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upgrade a standalone Nexus 1010 to 4.2(1)SP1(4)

delahais
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I would want to upgrade a Nexus 1010 from 4.2(1)SP1(2) to 4.2(1)SP1(4).

The Nexus 1010 is standalone ; it is a lab environnement.

Nx1010-1# show module

Mod  Ports  Module-Type                       Model               Status

---  -----  --------------------------------  ------------------  ------------

1    0      Cisco Nexus1010 Chassis           Nexus1010           active *

Mod  Sw                Hw     

---  ----------------  ------------------------------------------------ 

1    4.2(1)SP1(2)      0.0                                             

Mod  MAC-Address(es)                         Serial-Num

---  --------------------------------------  ----------

1    00-19-07-6c-5a-a8 to 00-19-07-6c-62-a8  NA

Mod  Server-IP        Server-UUID                           Server-Name

---  ---------------  ------------------------------------  --------------------

1    10.10.1.100      NA                                    NA

* this terminal session

Nx1010-1#

Nx1010-1# show version

Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software

TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac

Copyright (c) 2002-2011, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

The copyrights to certain works contained herein are owned by

other third parties and are used and distributed under license.

Some parts of this software are covered under the GNU Public

License. A copy of the license is available at

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

Software

  loader:    version unavailable [last: loader version not available]

  kickstart: version 4.2(1)SP1(2)

  system:    version 4.2(1)SP1(2)

  kickstart image file is: bootflash:/nexus-1010-kickstart-mz.4.2.1.SP1.2.bin

  kickstart compile time:  1/27/2011 14:00:00 [01/28/2011 01:14:35]

  system image file is:    bootflash:/nexus-1010-mz.4.2.1.SP1.2.bin

  system compile time:     1/27/2011 14:00:00 [01/28/2011 04:13:25]

[...]

FIRST STEP :

Nx1010-1# dir bootflash:/repository

      16384     Aug 03 16:57:42 2011  lost+found/

  159250432     Aug 03 17:01:16 2011  nam-4-2-1n.iso

  166653952     Aug 03 17:02:30 2011  nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV1.4.iso

  Nx1010-1# copy ftp://nicolas@10.1.81.128/nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.4.iso bootflash:/repository

Enter vrf (If no input, current vrf 'default' is considered): default

Password:

***** Transfer of file Completed Successfully *****

Nx1010-1# dir bootflash:/repository

      16384     Aug 03 16:57:42 2011  lost+found/

  159250432     Aug 03 17:01:16 2011  nam-4-2-1n.iso

  166653952     Aug 03 17:02:30 2011  nexus-1000v.4.2.1.SV1.4.iso

  269277184     Apr 06 06:49:07 2012  nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.4.iso

SECOND STEP :

Nx1010-1# install nexus1010 bootflash:/repository/nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.4.iso

cppa_mgr debug: Using URI: bootflash:/repository/nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.4.iso

Installing bootflash:/repository/nexus-1010.4.2.1.SP1.4.iso

...

Nx1010-1#  

and that all !!!!

Someone could help me ?

I have any idea about this behaviour.

Many thank in advance.

Nicolas.

4 Replies 4

mwronkow
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hello Nicolas,

Nexus 1010 can only be upgraded when in an HA pair.  No upgrade method exists for standalone systems.  The only option is to reimage the system with the new software version.  You can follow the VSM migration procedure to temporarily move the VSM to an ESX host.

Matthew

Hello Matthew,

Many, many thanks for your reply and this piece of information.

Just for my information, could you give me the url or procedure tor reimage a nexus 1010 ?

thx.

Nicolas.

Ok, thank Matthew.

See you for a next post !

Nicolas.

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