Upgrading CAT 3850 switch to Everest Code

[james.king14]

Presently we have old cat3k_caa-universialk9.03.06.09.E12b.SPA.bin IOS code.  How can I upgrade to Everest 16.06.08 code? when I do the software install it gives me an error.

1621966848 bytes total (903315456 bytes free)
ITSHOP#$stall file flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.06.08.SPA.bin
Preparing install operation ...
[1]: Starting install operation
[1]: Expanding bundle flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.06.08.SPA.bin
[1]: Copying package files
[1]: Package files copied
[1]: Finished expanding bundle flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.06.08.SPA.bin
[1]: Verifying and copying expanded package files to flash:
[1]: Verified and copied expanded package files to flash:
[1]: Starting compatibility checks
[1]: % Candidate package compatibility checks failed because the following
package dependencies were not satisfied. Operation aborted.

[1]: % An internal error was encountered. Operation aborted.

[james.king14]

In the above text I put in the wrong IOS.  It is cat3k_caa-universalk9.SPA.03.06.08.E.152-2.E8.bin...

[Seb Rupik · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

have you tried adding the force flag to the install command?:

software install file flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.06.08.SPA.bin new force

..this will skip the compatibility checks.

cheers,

Seb.

[james.king14]

Thx for response!

Will this change the configuration in anyway?

[Seb Rupik]

Making jumps in versions sometimes incurs some depreciated configuration. you will be warned of this when first booting into the new code version. For that reason, always test your upgrade path in a dev environment.

cheers,

Seb.