How to update n3k-c3064pq-10gx from 6.0(2)U2(8Z) to 9.3.12?

[NaN Edi]

Hi

How to update n3k-c3064pq-10gx from 6.0(2)U2(8Z) to 9.3.12?

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Software
BIOS: version 1.6.0
loader: version N/A
kickstart: version 6.0(2)U2(8Z)
system: version 6.0(2)U2(8Z)
Power Sequencer Firmware:
Module 1: version v1.0
SFP uC: version 2.12
BIOS compile time: 06/26/2013
kickstart image file is: bootflash:///n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U2.8z.bin
kickstart compile time: 3/13/2014 15:00:00 [03/13/2014 23:39:37]
system image file is: bootflash:///n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U2.8z.bin
system compile time: 3/13/2014 15:00:00 [03/14/2014 00:59:20]

Hardware
cisco Nexus 3064 Chassis ("48x10GE + 4x40G Supervisor")
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU P450 with 3785072 kB of memory.
Processor Board ID FOC192088B9

Device name: abc
bootflash: 7827456 kB

Kernel uptime is 0 day(s), 0 hour(s), 3 minute(s), 57 second(s)

Last reset
Reason: Unknown
System version:
Service:

plugin
Core Plugin, Ethernet Plugin

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Thanks guys

[Joshqun Ismayilov]

Hello @NaN Edi 

Cisco Nexus switches do not support direct upgrades between certain major versions. Check the recommended upgrade path in the Cisco NX-OS release notes. You must likely step through intermediate versions before reaching 9.3(12).

A possible upgrade path could be:

6.0(2)U2(8Z) → 7.x.x
7.x.x → 8.x.x
8.x.x → 9.3(12)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/nexus-3000-series-switches/216037-nexus-3000-and-3100-nx-os-software-upgra.html#toc-hId--349966964

Thanks!

[NaN Edi]

After I did this install all system n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U6.6.bin kickstart n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin

Switch only boot n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin

switch(boot)#

Thanks

[Joshqun Ismayilov]

@NaN Edi 

It seems that sw did not load properly

Check if new NX-OS still available on the boot flash
#dir bootflash:

Try manually booting the system image
#boot bootflash:n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U6.6.bin

after booting you need to set properly booting variables

#boot nxos bootflash:n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U6.6.bin
#copy running-config startup-config

Thanks!

[NaN Edi]

This error occurs every time the device boots up. Is this the big problem?

ERROR: Internal disk has unrecoverable error (1); please do "init system"

[Joshqun Ismayilov]

You can check hardware issue
#show system internal flash

boot mode (switch(boot)#), run "init system" and reload / after that you can use this command for boot from tftp : boot tftp://<TFTP_SERVER_IP>/n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U6.6.bin

Thank!

[NaN Edi]

init system

Error output, cannot finish.

[NaN Edi]

test.10ge# show system internal flash
Mount-on 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Filesystem
/ 409600 68868 340732 17 /dev/root
/proc 0 0 0 0 proc
/post 2048 4 2044 1 none
/var 409600 68868 340732 17 none
/sys 0 0 0 0 none
/debugfs 0 0 0 0 nodev
/isan 1536000 547856 988144 36 none
/nxos/tmp 40960 36 40924 1 none
/var/tmp 409600 10536 399064 3 none
/var/sysmgr 921600 8 921592 1 none
/var/sysmgr/ftp 307200 88 307112 1 none
/var/sysmgr/ftp/cores 102400 0 102400 0 none
/dev/shm 409600 257260 152340 63 none
/volatile 102400 0 102400 0 none
/debug 20480 0 20480 0 none
/dev/mqueue 0 0 0 0 none
/mnt/cfg/0 38260 4301 31984 12 /dev/sdb5
/mnt/cfg/1 37755 4301 31505 13 /dev/sdb6
/var/sysmgr/startup-cfg 409600 2264 407336 1 none
/dev/pts 0 0 0 0 devpts
/mnt/pss 38268 6967 29325 20 /dev/sdb4
/mnt/plog 49024 1340 47684 3 /dev/mtdblock
2
/bootflash 1850752 930468 826268 53 /dev/sdb3
/proc/bus/usb 0 0 0 0 usbfs
/cgroup 0 0 0 0 vdccontrol
test.10ge#