Upgrading Cisco DCNM

This chapter provides information about upgrading Cisco DCNM, and contains the following section:

Upgrading to Cisco DCNM Release 11.5(4a)

The following table summarizes the type of upgrade that you must follow to upgrade to Release 11.5(4a).

Current Release Number

Upgrade type to upgrade to Release 11.5(4a)

11.5(3)

Upgrade directly to release 11.5(4a)

11.5(2)

Upgrade directly to release 11.5(4a)

11.5(1)

Upgrade directly to release 11.5(4a)

Upgrading to Cisco DCNM Release 11.5(4)

Before Cisco DCNM Release 11.0(1), DCNM OVA, and ISO supported SAN functionality. From Cisco DCNM Release 11.3(1), you can install Cisco DCNM for SAN Deployment on both OVA and ISO virtual appliances.

The following table summarizes the type of upgrade that you must follow to upgrade to Release 11.5(4).

Table 1. Type of Upgrade for LAN Fabric deployments

Current Release Number

Upgrade type to upgrade to Release 11.5(4)

11.5(3)

Inline Upgrade

11.5(2)

Inline Upgrade

11.5(1)

Inline Upgrade
Table 2. Type of Upgrade for IP for Media (IPFM) deployments

Current Release Number

Upgrade type to upgrade to Release 11.5(4)

11.5(3)

This release does not support IP for Media (IPFM) deployments.

11.5(2)

This release does not support IP for Media (IPFM) deployments.

11.5(1)

Inline Upgrade
Table 3. Type of Upgrade for Cisco DCNM SAN deployments

Current Release Number

Upgrade type to upgrade to Release 11.5(4)

11.5(3)

This release does not support SAN deployments.

11.5(2)

To Windows—Inline Upgrade

To Linux—Inline Upgrade

To OVA\ISO—Inline Upgrade

11.5(1)

To Windows—Inline Upgrade

To Linux—Inline Upgrade

To OVA\ISO—Inline Upgrade