Cisco ASR 9000 Series User Manual

CHAPTER 9
Upgrading FPD
In general terms, field-programmable devices (FPDs) are hardware devices implemented on router cards
that support separate software upgrades. A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is a type of programmable
memory device that exists on most hardware components of the router. The term FPD has been introduced
to collectively and generically describe any type of programmable hardware device on SIPs and shared port
adapters (SPAs), including FPGAs. Cisco IOS XR software provides the Cisco FPD upgrade feature to
manage the upgrade of FPD images on SIPs and SPAs.
This chapter describes the information that you must know to verify image versions and to perform an
upgrade for SPA or SIP FPD images when incompatibilities arise.
For complete descriptions of the FPD commands listed in this module, see Related Documents, on page
189. To locate documentation for other commands that might appear in the course of performing a configuration
task, search online in Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Commands Master List.
Table 21: Feature History for Upgrading FPD Software on Cisco IOS XR Software
ModificationRelease
Support for FPD upgrades was introduced.Release 3.9.0
Support for parallel FPD upgrade for power modules.Release 6.4.1
This module contains the following topics:
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Prerequisites for FPD Image Upgrades, page 158
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Overview of FPD Image Upgrade Support, page 158
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How to Upgrade FPD Images, page 159
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Configuration Examples for FPD Image Upgrade, page 163
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Troubleshooting Problems with FPD Image Upgrades, page 188
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Additional References, page 189
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Cisco ASR 9000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	ASR 9000 Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English