Upgrading Nexus 7K10 Chassis ( Single Supervisor 1 ) from 6.0.1 to 6.2.8

[riziv]

Hi all,

Could someone tell me what is the upgrade path from Nexus OS release 6.0.1 to 6.2.8 with a N7K10 Single supervisor chassis ?

If I don't mistake :

1) from 6.0.1 to 6.0.4

2) from 6.0.4 to 6.2.(2a)

3) from 6.2.(2a) to 6.2.(8)

Could you confirm this upgrade path ?

Our current release :

Software
  BIOS:      version 3.22.0
  kickstart: version 6.0(1)
  system:    version 6.0(1)
  BIOS compile time:       02/20/10
  kickstart image file is: bootflash:///n7000-s1-kickstart.6.0.1.bin
  kickstart compile time:  12/25/2020 12:00:00 [10/19/2011 14:00:34]
  system image file is:    bootflash:///n7000-s1-dk9.6.0.1.bin
  system compile time:     9/25/2011 2:00:00 [10/19/2011 15:42:59]

Hardware
  cisco Nexus7000 C7010 (10 Slot) Chassis ("Supervisor module-1X")
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU         with 4110484 kB of memory.
  Processor Board ID JAF1552CJFP

  Device name: Nexus_1
  bootflash:    2048256 kB
  slot0:        2093273 kB (expansion flash)

Kernel uptime is 792 day(s), 23 hour(s), 21 minute(s), 56 second(s)

Last reset
  Reason: Unknown
  System version: 6.0(1)
  Service:

plugin
  Core Plugin, Ethernet Plugin

CMP (Module 5) ok
 CMP Software
  CMP BIOS version:        02.01.05
  CMP Image version:       6.0(1) [build 6.0(0.66)]
  CMP BIOS compile time:   8/ 4/2008 19:39:40
  CMP Image compile time:  9/25/2011 2:00:00

Thanks in advance

[Mohamad Hamada]

you cant do ISSU with single SUP, backup ur configs on bootflash, change the bootvariables and reload.

[riziv]

Hello Mohamad,

Thanks for your answer but the goal of my question was  more to know how to upgrade from 6.0.1 to 6.2.8. Should I go directly to 6.2.8 or should I follow the upgrade path previously mentioned :

1) from 6.0.1 to 6.0.4

2) from 6.0.4 to 6.2.(2a)

3) from 6.2.(2a) to 6.2.(8)

It 's not clearly established in the release notes of the N7K

I agree with you that it's not an ISSU upgrade since we only have one supervisor in the chassis.

Thanks a lot.

Regards.

Frédéric

[Mohamad Hamada]

if no ISSU, I dont see a reason why you have to jump between those, you can just change the bootvariable to 6.2.8.

[glen.grant]

Supported Upgrade and Downgrade Paths

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Note Before you upgrade or downgrade your Cisco NX-OS software, we recommend that you read the complete list of caveats in this section to understand how an upgrade or downgrade might affect your network, depending on the features that you have configured.

Do not change any configuration settings or network settings during a software upgrade. Any changes in the network settings might cause a disruptive upgrade.

See Table 6 for the in-service software upgrade (ISSU) path to Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(x). Releases that are not listed for a particular release train do not support a direct ISSU or ISSD to the current release.

Table 6 Supported ISSU and ISSD Paths

Current Release	Release Train	Releases That Support ISSU to the Current Release	Releases That Support ISSD from the Current Release
NX-OS Release 6.2(8)	6.2	6.2(2), 6.2(2a), 6.2(6), 6.2(6a)	6.2(2), 6.2(2a), 6.2(6), 6.2(6a)
	6.1	6.1(3), 6.1(4), 6.1(4a), 6.1(5)	No support
	5.2	5.2(7), 5.2(9)	No support
NX-OS Release 6.2(6a)	6.2	6.2(2), 6.2(2a), 6.2(6)	6.2(2), 6.2(2a), 6.2(6)
	6.1	6.1(3), 6.1(4), 6.1(4a)	No support
	6.0	6.0(4)	No support
	5.2	5.2(7), 5.2(9)	No support
NX-OS Release 6.2(6)	6.2	6.2(2), 6.2(2a)	6.2(2), 6.2(2a)
	6.1	6.1(3), 6.1(4), 6.1(4a)	No support
	6.0	6.0(4)	No support
	5.2	5.2(7), 5.2(9)	No support
NX-OS Release 6.2(2a)	6.2	6.2(2)	6.2(2)
	6.1	6.1(2), 6.1(3), 6.1(4)	No support
	6.0	6.0(4)	No support
	5.2	5.2(4), 5.2(5), 5.2(7), 5.2(9)	No support
Previous Release	Release Train	Releases That Support ISSU to the Previous Release	Releases That Support ISSD from the Previous Release
NX-OS Release 6.2(2)	6.1	6.1(2), 6.1(3), 6.1(4)	No support
	6.0	6.0(4)	No support
	5.2	5.2(4), 5.2(7), 5.2(9)	No support

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Note Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(2) does not support an in-service software downgrade (ISSD) to any earlier release because of the scale improvements in Release 6.2(2).

See Table 7 for the in-service software upgrade (ISSU) path to Cisco NX-OS Release 6.2(x) for the Cisco Nexus 7700 Series chassis. Releases that are not listed for a particular release train do not support a direct ISSU or ISSD to the current release.