Nexus 7009 N7K-SUP2 Downgrade Issue

Tabish Mirza · ‎10-23-2013

Hi Folks,

I am getting below error when I am trying to downgrade my Nexus 7009 switches from image 6.2.2a to 6.1.4a or 6.1.2. The reason I want to downgrade them because I have Fabric Extender Cisco Nexus 2248TP which can not work on Image 6.2.2a as per release note of 6.2 (

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/6_x/nx-os/release/notes/62_nx-os_release_note.html#wp578652).

CS7009-A# install all kickstart bootflash:///n7000-s2-kickstart-npe.6.1.4a.bin system bootflash:///n7000-s2-dk9-npe.6.1.4a.bin

Installer will perform compatibility check first. Please wait.

Verifying image bootflash:/n7000-s2-kickstart-npe.6.1.4a.bin for boot variable "kickstart".

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image bootflash:/n7000-s2-dk9-npe.6.1.4a.bin for boot variable "system".

[# ] 0% -- FAIL.

Return code 0x40930077 (Install is not supported between NPE and non-NPE system image).

Pre-upgrade check failed. Return code 0x40930011 (Image verification failed).

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CS7009-A# install all kickstart bootflash:///n7000-s2-kickstart-npe.6.1.2.bin system bootflash:///n7000-s2-dk9-npe.6.1.2.bin

Installer will perform compatibility check first. Please wait.

Verifying image bootflash:/n7000-s2-kickstart-npe.6.1.2.bin for boot variable "kickstart".

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image bootflash:/n7000-s2-dk9-npe.6.1.2.bin for boot variable "system".

[# ] 0% -- FAIL.

Return code 0x40930077 (Install is not supported between NPE and non-NPE system image).

Pre-upgrade check failed. Return code 0x40930011 (Image verification failed).

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Output of show dir bootflash:

ADM-G-CS7009-A# dir bootflash:

0 Jun 18 16:37:47 2013 20130618_163747_poap_6057_init.log

1492 Jun 18 23:22:08 2013 20130618_232128_poap_5934_init.log

0 Oct 21 19:18:37 2013 20131021_191837_poap_5934_init.log

0 Oct 22 13:41:24 2013 20131022_134124_poap_5934_init.log

0 Oct 22 13:48:14 2013 20131022_134814_poap_5927_init.log

0 Oct 22 15:21:19 2013 20131022_152119_poap_5934_init.log

0 Oct 22 15:27:36 2013 20131022_152736_poap_5927_init.log

0 Oct 22 15:53:04 2013 20131022_155304_poap_5934_init.log

281 Jun 18 16:05:41 2013 JAF1712ARAC_11772274.lic

414 Oct 22 15:00:08 2013 de

218195278 Jun 18 16:05:30 2013 n7000-s2-dk9-npe.6.1.2.bin

219109890 Oct 23 18:10:01 2013 n7000-s2-dk9-npe.6.1.4a.bin

378629008 Oct 22 18:01:01 2013 n7000-s2-dk9-npe.6.2.2a.bin

36344320 Jun 18 16:04:05 2013 n7000-s2-kickstart-npe.6.1.2.bin

36353024 Oct 23 18:10:27 2013 n7000-s2-kickstart-npe.6.1.4a.bin

37094912 Oct 22 18:01:49 2013 n7000-s2-kickstart-npe.6.2.2a.bin

4096 Jun 18 16:37:14 2013 scripts/

4096 Jun 18 16:36:38 2013 vdc_2/

4096 Jun 18 16:36:38 2013 vdc_3/

4096 Jun 18 16:36:38 2013 vdc_4/

4096 Jun 18 16:36:38 2013 vdc_5/

664 Oct 23 12:39:38 2013 vlan.dat

Please help.

Thanks

Steve Fuller · ‎10-24-2013

Hi,

I think you've misunderstood the release note. The reference you've provided is for new FEX that are supported from NX-OS 6.2, and not a list of all the FEX supported in this release.

The list of all FEX supported is shown in Table 3 FEX Modules Supported by Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Modules

If this is the only reason you're downgrading the NX-OS version then there should be no need to do so.

Regrds