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Cisco Nexus 3550-T NX-OS Software Upgrade Guide, Release 10.6(x)

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Updated:: August 13, 2025

Chapter: Upgrading the Cisco NX-OS Software

Upgrading the Cisco NX-OS Software
Upgrading to Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(x)
- Upgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 10.2(3v) to Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(x)

Upgrading the Cisco NX-OS Software

This section contains the following details:

Upgrading to Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(x)

You can upgrade the Cisco Nexus 3550-T switch to Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(x) from:

Exablaze ExaOS

Note

If you are on ExaOS, refer to Cisco Nexus 3550-T NX-OS Software Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 10.2(x) for instructions on upgrading to 10.2.3v from ExaOS, and then follow the instructions in the Upgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 10.2(3v) to Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(x) section to upgrade to 10.6(x).

Cisco NX-OS Release 10.2(3v)

Upgrading from Cisco NX-OS Release 10.2(3v) to Cisco NX-OS Release 10.6(x)

Use this procedure to upgrade the Cisco 3550-T from NX-OS release 10.2(3v) to NX-OS release 10.6(x).

Before you begin

You need to be running the NX-OS release 10.2(3v).

Procedure

Run the boot nxos command, as shown below.

Example


for 10.6(1)F 
switch(config)# boot nxos bootflash:nxos64-msll.10.6.1.F.bin
switch(config)# copy r s 
switch(config)# reload

You can get the NX-OS release 10.6(x) image from the Software Downloads tab on Cisco.com.

Note

Ensure to set the NX-OS boot variable to the correct image, and save the configuration before reloading.

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