Upgrading a Standalone VSM
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The example may contain Cisco Nexus 1000V versions and filenames that are not relevant to your release. Refer to the Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information for your specific versions and filenames. |
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Before upgrading the VSM, make sure that ESXi hosts is upgraded to release 5.5 or later. |
Procedure
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Log in to the VSM on the console. |
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Log in to Cisco.com to access the links provided in this document. To log in, go to the URL http://www.cisco.com/ and click Log In at the top of the page. Enter your Cisco username and password.
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Access the Software Download Center by using this URL: http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/index.shtml |
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Navigate to the download site for your switch. You see links to the download images for your switch. |
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Select and download the Cisco Nexus 1000V zip file and extract the kickstart and system software files to a server. |
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Ensure that the required space is available for the image files to be copied.
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Delete unnecessary files to make space available if you need more space on the VSM bootflash, |
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If you plan to install the images from the bootflash:, copy the Cisco Nexus 1000V kickstart and system images to the active VSM bootflash using a transfer protocol. You can use ftp:, tftp:, scp:, or sftp:. The examples in this procedure use scp:.
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Read the release notes for the related image file. See the Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes. |
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Determine the VSM status.
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Step 11 |
Save the running configuration to the start configuration.
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Step 12 |
Update the boot variables and module images on the VSM.
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Continue with the installation by pressing Y.
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After the switch completes the reload operation, log in and verify that the switch is running the required software version. Example:
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What to do next
Continue to Upgrading the VEMs Manually from Release 4.2(1)SV2(1.1x) and Later Releases to the Current Release.