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Summary of Contents for Z9432F-ON ONIE

Page 1: ...Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9432F ON ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes March 2021 Rev A01 ...

Page 2: ...ential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem WARNING A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage personal injury or death 2021 Dell Inc or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners ...

Page 3: ...are updater release notes 4 Document revision history 4 Firmware requirements 4 Important information 5 IP address assignment in ONIE 6 ONIE based firmware update process 6 Support resources 12 Contacting Dell EMC 12 Contents Contents 3 ...

Page 4: ...ase NOTE Before deploying your switch Dell Technologies recommends that you check and install the latest firmware or software images available for upgrade This upgrade ensures that you get access to the most complete feature set Table 2 New firmware versions Firm New firmware versions ONIE FW Updater v3 51 5 1 4 BMC v4 51 6 4 2 03 BIOS v3 51 0 D 6 CPLD v1 02 PCIe v1 0 FPGA v2 00 New in this releas...

Page 5: ...ing BIOS version 3 40 0 9 8 and above to BIOS version 3 40 0 9 7 or below ONIE install mode recovery For information about the ONIE install mode recovery process see the Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9432F ON Release Notes BIOS version numbering change The following describes the BIOS version nomenclature The version X Y Z U V X The processor family For example 3 for X86 on an Z9432F ON switch Y The platf...

Page 6: ...ult IP address This address may not be valid for your network 3 Enter the ifconfig command to assign a valid IP address This command is not persistent After you reboot you must reconfigure the IP address Rescue Mode Enabled ONIE ONIE ifconfig eth0 xx xx xxx xxx xx up ONIE based firmware update process NOTE Always update the ONIE operating system first After this update finishes update the firmware...

Page 7: ...ts this option The txt file must be present in the TFTP directory for example tftpboot users name fw updater tar Using TFTP ONIE tftp g r fw updater tar xx xx xxx xxx 3 Start the firmware update process using the onie self update command ONIE onie self update onie firmware x86_64 VENDOR_MACHINE r0 tar Verify firmware update After you have updated the firmware verify that all components are running...

Page 8: ...rmware update from the networking operating system NOS NOTE These steps are for a switch with Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 installed For switches running software version 10 5 x x or later use Option 1 For switches running software version 10 4 x x or earlier use Option 2 Option 1 For switches running software version 10 5 x x or later 1 Download the OS10 firmware file from a server using the image d...

Page 9: ...time 2 59 ms 64 bytes from xx xx x xxx icmp_seq 2 ttl 61 time 2 48 ms 64 bytes from xx xx x xxx icmp_seq 3 ttl 61 time 2 62 ms 64 bytes from xx xx x xxx icmp_seq 4 ttl 61 time 2 41 ms xx xx x xxx ping statistics 4 packets transmitted 4 received 0 packet loss time 3004ms rtt min avg max mdev 2 411 2 526 2 621 0 104 ms OS10 4 Get the Linux prompt using the system bash command OS10 system bash admin ...

Page 10: ...nie tools bin onie fwpkg add fw updater tar Staging firmware update fw updater tar root OS10 mnt onie boot onie tools bin onie fwpkg Pending firmware update information Name Version Attempts Size Bytes Date fw updater tar x xx x x xx 0 19314551 2018 02 17 03 19 35 For more detailed information run onie fwpkg show pending update_name root OS10 10 Set next boot to ONIE update mode root OS10 os10 ima...

Page 11: ...nding firmware updates ONIE mnt onie boot ONIE mnt onie boot onie fwpkg Pending firmware update information No pending firmware updates present ONIE mnt onie boot ONIE mnt onie boot wget http xx xx x xxx tftpboot users name platform FWUPG RD onie firmware x86_64 dell_ platform _c2338 r0 x x x x tar Connecting to xx xx x xxx xx xx x xxx xx onie firmware x86_64 100 12521k 0 00 00 ETA ONIE mnt onie b...

Page 12: ...and tools to help you use Dell EMC equipment and mitigate network outages Through the support site you can obtain technical information access software upgrades and patches download available management software and manage your open cases The Dell EMC support site provides integrated secure access to these services Dell EMC provides several online and telephone based support and service options Av...

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