Name: Dell Force10 MXL
Brand: Dell
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Stacking Dell Force10 MXL 10/40G Switches

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:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

31972525 bytes successfully copied

System image upgrade completed successfully.

Upgrade system image for all stack-units [yes/no]: yes

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Image upgraded to all

4. Verify the new firmware was copied to all stack members.

FTOS#show boot system stack-unit all

Current system image information in the system:

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