S e n d d o c u m e n t c o m m e n t s t o n e x u s 7 k - d o c f e e d b a c k @ c i s c o . c o m
7-41
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
OL-23069-06
Chapter 7 Managing the Switch Hardware
Configuring EPLDs
Step 7
If you are an existing user, enter your username in the
User Name
field and your password in the
Password
field. If you are a new user, click Register Now and provide the required information before
returning to the Log In page and logging in with your new username.
The Downloads page lists the software types that can be downloaded for the switch that you specified.
Step 8
Click
NX-OS EPLD Updates
.
The Downloads page lists software releases that you can download.
Step 9
Choose
Latest Releases
>
6.0(1)
.
The Downloads page displays image information, including a link to the downloadable Tar file, to the
right of the releases.
Step 10
Click the link for the Tar file.
The Downloads page displays a Download button and lists information for the Tar file.
Step 11
Click
Download
.
The Supporting Documents page opens to display the rules for downloading the software.
Step 12
Read the rules and click
Agree
.
A File Download dialog box opens to ask if you want to open or save the images file.
Step 13
Click
Save
.
The Save As dialog box appears.
Step 14
Indicate where to save the Tar file and click
Save
.
The Tar file saves to the location that you specified.
You are ready to prepare the EPLD images for Installation (see the
“Preparing the EPLD Images for
Installation” section on page 7-43
).
EPLD Images Needed for vPCs
The virtual port channel (vPC) feature is available beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 4.1(3). When
you enable vPC on the chassis, you must have EPLD image 186.3 (or later image) on the 32-port
10-Gigabit Ethernet types of I/O modules (N7K-M132XP-12 and N7K-M132XP-12L).
Note
The EPLD upgrade operation is a disruptive operation. You should execute this operation only at a
programmed maintenance time. The system/kickstart ISSU upgrade is a nondisruptive upgrade.
Most of the N7K-M132XP-12 modules in the chassis already meet this minimum EPLD requirement,
but if you are working with an N7K-M132XP-12 module that was shipped before June 2008, you might
need to upgrade the EPLD version.
To determine the EPLD version for all N7K-M132XP-12 modules, enter the
show version module
module_id
epld
. If the line FE Bridge(x) version displays a version earlier than 186.7, you should
schedule an EPLD upgrade to a version that is compatible with the target Cisco NX-OS release. For
example, if you want to run Cisco NX-OS Release 6.0(1), you should choose Release 6.0(1) EPLDs.
The following example shows Release 186.7 on the FE Bridge line, which is the correct EPLD version:
