Dell 7000 Series manual Manual Update

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Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches

4.Reload the stack command. This resets the entire stack. The switches stop forwarding during the reset.

5.When the stack has reloaded, check the running firmware version using the show version command. Check that all stack members have joined the stack using the show stack command. Members that failed to update may be recovered using the manual update procedure described in the following section.

6.If successful, disable firmware synchronization on the stack and save the running configuration.

Manual Update

The administrator can perform firmware updates on the stack by using the CLI or the Web interface. From the CLI, use the copy ftp command, which uses the FTP protocol for file transfer. To update the firmware by using the Web interface, use the options available on the System > File Management > File Download from Server page.

NOTE: When stacked, the PC7000 switches require that the same version of firmware be installed on every switch member.

When connected in stack, the copy ftp or copy tftp commands will distribute the downloaded image to all the connected units of the stack.

In the following output, the image with a file name of image.stk is downloaded from the FTP server with an IP address of 10.27.64.141.

console#copy ftp ftp://10.27.64.141/image.stk image user admin password test1234

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Contents Stacking Dell PowerConnect Series Switches Dell Technical White PaperStacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Contents Introduction ApplicabilityStacking and Management Stacking and Performance Stacking and RedundancyDual Stacking Modules Configured in a Ring Mixing M6348 and PC7000 Series Switches in a Stack Power-Up Sequencing ConsiderationsConsole#boot auto-copy-sw allow-downgrade Initial Installation and Power-up of a Stack Selecting the Master Unit Selecting the Standby UnitAutomatic Update Updating the Firmware on a StackManual Update Creating a Separate Vlan for File Downloads FTPFrom the Switching Vlan Vlan Membership page, click Add Navigate to the Routing IP IP Interface Configuration Page Stacking Dell PowerConnect 7000 Series Switches Click Apply Adding a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption Removing a Stack Member with Minimal Interruption Merging Two Operational Stacks Master FailoverEffect of Master Failover on PoE Devices Stack Member Failover Failover ScenariosScenario Stack Split Stack Split with Manager Failure Nonstop Forwarding Initiating a Warm Failover of the Manager Unit Nonstop Forwarding ScenarioNonstop Forwarding Example NSF Scenario Configuration via CLI RouterStack Switch Switch NSF Example NSF Re-convergence Timing Parameter TimingStacking CLI Commands Small ConfigurationStacking Web Interface Summary
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