Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

EPLD Configuration

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25 Apr 28 23:07:28 2008 slot0

Usage for slot: 642273280 bytes used 261824512 bytes free 904097792 bytes total

switch# show module

 

 

Mod Ports Module-Type

Model

Status

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2

32

10 Gbps Ethernet Module

N7K-M132XP-12

ok

5

0

Supervisor

module-1X

N7K-SUP1

ha-standby

6

0

Supervisor

module-1X

N7K-SUP1

active *

...

 

 

 

 

 

switch# attach module 5

 

 

 

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switch(standby)# dir slot0:

 

 

 

25

Apr 28

23:07:28 2008

slot0

 

Usage for slot: 642273280 bytes used 261824512 bytes free 904097792 bytes total

Step 4 If there is not at least 120 MB of memory free for the EPLD files, delete some unneeded files, such as earlier images, so there is enough free memory.

switch# delete bootflash:n7000-s1-kickstart.4.0.1.bin

switch# attach module 5

switch(standby)#

Step 5 Copy the EPLD image file from the FTP or management server to the bootflash or slot0 memory in the active supervisor module. The following example shows how to copy from the FTP server to the bootflash memory.

switch# copy ftp://10.1.7.2/n7000-s1-epld.4.0.2.img bootflash:n7000-s1-epld.4.0.2.img

Copy the EPLD image to the standby supervisor.

switch# copy bootflash:n7000-s1-epld.4.0.2.img

bootflash://sup-standby/n7000-s1-epld.4.0.2.img

You are ready to upgrade the EPLD images (see the “Upgrading EPLD Images” section on page 6-31).

Upgrading EPLD Images

When you start upgrading the EPLD images for a module, the Cisco NX-OS software tries to list the current and new versions for each EPLD. If the module is installed and online, the software reports both the installed and new versions of each EPLD, and where there is a difference, the software will upgrade (or downgrade) to the new version when you confirm that the upgrade should occur. For a module that is installed but offline, the software cannot determine the installed versions of its EPLDs so it upgrades all of the EPLDs for that module when you confirm the upgrade. For a module that is not installed, the software displays an error message and does not upgrade the EPLDs.

Example 12 shows how the software reports the current and new EPLD versions for a module that does not need EPLD upgrades. The current and new version numbers for each EPLD are the same.

 

 

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Cisco Systems N7KC7004S2, 7000, UCSCPCIECSC02 manual Upgrading Epld Images, Copy the Epld image to the standby supervisor

N6KC600164P, UCSCPCIECSC02, N7KF248XP25E, N7KF248XT25E, N7KF248XT25EP1 specifications

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