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- Page 1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch Z9432F-ON ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes March 2021 Rev. A01...
- Page 2 A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: ............................ 4 Z9432F–ON Series Firmware updater release notes....................4 Document revision history............................4 Firmware requirements..............................4 Important information..............................5 IP address assignment in ONIE..........................6 ONIE-based firmware update process........................6 Support resources................................12 Contacting Dell EMC..............................12 Contents... -
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The following are contained in this release: NOTE: Before deploying your switch, Dell Technologies recommends that you check and install the latest firmware or software images available for upgrade. This upgrade ensures that you get access to the most complete feature set. -
Page 5: Important Information
Firmware downgrade not recommended After you upgrade the firmware, Dell Technologies does not recommend downgrading to an earlier BIOS version. Downgrading to an earlier BIOS version causes the AMI label to change. This AMI label change may cause an unwanted change to the NVRAM variable layout. -
Page 6: Ip Address Assignment In Onie
Power cycle the switch before power cycling on the switch back on, be sure that the PSU CAUTION: After powering off the switch and LED indicator is off—no color displays. ONIE infrastructure support This release includes ONIE infrastructure support for firmware updates. IP address assignment in ONIE By default, DHCP is enabled in ONIE. - Page 7 This method allows you to update the firmware components, for example BIOS and CPLD, in one step without requiring a switch reboot. However, this method is not support for platforms supporting the multistage reboot sequence. There are two ways to use the onie-self-update command. For ease of use, Dell Technologies recommends using Option 1. OPTION 1: 1.
- Page 8 There are two options for staging the firmware update from the networking operating system (NOS). NOTE: These steps are for a switch with Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 installed. For switches running software version 10.5.x.x or later, use Option 1. For switches running software version 10.4.x.x or earlier, use Option 2.
- Page 9 3. Reload the switch in EXEC mode. OS10# reload Option 2 For switches running software version 10.4.x.x or earlier: 1. Log in to Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 as the Linux administrator. Debian GNU/Linux 9 OS10 ttyS0 Dell EMC Networking Operating System (OS10) OS10 login: admin Password: admin 2.
- Page 10 [sudo] password for admin: admin b. Mount the ONIE partition, if not already mounted. root@OS10:~# mkdir -p /mnt/onie-boot/ root@OS10:~# mount LABEL=ONIE-BOOT /mnt/onie-boot 7. Confirm that the onie-fwpkg command is accessible. This action also confirms that the ONIE partition is mounted correctly. root@OS10:~# /mnt/onie-boot/onie/tools/bin/onie-fwpkg ** Pending firmware update information: No pending firmware updates present.
- Page 11 FPGA version:x.x MAIN-BMC firmware version:x.xx Firmware update staging from ONIE 1. Boot into ONIE Rescue or Update mode. If you boot into Update mode, stop discovery using the onie-discovery-stop command. 2. Copy the fw-updater image from the host to the target. onie-fwpkg command with 'add' option would queue the firmware update.
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Page 12: Support Resources
Contacting Dell EMC The Dell EMC support site provides documents and tools to help you use Dell EMC equipment and mitigate network outages. Through the support site you can obtain technical information, access software upgrades and patches, download available management software, and manage your open cases.