Cisco 9500 stackwise virtual IOS upgrade

[yum3372]

Hi all,

I have a 9500 stacked switch which has 2 switches( switch1, switch2).

I'm not sure it's booted in install mode or bundle mode. when I enter sh ver, it says Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 17.06.03.

How can I check what boot mode it is and how can I upgrade this to the latest version?

Thanks for help me.

[balaji.bandi]

Show boot command show you what mode the switches booted.

Boot system flash:/IOSXE.bin (bundle mode)

Boot system flash:/packets.conf (Install mode mode)

You can also check

show version (show you end of  switch mode)

[Leo Laohoo]

Please refer to attached file.

[yum3372]

Thanks Leo.

I just looked over the attachment, it says rename two conf files as package.conf and package.conf.bak. Should I follow the step? or I can skip it? Because I have seen some guide on the community and there're no the step like that.

And I think my 9500 is now running in bundle mode. But I want to convert it to install mode. All I have to do is changing BOOT variable as package.conf before perfoming upgrade?

[Leo Laohoo]

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@yum3372 wrote:
Because I have seen some guide on the community and there're no the step like that.

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That's because I developed the steps myself.  

One-Hit-Wonder is not Cisco TAC supported but if each step is followed, including renaming the *.conf files to packages.conf, then the chance of success is really high.  

No one has reported any failures.