally—Images are locally available on the switch.
– Remotely—Images are in a remote location and you specify the destination by using the remote server parameters and the filename to be used locally.
– Use the ping command to verify connectivity to the remote server.
– Use the dir command to verify that the required space is available for the image files to be copied.
– Use the show install all impact command to identify the upgrade impact. This command displays information that describes the impact of the upgrade on each Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender such as the current and upgrade-image versions. This command also displays if the upgrade is disruptive or the reason why the upgrade is disruptive, if the Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender needs to be rebooted, and the reason why it needs to be rebooted.
Note We recommend that you log in to the console port to begin the upgrade process. In virtual port channel (vPC) topologies, you should start with the device that is the primary device.
Table 1 summarizes the terms used in the install all command output to verify module and software image compatibility.
Note If you are upgrading from an earlier release version to Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3.x and later, delete the reserved VLANs 4048 and 4049 before upgrading. In some scenarios, the reserved VLANs could vary based on the range configured in the system vlan <minimum-vlan> reserve command. We recommend that you verify the reserved VLANs on the system before upgrading. To view the reserved VLANs, use the show system vlan reserved command. If the difference between the reserved VLAN range is 79, then delete the two VLANs after the reserved range. Post the upgrade, the two deleted VLANs will be available in the reserved VLAN range.
Step 1 Verify the reserved VLANs list in the existing image (Cisco NX-OS 7.x or earlier) before upgrading.
system vlan 2000 reserve <<<------ reserved vlan range changed to 2000-2079 due to this. default is 3968-4047Step 2 If the difference between the last and the first reserved VLAN is 79 (similar to the above scenario), delete two VLANs (2080 and 2081) after the last reserved VLAN.
Step 3 Upgrade to Cisco NX-OS 7.3(4)N1(1) image and verify the reserved VLAN list after the upgrade. The two deleted VLANs in step 3 will be listed in the reserved VLAN list post the upgrade.
Using the Install All Command
The install all command triggers an ISSU on Cisco Nexus devices and Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders. The following images are upgraded during the installation:
The install-all command provides the following benefits:
- You can upgrade the Cisco Nexus devices and the Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders using just one command.
- You can receive descriptive information about the intended changes to your system before you continue with the installation. For example, it identifies potential disruptive upgrades.
- You can continue or cancel the upgrade when you see this question (the default is no):
- You can upgrade the Cisco NX-OS software using a nondisruptive procedure, when supported.
- The command automatically checks the image integrity, which includes the running kickstart and system images. The command sets the kickstart and system boot variables.
- The command performs a platform validity check to verify that a wrong image is not used.
- Pressing Ctrl-C gracefully ends the install all command. The command sequence completes the update step in progress and returns to the EXEC prompt.
- After entering the install all command, if any step in the sequence fails, the upgrade ends.
- The following message appears to warn you about the impact of upgrading the power sequencer:
Note After a successful power sequence upgrade, you must switch off the power to the system and then power it up.
- You can enter the force keyword to perform a disruptive upgrade. For information on forcing an upgrade, see “Forcing an Upgrade” section.
Upgrading the BIOS and Power Sequencer Images
Changes to BIOS and power sequencers are rare; however, when they occur, they are included in the Cisco NX-OS system image, and the BIOS and power sequencer are upgraded. The summary displayed by the installer during the installation process indicates the current version of the BIOS and power sequencer and the target version.
Note After a successful power sequence upgrade, you must switch off the power to the system and then power it up.
Supported Upgrade and Downgrade Paths for Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
Cisco NX-OS supports in-service software upgrades (ISSUs) that allow a Cisco Nexus device and any connected FEXs to be upgraded without any traffic disruption (with a brief control plane disruption). A few conditions have to be met for the system to be upgraded through an ISSU process—the access layer topology should be ISSU compliant, the current and target versions should be ISSU capable, and the network should be stable.
If the conditions required for an ISSU are not met or if you intend to downgrade the software version, the installation process is disruptive. For example, the Cisco Nexus device and any connected FEXs are rebooted, which causes a disruption. If Cisco’s virtual port channel (vPC) is configured on Cisco Nexus devices, it is possible to achieve an upgrade/downgrade with very minimal traffic disruption to servers/hosts.
Table 2 Supported Upgrade and Downgrade Paths for Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
Disruptive downgrade1
1.In-service software downgrade (ISSD) from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3.x to any earlier releases is not supported. All incompatible configurations will be lost in the target release. Performing a downgrade will also result in loss of certain configurations such as unified ports, breakout, and FEX configurations. See CSCul22703 for details. For more information on restoring the configuration, see the “Restoring the Configuration” section in the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(4)N1(1).
Note If you want to upgrade from a release on Cisco NX-OS release 7.1 train or earlier, you must first upgrade to Cisco NX-OS release 7.1(4)N1(1) and then to 7.3(4)N1(1). If you want to upgrade from a release on Cisco NX-OS release 7.2 train or earlier, you must first upgrade to Cisco NX-OS release 7.3(2)N1(1) and then to 7.3(4)N1(1).
Note If you upgrade from a release with an older BIOS, the BIOS will be upgraded to the current release BIOS. For an effective BIOS upgrade, we recommend you to reload the device.
Note If you want to upgrade from a release, that is not listed in the “Current Cisco NX-OS Release” column in Table 2 under the “Supported Upgrade and Downgrade Paths for a Cisco NX-OS Release” section to the latest Cisco NX-OS release version, then you must first upgrade to a release that is listed in the “Current Cisco NX-OS Release” column and then to the latest release version.
Note During an upgrade from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.1(4)N1(1) to Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(1)N1(1), FEXs connected to the upgrading switch will preload twice, once before the switch upgrade and the other, after the switch upgrade.
During a nondisruptive upgrade if one or more FEXs fail during the preload stage before the switch upgrade, the install process will display the preload failure for that particular FEX and continue with the preload of the remaining FEXs.
If one or more FEXs fail during the preload stage after the switch upgrade, the install process will display the preload failure for the particular FEX and will abort.
Note When a switch is connected to Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ, 2348TQ, and 2332TQ Fabric Extender, and you perform a nondisruptive upgrade to Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(7)N1(1), 7.1(2)N1(1), 7.2(0)N1(1), or 7.3(0)N1(1) and later, then you must reload the mentioned FEXs after the nondisruptive upgrade for the CSCut90356 fix to be effective; alternatively, you must do a disruptive upgrade for these releases.
Note If you are performing a nondisruptive upgrade from Cisco NX-OS release 7.0(6)N1(1) to 7.0(7)N1(1) and later release, or from Cisco NX-OS release 7.0(6)N1(1) to a 7.1, 7.2, or 7.3 release, then you must reload the switch for the CSCur26244 fix to be effective; alternatively, you must perform a disruptive upgrade.
Note If a supported upgrade or downgrade path is not taken, then certain configurations, especially related to unified ports, Fibre Channel (FC) ports, breakout, and FEX may be lost.
Note Doing a disruptive upgrade between incompatible images will result in loss of certain configurations such as unified ports, breakout, and FEX configurations. See CSCul22703 for details.
In-Service Software Upgrades
With a single supervisor system such as the Cisco Nexus device, an ISSU on the Cisco Nexus device causes the supervisor CPU to reset and load the new software version. The control plane is inactive, but the data plane keeps forwarding packets that lead to an upgrade with no service disruption. After the CPU loads the updated version of Cisco NX-OS, the system restores the control plane to a previously known configuration and the runtime state and the data plane are synchronized. Because the data plane keeps forwarding packets while the control plane is upgraded, any servers that are connected to the Cisco Nexus device access layer should see no traffic disruption.
ISSU and Layer 3
Cisco Nexus devices support Layer 3 functionality. However, the system cannot be upgraded with the ISSU process (nondisruptive upgrade) when Layer 3 is enabled. You must unconfigure all Layer 3 features, remove the L3 license, and reload the switch, to be able to upgrade in a nondisruptive way with an ISSU.
ISSU Supported Topologies
This section includes the following topics:
- ISSU Support For Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders
- ISSU Support for vPC Topologies
- ISSU Support for vPC Topologies with Fabric Extenders
- ISSU Support with Fibre Channel and FCoE Topologies
- Summary of ISSU-Supported Topologies
- Summary of ISSU Unsupported Topologies
- Management Services After an ISSU
- Fibre Channel/FCoE Protocol and Services During an ISSU
- Layer-2 Protocols Impact
- Ethernet Interfaces on the Switch and the Fabric Extenders
ISSU Support For Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders
Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders act as line cards to Cisco Nexus devices. The Fabric Extenders add flexibility to the data center networking infrastructure by decoupling the physical and logical (Layer 2) topology, reducing the operation expense by lowering management and troubleshooting points, and building a larger Layer 2 fabric that is loop free, with a single layer of switching.
The ISSU process initiated on the Cisco Nexus devices upgrades the entire access layer including the switch and the FEXs that are connected to the switch.
An ISSU first upgrades the switches. Once the switch is operational with the upgraded software, the FEXs are upgraded. The FEX upgrades are done one FEX at a time. An upgrade of the Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders is nondisruptive, which is similar to the upgrade of the switch.
The time required for an ISSU to complete depends on the number of FEXs that are connected. You should plan a maintenance window with the total upgrade time in mind. The entire upgrade is nondisruptive and is not expected to cause any outage to connected servers.
ISSU Support for vPC Topologies
An ISSU is completely supported when two switches are paired in a vPC configuration. In a vPC configuration, one switch functions as a primary switch and the other switch functions as a secondary switch. They both run the complete switching control plane but coordinate forwarding decisions to have optimal forwarding to devices at the other end of the vPC. Additionally, the two devices appear as a single device that supports EtherChannel (static and 802.3ad) and provide simultaneously data forwarding services to that device.
While upgrading devices in a vPC topology, you should start with the switch that is the primary switch. The vPC secondary device should be upgraded after the ISSU process completes successfully on the primary device. The two vPC devices continue their control plane communication during the entire ISSU process (except when the ISSU process resets the CPU of the switch being upgraded).
Use the show vpc brief command to view details about vPC on the switch. Use the show vpc role command to see the vPC role of the switch. The following example provides a sample output for the show vpc brief command.
You can monitor the status of an ISSU on the primary device, after the primary switch reloads by using the show install all status command.
Any attempt to initiate an upgrade on the vPC peer switch when an ISSU is in progress on the other switch is blocked.
Note During an upgrade, the configuration on peer switches is locked and the vPC state on vPC peer switches is suspended until the upgrade is complete.
Verifying the vPC Status on a Peer Switch During an Upgrade
To view the vPC status, enter the show vpc command on a peer switch as follows:
Viewing System Messages on Peer Switches
A keepalive message, such as the following, might appear on a peer switch during an upgrade:
Installation status messages, such as the following, might appear on peer switches as the primary switch is upgraded.
ISSU Support for vPC Topologies with Fabric Extenders
An ISSU is supported in vPC topologies that include FEXs that are connected in dual-homed topologies to a parent switch and when the FEX is in a single-homed topology.
To perform a nondisruptive upgrade, in a vPC environment that has FEXs connected to a switch, perform the following steps:
1. Perform a nondisruptive upgrade on the first switch.
2. Check the status of FEXs on the second switch prior to performing a nondisruptive upgrade on it. If any of the FEXs are in Active-Active (AA) version mismatch state, shut the corresponding NIF ports of the impacted FEXs.
3. Perform a nondisruptive upgrade on the second switch using the install all command.
4. After the upgrade is complete on the second s witch, bring up the ports that were shut in the Step 2.
Note After the upgrade procedure, ensure all the FEX ports are in online state, including the Active-Active version mismatch ports.
Note From Cisco NX-OS Release 7.1(4)N1(1) onwards, during a nondisruptive upgrade, if one or more FEX fails, the install process will display the upgrade failure for the failed FEX, but will continue with the upgrade process for other FEXs.
Note During an upgrade from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.1(4)N1(1) to Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(1)N1(1), FEXs connected to the upgrading switch will preload twice, once before the switch upgrade and the other, after the switch upgrade. During a nondisruptive upgrade, if one or more FEXs fail during the preload stage before the switch upgrade, the install process will display the preload failure for that particular FEX and continue with the preload of the remaining FEXs. If one or more FEXs fail during the preload stage after the switch upgrade, the install process will display the preload failure for the particular FEX and will abort.
ISSU Support with Fibre Channel and FCoE Topologies
ISSUs are supported on access layer switches when Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is enabled. You must ensure that the FC fabric is stable before initiating an ISSU in this topology.
Summary of ISSU-Supported Topologies
Figure 2Figure 2 shows an access switch topology.
Figure 2 Access Switch Topology
Figure 3 shows a vPC peering topology.
Figure 4 shows a virtual modular system with static fabric connectivity for FEXs.
Figure 4 Virtual Modular System with Static Fabric Connectivity for FEXs
Figure 5 shows a vertical modular system.
Figure 5 Vertical Modular System
Figure 6 shows a vPC-peered dual-supervisor virtual modular system with dual-homed FEXs.
Figure 6 vPC-Peered Dual-Supervisor Virtual Modular System Dual-Homed FEXs
Figure 7 figure shows a vPC-peered dual-supervisor virtual modular system with dual-homed and single-homed FEXs.
Figure 7 vPC-Peered Dual-Supervisor Virtual Modular System Dual-Homed and Single-Homed FEXs
Figure 8 shows a vPC-peered dual-supervisor virtual modular system with dual-homed FEXs.
Figure 8 vPC Peered Dual-Supervisor Virtual Modular System Dual-Homed FEXs
Summary of ISSU Unsupported Topologies
Two important spanning tree-related requirements for a Cisco Nexus device that is undergoing an ISSU are as follows:
- STP-enabled switches cannot be present downstream to the switch undergoing an ISSU.
- You cannot configure the STP Bridge Assurance feature except on a vPC peer link. Bridge Assurance is enabled when you configure an interface as a spanning-tree port type network.
A switch that is undergoing an ISSU has an inactive control plane while the switch is reset and the new software version is loaded. Not following these restrictions could render the network unstable if there are any unexpected topology changes
If the STP conditions are not met, the installation check indicates that the upgrade would be disruptive. In this case, you can perform an upgrade at a later time after making the necessary changes to the topology to meet these conditions or perform a disruptive upgrade.
Figure 9 shows a Cisco Nexus device that is connected to a blade switch that is running STP.
Figure 9 Connection to a Blade Switch Running STP
Figure 10 shows a Cisco Nexus device that is connected to a downstream switch that is running STP.
Figure 10 Connection to a Downstream Switch Running STP
Figure 11 shows a Cisco Nexus device that is running Bridge Assurance with another switch.
Figure 11 Cisco Nexus Device Running Bridge Assurance with Another Switch
Figure 12 shows dual-homed FEXs connected to a stub switch.
Figure 12 Dual-Homed FEXs Connected to a Stub Switch
Figure 13 shows a single-homed FEX that is connected to stub switches.
Figure 13 Single-Homed FEX Connected to Stub Switches
Figure 14 shows a dual-homed FEX that is connected to stub switches.
Figure 14 Dual-Homed FEX Connected to Stub Switches
ISSU Prerequisites
You must follow the upgrade guidelines listed in the “Upgrade Guidelines” section in order for ISSU to work correctly. Make sure that the network is stable and no changes are made while an ISSU is in progress. Make sure that you check for feature compatibility between the current running release and the target release.
Figure 15 shows upgrade restrictions.
Figure 15 Upgrade Restrictions
The specific requirements for a nondisruptive upgrade (ISSU) are as follows:
- Topology requirements— A Cisco Nexus device on which an ISSU is being initiated should not be in one of the unsupported topologies listed in the previous figure. No interface should be in a spanning-tree designated forwarding state. Also, do not configure Bridge Assurance on any interface of the Cisco Nexus device. vPC peer-link is an exception to these requirements.
- Layer 2 requirement— The ISSU process aborts if the system has any Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) fast timers configured.
- FC/FCoE requirements—Check that the topology is stable for an ISSU to work correctly. You must check the following:
– Domain Manager—As part of the installation process, domain manager checks if the fabric is in a stable state. If the fabric is not stable, the installation aborts.
– CFS—As part of the installation process, Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) checks if any application (ntp,fsm, rcsn, fctime) is locked. If any application is holding a CFS lock, the installation aborts.
– Zone Server— The installation process aborts if a zone merge or zone change request is in progress.
– FSPF—As part of the upgrade process, Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) verifies if the configured interface dead interval is more than 80 seconds; otherwise, the installation aborts.
Management Services After an ISSU
Before the switch is reset for an ISSU, inband and management ports are brought down and are brought back up after the ISSU completes. Services that depend on the inband and management ports are impacted during this time. Table 3 lists the services that are impacted during an ISSU reset.
Fibre Channel/FCoE Protocol and Services During an ISSU
During an ISSU, the control plane is offline for up to 80 seconds. Any state changes in the network during this time are not processed. Depending on the change, the impact might vary. We recommend that you ensure a stable fabric during an ISSU. See the following table for other ISSU impacts.
Layer-2 Protocols Impact
Table 5 lists the ISSU impacts to Layer 2 protocols.
Ethernet Interfaces on the Switch and the Fabric Extenders
To avoid link-down to link-up transitions during the control plane outage time, the laser is turned off for administratively up ports that are operationally down. This situation occurs during the ISSU reboot starting state when the switch and the FEX applications stop communicating with each other. After the ISSU reboot and a stateful restart, the laser is turned back on. This action prevents the link state from transitioning from down to up during an ISSU.
PreInstallation Checks
You should do certain sanity checks to ensure that the system is ready for an ISSU and to understand the impact of ISSU:
- Enter the show incompatibility command to verify that the target image is feature-wise compatible with the current image.
- Enter the show logging level command to ensure that the severity level for all processes is set to 5 or below.
- Enter the show install all impact command to identify the upgrade impact.
- Enter the show fex command to verify that all the FEXs are online.
- Enter the show vpc role command to verify the vPC switch role in a vPC topology.
- Enter the install all command to update to the latest Cisco NX-OS software.
- Review the installer impact analysis and choose to continue.
Note The switch might reload at this time and cause a traffic disruption if the upgrade i s not an ISSU.
- Monitor the installation progress.
- Verify the upgrade.
- Enter the show install all status command to verify the status of the installation.
The following table lists the show commands that identify the impact or potential problems that might occur when performing an ISSU.
You can also perform the following tasks to identify potential problems before they occur:
- Ensure that you have enough space to store the images on bootflash:
- Display incompatible configurations on the current system that will impact the upgrade version.
Use the show lacp issu-impact command to display if any port or a peer switch is configured in rate fast mode.
Upgrading Procedures
The ISSU process is triggered when you enter the install all command. This section describes the sequence of events that occur when you upgrade a single Cisco Nexus device or a single Cisco Nexus device that is connected to one or more FEXs.
Note To use the ISSU process for Release 4.2(1)N1(1) through Release 5.1(3)N2(1c), you must first upgrade to Release 5.2(1)N1(1). After that, use the ISSU process to upgrade from 5.2(1)N1(1) to Release 7.0.
The section includes the following topics:
- Installation At-a-Glance
- Copying the Running Configuration from an External Flash Memory Device
- Copying the Startup Configuration from an External Flash Memory Device
- Upgrade Process in a Non-vPC Topology
- Upgrade Process for a vPC Topology on the Primary Switch
- Upgrade Process for a vPC Topology on the Secondary Switch
- Upgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N2(1c) and Earlier Releases (Disruptive Upgrade)
- Minimizing the Impact of a Disruptive Upgrade
- Restoring the Configuration
- Upgrading a Direct vPC or a Single-Homed FEX Access Layer
- Upgrading a Dual-Homed FEX Access Layer
Installation At-a-Glance
Table 7 shows an overview of the upgrade process.
Copying the Running Configuration from an External Flash Memory Device
You can copy configuration files from an external flash memory device.
Note This procedure applies to the Cisco Nexus device that is running Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0.2 and later releases.
Insert the external flash memory device into the active supervisor module.
Copying the Startup Configuration from an External Flash Memory Device
You can recover the startup configuration on your Cisco NX-OS device by downloading a new startup configuration file that was saved on an external flash memory device.
Note This procedure applies to the Cisco Nexus device that is running Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0.2 and later releases.
Insert the external flash memory device into the active supervisor module.
Upgrade Process in a Non-vPC Topology
The following list summarizes the upgrade process in a non-vPC topology:
1. The install all command triggers the installation upgrade.
2. The compatibility checks display the impact of the upgrade.
3. The installation proceeds or not based on the upgrade impact.
4. The current state is saved.
5. The system unloads and runs the new image.
6. The stateful restart of the system software and application occurs.
7. The installer resumes with the new image.
8. The FEXs are upgraded sequentially.
9. The installation completes.
Upgrade Process for a vPC Topology on the Primary Switch
The following list summarizes the upgrade process on a primary switch in a vPC topology. Steps that differ from a switch upgrade in a non-vPC topology are in bold.
Note In vPC topologies, the two peer switches must be upgraded individually. An upgrade on one peer switch does not automatically update the vPC peer switch.
1. The install all command issued on the vPC primary switch triggers the installation upgrade.
2. The compatibility checks display the impact of the upgrade.
3. The installation proceeds or not based on the upgrade impact.
4. The configuration is locked on both vPC peer switches.
5. The current state is saved.
6. The system unloads and runs the new image.
7. The stateful restart of the system software and application occurs.
8. The installer resumes with the new image.
9. The FEXs are upgraded sequentially.
10. The installation is complete.
When the installation is complete, the vPC primary switch and the FEXs that are connected to the primary switch are upgraded. The single-homed FEXs and the dual-homed FEXs are now running the upgraded software.
Note The dual-homed FEXs are now connected to the primary and secondary switches that are running two different versions of the Cisco NX-OS software. The vPC primary switch is running the upgraded version and the vPC secondary switch is running the original software version. The Cisco NX-OS software has been designed to allow an upgraded dual-home FEX to interoperate with vPC secondary switches running the original version of Cisco NX-OS while the primary switch is running the upgrade version.
Upgrade Process for a vPC Topology on the Secondary Switch
The following list summarizes the upgrade process on a secondary switch in a vPC topology. Steps that differ from a switch upgrade in a non-vPC topology are in bold.
1. The install all command issued on the vPC second switch triggers the installation upgrade.
2. The compatibility checks display the impact of the upgrade.
3. The installation proceeds or not based on the upgrade impact.
4. The current state is saved.
5. The system unloads and runs the new image.
6. The stateful restart of the system software and application occurs.
7. The installer resumes with the new image.
8. The FEXs are upgraded sequentially. The upgrade completes on the single-homed FEXs and a sanity check is performed on the dual-homed FEXs.
Note The dual-homed FEXs were upgraded by the primary switch.
9. The configuration is unlocked on the primary and secondary switches.
Disruptive Installation Process
Doing a disruptive upgrade between incompatible images will result in loss of certain configurations such as unified ports, breakout, and FEX configurations. See CSCul22703 for details.
For FEX configurations, prior to the downgrade, the configuration must be converted (if not already used) to use FEX pre-provisioning configuration.The following lists the situations where a nondisruptive ISSU might not be possible when upgrading a Cisco Nexus device:
- The topology and/or features are not ISSU ready. See the “ISSU Prerequisites” section for more information.
- The current release or target release is lower than Release 5.2(1)N1(1). An ISSU can work only when both the current and target releases are equal or later than Release 5.2(1)N1(1).
- The installation is a downgrade, such as a higher release to a lower release, unless stated otherwise in the “Upgrade Guidelines” section.
- You want to do a disruptive upgrade. See the “Forcing an Upgrade” section.
Restoring the Configuration
Perform the following steps to restore the configuration if the configurations contain interface breakout or unified port configurations:
1. Save the configuration to bootflash using the command copy running-config bootflash :[ directory/ ] filename.
2. Use the default interface command to restore the default configurations of the breakout interfaces. Example: default interface e1/49/1-4, e2/25/1-4 .
3. Save the running configuration to startup configuration using the copy running-config startup-config command.
4. Perform software migration using the install all command from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(3)N1(1) to a lower version. In case of vPC, downgrade the primary switch first and then the secondary switch.
5. After the switch is up, power-off and power-on the module for the interface breakout to be effective. If the breakout is configured on Baseboard module, save the running configuration to startup configuration using the copy running-config startup-config command and then reload the switch again.
6. If breakout is not configured on the Baseboard module, then an additional reload is required if running configuration contains hardware profile route resource service-template .
7. After the switch is up (with all the modules), copy the saved configuration from bootflash: <filename> to running-config .
8. Verify if all the interfaces are up and traffic is resumed.
Forcing an Upgrade
You can choose to do a disruptive upgrade if one of the ISSU conditions are not met. One additional reason where you might choose to do a disruptive upgrade is when FEXs are upgraded in a rolling fashion (one FEX at a time), which requires a longer maintenance window. With a disruptive upgrade, all the connected FEXs are upgraded simultaneously, so the maintenance window can be shorter. If you need a shorter maintenance window (with traffic disruption), you can force a disruptive upgrade even if an ISSU can be leveraged. It is important to note the possibility of an outage if you do a disruptive upgrade.
You can also add the force keyword at the end of the install all command as follows:
Upgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N2(1c) and Earlier Releases (Disruptive Upgrade)
This section describes how to upgrade from Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N2(1c) and earlier releases. An upgrade from these releases is disruptive. Upgrading a Cisco Nexus device also upgrades connected Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders.
Note To perform a nondisruptive upgrade from Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2(1)N1(1) and later releases, see the CSCul22703 for details. You can upgrade Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(1)N1(1) through Release 5.1(3)N2(1c) using a two-step ISSU process.
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1 Log in to Cisco.com to access the Software Download Center. To log in to Cisco.com, go to http://www.cisco.com/ and click Log In at the top of the page. Enter your Cisco username and password.
Note Unregistered Cisco.com users cannot access the links provided in this document.
Access the Software Download Center at http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?a=a&i=rpm . Navigate to the software downloads for Cisco Nexus devices. Links to the download images for the switch are listed.
Step 2 Choose and download the kickstart and system software files to a local server.
Step 3 Verify that the required space is available in the bootflash: directory for the image file(s) to be copied.
We recommend that you keep the kickstart and system image files for at least one previous software release to use if the new image files do not load successfully.
Step 4 (Optional) If you need more space on the bootflash, delete unnecessary files to make space available.
Step 5 Copy the new kickstart and system images to the switch bootflash by using a transfer protocol such as FTP, TFTP, SCP, or SFTP.
switch-1# copy scp://user@scpserver.cisco.com/downloads/n5000-uk9.7.3.4.N1.1.bin bootflash:n5000-uk9.7.3.4.N1.1.binStep 6 Display the impact of the upgrade.
switch-1# show install all impact kickstart bootflash:n5000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.4.N1.1.bin system bootflash:n5000-uk9.7.3.4.N1.1.binStep 7 Install the new images, specifying the new image names that you downloaded in the previous step.
switch-1# install all kickstart bootflash:n5000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.4.N1.1.bin system bootflash:n5000-uk9.7.3.4.N1.1.binload_plugin: Can't get exclude list from /isan/plugin/0/boot/etc/plugin_exclude.conf (rc 0x40ea0017)Step 8 Verify that the switch is running the required software release.
Minimizing the Impact of a Disruptive Upgrade
A non-ISSU upgrade is a disruptive upgrade that results in the reload of the Cisco Nexus device and the Fabric Extenders. The reload is a cold reboot that brings down the control plan and the data plane. The reload causes disruptions to the connected servers and hosts. When a vPC is deployed in the access layer, it is possible to minimize the impact of a non-ISSU upgrade. When one of the vPC switches is being reset during the upgrade process, all the server traffic can flow through its vPC peer.
Upgrading a Direct vPC or a Single-Homed FEX Access Layer
The following figures show topologies in which the access layer includes a vPC configuration to hosts or downstream switches.
Figure 16 Hosts Directly Connected to vPC Peers
Figure 17 vPC Peered Dual-Supervisor Virtual Modular System Dual-Homed FEXs and Singled-Homed FEXs
Figure 18 Cisco Nexus Device Connected to Downstream Switches
To upgrade the access layer without a disruption to hosts, follow these tasks:
- Upgrade the first vPC switch (vPC primary switch). During this upgrade, the switch is reloaded. When the switch is reloaded, the servers or the downstream switch detects a loss of connectivity to the first switch and starts forwarding traffic to the second (vPC secondary) switch.
- Verify that the upgrade of the switch has completed successfully. At the completion of the upgrade, the switch restores vPC peering, connected Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders, and all the links.
- Upgrade the second switch. Repeating the same process on the second switch causes the second switch to reload during the upgrade process. During this reload, the first (upgraded) switch forwards all the traffic to/from servers.
- Verify that the upgrade of the second switch has completed successfully.
Note Flows that are forwarded to a switch during an upgrade on the switch, will failover to the second switch. Also, flows are redistributed when vPC peers are active. The traffic disruption is limited to the time required for the server or host to detect the link-down and link-up events and to redistribute the flows.
Upgrading a Dual-Homed FEX Access Layer
A disruptive upgrade causes a switch and connected FEXs to reload. The time required for a FEX to reload is less than the time required for a switch to reload. When hosts are connected to a dual-homed FEX, it is possible to keep the traffic disruption of the hosts to same time as required by FEX to reload (approximately 120 seconds), instead of the time required for an upgrade of the entire access layer.
The following figure shows a dual-homed FEX topology in which the access layer includes a vPC configuration to hosts or downstream switches.
Figure 19 vPC-Peered Dual-Supervisor Virtual Modular System Dual-Homed FEXs
Note The following dual-homed FEX procedure is supported only for an upgrade and not for a downgrade.
Step 1 Configure FEX module pre-provisioning for all the FEXs connected to both the switches (vPC primary and vPC secondary switches).
Upgrade the vPC primary switch with the new image using the install all kickstart image system image command. During the upgrade process, the switch is reloaded. When the switch is reloaded, only singled-homed FEXs connected to the switch are reloaded and dual-homed FEXs are not reloaded. Servers connected to the dual-homed FEXs retain network connectivity through the vPC secondary switch.
Step 2 Verify that the upgrade of the vPC primary switch is completed successfully. At the completion of the upgrade, the vPC primary switch restores vPC peering. However, dual-homed FEXs are connected only to the secondary vPC switch.
Step 3 Reload the dual-homed FEXs using the reload fex command from the vPC secondary switch. Reload the FEXs one-by-one or in a bunch of two or three FEXs. The servers connected to the dual-homed FEXs will lose connectivity.
Step 4 Wait for the FEXs to reload. After the reload, the FEXs connect to the upgraded switch (vPC primary switch).
Step 5 Upgrade the vPC secondary switch with the new image using the install all kickstart image system image command. During the upgrade process, the switch is reloaded. When the switch is reloaded, only singled-homed FEXs connected to the switch are reloaded and dual-homed FEXs are not reloaded.
Step 6 Verify that the upgrade of the vPC secondary switch is completed successfully. At the completion of the upgrade, the vPC secondary switch restores vPC peering. Dual-homed FEXs connect to both the peer switches and start forwarding traffic.
Detailed Steps
Step 1 Log in to Cisco.com to access the Software Download Center. To log in to Cisco.com, go to http://www.cisco.com/ and click Log In at the top of the page. Enter your Cisco username and password.
Note Unregistered Cisco.com users cannot access the links provided in this document.
Access the Software Download Center at http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?a=a&i=rpm . Navigate to the software downloads for Cisco Nexus devices. Links to the download images for the switch are listed.
Step 2 Choose and download the kickstart and system software files to a local server.
Step 3 Verify that the required space is available in the bootflash: directory for the image file(s) to be copied.
We recommend that you keep the kickstart and system image files for at least one previous software release to use if the new image files do not load successfully.
Step 4 (Optional) If you need more space on the bootflash, delete unnecessary files to make space available.
Step 5 Copy the new kickstart and system images to each switch bootflash by using a transfer protocol such as FTP, TFTP, SCP, or SFTP.
Step 6 Configure FEX Module pre-provisioning for the type of FEX present in the system. Perform this step on both the switches in a vPC pair. For more information on how to configure FEX module pre-provisioning, refer the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
This example shows how to select slot 130 and the N2K-C2348UPQ module to pre-provision.
Step 7 Enter the show install all impact command to validate the upgrade process and the components being upgraded.
switch-1# show install all impact kickstart bootflash:n5000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.4.N1.1.bin system bootflash:n5000-uk9.7.3.4.N1.1.binStep 8 Enter the install all kickstart image system image command on the vPC primary switch.
switch-1# install all system bootflash:n5000-uk9.7.3.4.N1.1.bin kickstart bootflash:n5000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.4.N1.1.bin[# ] 0%2018 Aug 9 16:25:06 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX101-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX101 Image update in progress.2018 Aug 9 16:21:59 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX102-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX102 Image update in progress.2018 Aug 9 16:22:10 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX103-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX103 Image update in progress.2018 Aug 9 16:22:20 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX104-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX104 Image update in progress.2018 Aug 9 16:22:28 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX105-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX105 Image update in progress.[##### ] 20%2018 Aug 9 16:28:05 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX105-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX105 Image update complete. Install pending2018 Aug 9 16:31:32 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX101-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX101 Image update complete.2018 Aug 9 16:28:17 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX103-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX103 Image update complete. Install pending2018 Aug 9 16:28:25 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX102-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX102 Image update complete. Install pending2018 Aug 9 16:29:05 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX104-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX104 Image update complete. Install pending2018 Aug 9 16:33:00 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ Aug 9 16:33:00 %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 5362.197651] Shutdown Ports.. - kernel2018 Aug 9 16:33:00 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ Aug 9 16:33:00 %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 5362.200607] writing reset reason 49, - kernel2018 Aug 9 16:33:03 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %VPC-2-PEER_KEEP_ALIVE_RECV_FAIL: In domain 1000, VPC peer keep-alive receive has failedAug 9 16:33:07 %ICMPV6-3-API_FAILED icmpv6 [4010] ipv6_client_output_with_detail() failed in icmpv6_nd_send_ra()load_plugin: Can't get exclude list from /isan/plugin/0/boot/etc/plugin_exclude.conf (rc 0x40ea0017)2018 Aug 9 16:35:49 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SYSLOG-2-SYSTEM_MSG : Syslogs wont be logged into logflash until logflash is online2018 Aug 9 16:35:53 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 13.589191] TCO_TMR val:1023, SMI_EN= 0x42033 NMI_STS_CNT_REG = 0x2d count7 . - kernel2018 Aug 9 16:36:33 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %DAEMON-2-SYSTEM_MSG: <<%XMLMA-2-XMLMACRIT>> XML master agent: Starting sysmgr handshake. - xmlma[4420]2018 Aug 9 16:36:33 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %DAEMON-2-SYSTEM_MSG: <<%XMLMA-2-XMLMACRIT>> XML master agent: Done with sysmgr handshake. - xmlma[4420]2018 Aug 9 16:37:40 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PORT-2-IF_DOWN_ERROR_DISABLED: %$VSAN 1%$ Interface vfc1005 is down (Error disabled)2018 Aug 9 16:37:40 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PORT-2-IF_DOWN_ERROR_DISABLED: %$VSAN 3313%$ Interface vfc10301 is down (Error disabled)2018 Aug 9 16:37:41 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PORT-2-IF_DOWN_ERROR_DISABLED: %$VSAN 3312%$ Interface vfc10348 is down (Error disabled)2018 Aug 9 16:37:41 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PORT-2-IF_DOWN_ERROR_DISABLED: %$VSAN 1%$ Interface vfc1005 is down (Error disabled)2018 Aug 9 16:37:41 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PORT-2-IF_DOWN_ERROR_DISABLED: %$VSAN 3313%$ Interface vfc10301 is down (Error disabled)2018 Aug 9 16:37:41 AC1-N128 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PORT-2-IF_DOWN_ERROR_DISABLED: %$VSAN 3312%$ Interface vfc10348 is down (Error disabled)During the software upgrade on the primary switch, you can view the FEX upgrade progress using the vPC secondary switch (see the bold output):
switch-2# 2018 Aug 9 11:58:11 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX130-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX101 Image update in progress.2018 Aug 9 11:58:21 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX198-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX102 Image update in progress.2018 Aug 9 12:03:41 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX198-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX103 Image update complete. Install pending2018 Aug 9 12:05:49 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %SATCTRL-FEX130-2-SATCTRL_IMAGE: FEX104 Image update complete. Install pending
Note The Fabric Extender remains online on the vPC secondary switch while the vPC primary switch is reloaded.
Step 9 Ensure that the upgrade on vPC primary switch is completed. Use the show version command to verify the upgrade on vPC primary switch.
Step 10 On the vPC primary switch after the upgrade, the FEXs connected to the switch are in Active/Active mismatch state.
Step 11 On the vPC secondary switch, reload the first Fabric Extenders (reload only dual-homed FEXs) one at a time and wait for them to come online on the newly upgraded vPC primary switch before proceeding to the next FEX.
2018 Apr 4 13:49:14 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %ETH_PORT_CHANNEL-5-FOP_CHANGED: port-channel130: first operational port changed from Ethernet2/1 to none2018 Apr 4 13:49:14 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %ETH_PORT_CHANNEL-5-PORT_DOWN: port-channel130: Ethernet2/1 is down2018 Apr 4 13:49:14 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %ETH_PORT_CHANNEL-5-PORT_DOWN: port-channel130: port-channel130 is down2018 Apr 4 13:49:14 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %FEX-5-FEX_PORT_STATUS_NOTI: Uplink-ID 1 of Fex 130 that is connected with Ethernet2/1 changed its status from Active to Disconnected2018 Apr 4 13:49:14 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ %NOHMS-2-NOHMS_ENV_FEX_OFFLINE: FEX-130 Off-line (Serial Number FOC1818R2MF)switch# 2018 Apr 4 13:55:35 switch %ETH_PORT_CHANNEL-5-FOP_CHANGED: port-channel198: first operational port changed from Ethernet2/2 to none2018 Apr 4 13:55:35 switch %FEX-5-FEX_PORT_STATUS_NOTI: Uplink-ID 1 of Fex 198 that is connected with Ethernet2/2 changed its status from Active to Disconnected2018 Apr 4 13:55:35 switch %NOHMS-2-NOHMS_ENV_FEX_OFFLINE: FEX-198 Off-line (Serial Number FOC1910R0R1)
Note Only the vPC primary switch shows that the Fabric Extender is online because the vPC secondary switch does not have the new image. The secondary switch shows the Fabric Extender in Active/Active version mismatch state.
Note Make sure that the first Fabric Extender comes up before reloading the subsequent Fabric Extenders on the vPC secondary switch.
When all the Fabric Extenders are loaded, go to the next step.
To upgrade the vPC secondary switch, follow Step 2 to Step 9.
Step 12 Verify all the FEXs connected to the vPC secondary switch are online. Use the show fex command to view the FEX status.
Note You should do certain sanity checks to ensure that the system is ready for an ISSU and to understand the impact of an ISSU.
Monitoring the Upgrade Status
Table 8 lists the show commands that are used to monitor installation upgrades.
The following example shows the output from the show install all status command:
The following example shows the output from the show fex command on two vPC peer switches where FEX 198 and FEX 199 are upgraded:
Downgrading from a Higher Release
Downgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(3)N1(1) to any lower version using the install all command is the same as manually setting the boot variables and reloading the switch. Note that the downgrades are disruptive. The ASCII configuration replay for downgrade on Cisco Nexus 6000 Series switches will be enabled. You can use the show incompatibility system command to ensure that there are no feature incompatibilities between the current release and the target release.
Note For FEX configurations, before performing a downgrade, the FEX configurations must be converted to use the FEX pre-provisioning configurations. For pre-provisioning a FEX, use the slot <slot-id> provision model <model-number> command.
After FEX pre-provisioning is done, perform the following steps to restore the configuration if the configurations contain interface breakout or unified port configurations:
1. Save the configuration to bootflash using the command copy running-config bootflash :[ directory/ ] filename.
2. Use the default interface command to restore the default configurations of the breakout interfaces. Example: default interface e1/49/1-4, e2/25/1-4 .
3. Save the running configuration to startup configuration using the copy running-config startup-config command.
4. Perform in-service software downgrade (ISSD) using the install all command from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(3)N1(1) to a lower release. In case of vPC, downgrade the primary switch first and then the secondary switch.
5. After the switch is up, power-off and power-on the module for the interface breakout to be effective. If the breakout is configured on Baseboard module, save the running configuration to startup configuration using the copy running-config startup-config command and then reload the switch again.
6. If breakout is not configured on the Baseboard, then an additional reload is required if running configuration contains hardware profile route resource service-template .
7. After the switch is up (with all the modules), copy the saved configuration from bootflash: <filename> to running-config .
8. Verify if all the interfaces are up and traffic is resumed.
Note Before you downgrade to a specific release, check the release notes for the current release installed on the switch to ensure that your hardware is compatible with the specific release.
Troubleshooting ISSUs and Disruptive Installations
Some common causes for ISSU failure are as follows:
- ISSU requirements are not met: bridge assurance is active or the switch is not a leaf node in the STP topology. These problems are described in the “PreInstallation Checks” section.
- bootflash: does not have enough space to accept the updated image.
- The specified system and kickstart are not compatible.
- The hardware is installed or removed while the upgrade is in process.
- A power disruption occurs while the upgrade is in progress.
- The entire path for the remote server location is not specified accurately.
Related Documentation
Documentation for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders is available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
The documentation set includes the following types of documents:
- Licensing Information Guide
- Release Notes
- Installation and Upgrade Guides
- Configuration Guides
- Configuration Examples and TechNotes
- Programming Guides
- Operations Guides
- Error and System Message Guides
- Field Notices
- Security Advisories, Responses and Notices
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Command References
- MIB Reference Guide
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