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Stacking Dell Force10 MXL 10/40G Switches
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the downloaded image is distributed to all member units of the stack. The instructions below will
guide the user through these steps.
Note: When upgrading a stack of switches, allow extra time between upgrade steps for files and
configurations to be copied from the Master to each member unit. It is possible for the process of
upgrading a switch stack to take a few minutes longer than upgrading a single switch.
1. Find the version of firmware each stack member is currently running.
FTOS#show system brief
Stack MAC : 00:1e:c9:cc:bb:1b
Reload Type : normal-reload [Next boot : normal-reload]
-- Stack Info --
Unit UnitType Status ReqTyp CurTyp Version Ports
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0 Standby online MXL-10/40GbE MXL-10/40GbE 8.3.16.0E0 56
1 Management online MXL-10/40GbE MXL-10/40GbE 8.3.16.0E0 56
2 Member online MXL-10/40GbE MXL-10/40GbE 8.3.16.0E0 56
3 Member online MXL-10/40GbE MXL-10/40GbE 8.3.16.0E0 56
4 Member online MXL-10/40GbE MXL-10/40GbE 8.3.16.0E0 56
5 Member online MXL-10/40GbE MXL-10/40GbE 8.3.16.0E0 56
2. Find which of the two boot files is currently active on the Master switch. In the example
below, the A file is active as indicated by the [boot] option.
FTOS#show boot system stack-unit all
Current system image information in the system:
======================================================
Type Boot Type A B
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stack-unit 0 FLASH BOOT 8.3.15.0[boot] 8.2.1.0
3. Upgrade the image from a tftp server to the Master switches inactive file. This example shows
B will be replaced with the new firmware file. Firmware file A not be overwritten and will
remain active for now.
Caution: The command below may take several minutes to complete and may appear to be
locked up during this time.
FTOS#upgrade system tftp://10.10.10.1/FTOS-XL-8-3-16-0.bin b:
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31972525 bytes successfully copied
System image upgrade completed successfully.
Upgrade system image for all stack-units [yes/no]: yes
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