Cisco MDS 9710 Upgrade of the NX-OS Image - 9-29-2016

Nothing like a little midnight madness...

And so it comes to pass that in the midnight hour... in the darkest of the night...  when even the wolves and goblins sleep...

Ok - Let's get on with IT:

Here's the steps:

1. Acquire the Code you want to use. 

2. Validate the Code against the Release Notes with an eye for features you use and those little annoyances we call bugs and issues...  or whatever... the things that make a deployment go BOOM! 

3. Ok - In this case, I am the guy who is breaking the code and working with the BU, so if I want release notes - I have to ask for them, one by one.  Which is where I'm at now. 

4. The Cisco MDS Series allows us to run a verification command against the image against our Switch in particular and then it does a comparison and tries to alert of any expected issues and also lets us know what is going to impact our environment and/or perhaps be plain hitless.  Kewl stuff!!!

5. Then we run the Install All Command to actually install the images.

6. After the install completes we then move right along, check the logs and networks alerting and  monitoring tools we have in place and Voila!  Another one bites the dust... 

7. Simple right? 


So here is what it look like:

Installer will perform compatibility check first. Please wait.

Verifying image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-kickstart-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin for boot variable "kickstart". [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin for boot variable "system". [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

 Performing module support checks. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS Verifying image type. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "slc4xb" version from image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "bios" version from image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

 Extracting "system" version from image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "kickstart" version from image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-kickstart-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "lctsh" version from image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Notifying services about system upgrade. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Compatibility check is done:

Module bootable Impact Install-type Reason ------ -------- -------------- ------------ ------

1 yes non-disruptive none

2 yes non-disruptive none

3 yes non-disruptive none

4 yes non-disruptive none

 5 yes non-disruptive none

 6 yes non-disruptive none

7 yes non-disruptive none

8 yes non-disruptive none

9 yes non-disruptive none

10 yes non-disruptive none

Other miscellaneous information for installation:

Module info ------ ----------------------------------

10 FC ports 1-24 are hitless, IPS 1-8 are hitful, and Intelligent Applications running are hitful

 Images will be upgraded according to following table:

Module Image Running-Version(pri:alt) New-Version Upg-Required ------ ---------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- ------------

1 slc4xb 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 1 bios v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12) v1.10.21(11/26/12) no

2 slc4xb 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 2 bios v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12) v1.10.21(11/26/12) no

3 slc4xb 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 3 bios v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12) v1.10.21(11/26/12) no

4 slc4xb 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 4 bios v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12) v1.10.21(11/26/12) no

5 system 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 5 kickstart 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 5 bios v3.1.0(02/27/2013):v3.1.0(02/27/2013) v3.1.0(02/27/2013) no

6 system 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 6 kickstart 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 6 bios v3.1.0(02/27/2013):v3.1.0(02/27/2013) v3.1.0(02/27/2013) no

 7 slc4xb 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no 7 bios v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12) v1.10.21(11/26/12) no 8 slc4xb 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no

8 bios v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12) v1.10.21(11/26/12) no 9 slc4xb 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no

9 bios v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12) v1.10.21(11/26/12) no

10 lctsh 7.3(0)DY(1) 7.3(0)DY(1) no

10 bios v4.2.14(03/30/2016):v4.2.14(03/30/2016) no

Do you want to continue with the installation (y/n)? [n] y

Install is in progress, please wait.

Then comes the magical moments... 

Install is in progress, please wait. Performing runtime checks. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Syncing image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-kickstart-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin to standby. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Syncing image bootflash:/m9700-sf3ek9-mz.7.3.0.DY.1.bin to standby. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Setting boot variables. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing configuration copy. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS Module 1: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.

Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 2: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 3: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 4: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 5: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 6: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 7: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 8: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 9: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% --

SUCCESS Module 10: Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom. Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time. [####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Install has been successful.