Cisco Nexus 5000 software Upgrade

Cisco NEXUS 5000 Upgrade

Save the current config files into local memory using command copy run startup.

Also copy all the files the memory to a remote server using ftp or TFTP

The vrf for management is vrf management

Download both kickstart file and image files both have extension .bin

Copy the files from the local tftp server to Nexus switch using following command

copy tftp://10.0.1.1/n5000-uk9-kickstart.5.1.x.N1.1.bin bootflash:n5000-uk9-kickstart.5.1.x.N1.1.bin

vrf :management

Install Operation

Run the following command

install all kickstart bootflash:n5000-uk9-kickstart.5.1.x.N1.1.bin system bootflash:n5000-uk9.5.1.x.N1.1.bin

Switch will be reloaded once the upgrade is successful

Once reloaded, check the running version, it will update the new image.

Software
  BIOS:      version 3.5.0
  loader:    version N/A
  kickstart: version 5.1(3)N1(1)
  system:    version 5.1(3)N1(1)

 

Check the status of all PVCs, communication to FEXs, if all looks good- save the running config to memory.