Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

EPLD Configuration

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To confirm the EPLD upgrade, see the “Displaying EPLD Versions for an I/O or Supervisor Module” section on page 6-37.

Caution Resetting the power disrupts any data traffic going through the affected modules. If you power cycle the entire system, all data traffic going through the system at the time of the power cycling is disrupted. This is not necessary for release 4.0(3) or later.

Note As of release 4.0(3) or later, the system automatically loads the new power management EPLD after an upgrade, so it is no longer necessary to reset the power for the module or system.

Upgrading EPLDs for the Active Supervisor Module

When you upgrade EPLDs on a system with only one supervisor module, data traffic on the device will be affected when you reload the system after the upgrade. If you are upgrading EPLDs for a dual supervisor system, you can upgrade the standby supervisor while the system is operational as explained in the “Upgrading the EPLD Images for I/O or Standby Supervisor Modules” section on page 6-32.

To upgrade EPLDs for the supervisor module in a system with a single supervisor module, follow these steps:

Step 1 Determine the slot number for each module. The active supervisor is in either slot 5 or slot 6.

switch# show module

 

 

 

Mod

Ports

Module-Type

 

Model

Status

---

-----

--------------------------------

------------------

------------

1

48

10/100/1000 Mbps

Ethernet Module

N7K-N148GT-11

ok

3

32

10 Gbps Ethernet

Module

N7K-M132XP-12

ok

5

0

Supervisor module-1X

N7K-SUP1

active

10

48

10/100/1000 Mbps

Ethernet Module

N7K-M148GT-11

ok

Mod

Sw

Hw

World-Wide_name(s) (WWN)

 

----------------- ------ -------------------------------------------------

1

4.0(2)

0.503

--

3

4.0(2)

0.601

--

5

4.0(2)

0.900

--

10

4.0(2)

0.902

--

Mod

MAC-Address(es)

 

Serial-Num

----------------------------------------- ----------

1 00-19-07-6c-c0-6c to 00-19-07-6c-c0-a0 JAB11060144

3 00-1b-54-c1-33-98 to 00-1b-54-c1-33-bc JAB1152010K

5 00-1b-54-c1-16-18 to 00-1b-54-c1-16-20 JAB114902HF 10 00-1b-54-c1-07-88 to 00-1b-54-c1-07-bc JAB114501RW

*this terminal session switch#

Step 2 Install the EPLDs by entering the install module slot_number epld url command.

switch# install module 5 epld bootflash:n7000-s1-epld.4.0.2.img

EPLD image file , built on Fri May 16 20:36:39 2008

 

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