ASR9001 Upgrade path issues

[BorislavPenchev0962]

Hi all,

l am running a 9001 IOS-XR image - Currently 6.1.4

I need to upgrade this to 6.6.3 , but I am unsure of the upgrade path, can I go straight from 6.1.4 to 6.6.3/6.7.1 or will have to increment to specify versions?
- l checked the Cisco download page but could not find the release notes - upgrade path;

This is my first upgrade and I cannot find any informative guides as the Cisco.
Related Links and Documentation
- No related links or documentation -

So far I have downloaded ASR9K-iosxr-px-6.6.3.tar, but a few questions including the one above are;

Does the tar file include the new root certificate (I assume this tar file needs to be unpacked and cert installed separately if included)?

What is the difference between following TAR files:
Cisco ASR 9000 IOS XR Software
ASR9K-px-docs-6.6.3.tar
&
Cisco ASR 9000 IOS XR Software
ASR9K-iosxr-px-6.6.3.tar

Any recommendations of upgrade guides ?

There maybe more questions to add as I run through the documentation to get more information.

Thanks for the input in advance

[tkarnani · Accepted solution]

Hi,

yes you can upgrade from 6.1.4 to 663

the upgrade document pdf is inside this tar file ASR9K-px-docs-6.6.3.tar

the actual packages/software is inside this tar file ASR9K-iosxr-px-6.6.3.tar

there is another variation of ASR9K-iosxr-px-6.6.3.tar with K9 in the filename, which has the k9 pie for SSH if required

Thanks!

[BorislavPenchev0962]

hi,

any thoughts on these messages we got during install for license and upgrade hw-module fpd: ?

install add tar disk1:ASR9K-iosxr-px-k9-6.4.4.tar activate

"show install log detail":

Info:

Part 1 of 2 (add software): Completed successfully

Part 2 of 2 (activate software): Started

Warning:  There is no valid license for the following package:

Warning:

Warning:      disk0:asr9k-li-6.3.3

Warning:

Info:     This operation will reload the following nodes in parallel:

then after reboot we got

LC/0/0/CPU0: lda_server[64]:

%PLATFORM-UPGRADE_FPD-4-DOWN_REV : fpga3 instance 0 is down-rev (V1.00),

upgrade to (V1.01). Use the "upgrade hw-module fpd" CLI in admin mode.

LC/0/0/CPU0: rommon_fpd_agent[337]:

%PLATFORM-UPGRADE_FPD-4-DOWN_REV : rommon instance 0 is down-rev

(V2.04), upgrade to (V3.04). Use the "upgrade hw-module fpd" CLI in

admin mode.

Regards

[tkarnani · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Lawful intercept feature requires a license.

if you are not using this feature, you can remove this package disk0:asr9k-li-6.3.3

the 2nd set of messages are asking to upgrade the FPD, the firmware on the ASIC.

it is recommended to do so as part of the upgrade.

admin upgrade hw-module fpd all location all

this command will start the upgrade process for all of line cards

admin upgrade hw-module fpd all location pm-all

this command will upgrade the power modules if they require them

Thanks