The Resource Manager Upgrade Image Screen displays all of the Software and Firmware Files stored in the Upgrade Image Repository on the OmniVista Cirrus Server. These files are used to upgrade software, firmware, and FPGA files on network devices. Once you download the files from the Customer Support Web Site, you can import the files into the Upgrade Image Repository, and install the upgrade software and firmware on devices on the network.
Note: OmniVista Cirrus supports the Multiple Working Directories Feature available on OS6900 Switches and OS6860 Switches. On these devices, the Upgrade operation installs the files to the user-specified directory instead of the hard-coded Working Directory.
CAUTION: Never attempt to import or install firmware files or upgrade packages acquired from any source other than Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Customer Service. Image and Firmware files are specially packaged by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Customer Service for important into OmniVista, and contain an LSM file that describes the package contents to OmniVista. Resource Manager will prevent unsupported upgrades. When such an attempt is made, an error message is displayed informing the user that the upgrade has been rejected. This message also displays details of the versions of the switch software required to successfully perform the upgrade.
WARNING: If you are performing an image file upgrade and a U-Boot/Miniboot upgrade, you must complete the image file upgrade before upgrading the U-Boot and Miniboot files.
All upgrade files supplied by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Customer Service are packaged as WinZip executables and have a *.zip file extension. Do not attempt to unzip the firmware files manually. When you Import the WinZip executable, OmniVista automatically unzips the executable as part of the import process. Once the file is imported, the File Set (which contains all of the individual files) appears in the File Sets Table.
Upgrade files are available on the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Customer Service website. Download the file to your PC from the website. After downloading the file, click on the Import button to locate and import the file to OmniVista.
Note: You can delete a file from the File Sets Table by selecting the file(s), clicking on the Delete icon, then clicking OK at the Confirmation Prompt.
Remember, if you are performing an image file upgrade and a U-Boot/Miniboot upgrade, you must complete the image file upgrade before upgrading the U-Boot and Miniboot files. Select a File Set in the File Sets Table and click on the Install button. The Install Upgrade Image Software Wizard guides you through the upgrade process. Each screen in the wizard is detailed below.
Note: The switch FTP timeout default is 5 minutes, so the upgrade will fail if the time to transfer files from OmniVista to a switch is over 5 minutes. It is recommended that you increase the FTP timeout in switches you are upgrading to a higher value to make sure there is enough time to transfer files (CLI command: session ftp timeout <time>).
When performing a U-Boot upgrade on OS9907 and OS9912 switches, there are two U-Boot files involved: one regular and one Denverton. If the switch contains different types of NI modules, you need to perform the U-Boot upgrade twice with each of the applicable U-Boot files:
The upgrade is successful on the NI modules for which the U-Boot Zip file is applicable.
All of the files in the File Set that you selected are displayed in the File Detail area. (The name of the imported Zip File is displayed in the File Name field.) Select the file(s) you want to install and click Next to go to the Devices Selection Screen.
Note: If you are upgrading APs, Image Files for all AP Models in the AP Group will be displayed in the File Detail Area. You cannot deselect any files. When you select an AP Group(s) in the next step, OmniVista will automatically apply the correct file to the corresponding AP Model(s) in the group.
All devices/AP Groups that qualify for installation of the selected Upgrade files are displayed in the Select Devices area. Selection is slightly different depending on whether you are upgrading devices or Stellar AP Series Devices.
If you are upgrading devices, select the installation options as described below. Note that these options are not available for APs. As noted above to upgrade APs, just click on the Install Software button.
The options available depend on the device
The In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) feature is used to upgrade the CMM images running on supported devices with minimal disruption to data traffic. The CMM images can be upgraded only on fully synchronized, certified, and redundant systems. A minimum of size of mandatory images + 3MB flash space must be present in the device to accommodate the image files that are used to upgrade existing image files. The ISSU upgrade process is the same as the upgrade process detailed above. However, you cannot select individual files from the File Set. All of the files will be installed. You cannot select individual files in the File Details area. The following CMM images are ISSU capable.
Prior to FTPing the images to switches, Resource Manager performs the following checks to make sure the selected device is ready for ISSU:
Note: Although Resource Manager will make certain that the switch is ISSU capable, it will not perform any check whether selected ISSU images are compatible with the particular software version running on the switch. This information will be provided to customers by Customer Support when a new ISSU package is released.
If any of these checks fail for a device, Resource Manager logs the error message, and continues with the next device. Otherwise, Resource Manage checks for the existence of the /flash/issu directory on the primary CMM, and creates the directory if it is not present. If the directory already exists and is not empty, Resource Manager removes all files in the directory before replacing them with the new images.
When Resource Manager finishes issuing the ISSU command to the selected devices, the user is asked to perform "Copy Working to Certified" for each device. Make sure you also perform: "Flash-Synchro" for each device.
If the FTP user names and passwords for the devices were not previously defined to OmniVista, the FTP User Name Password window displays. To supply the FTP user name and password for a device, select the device in the FTP User Name Password window and click the Edit button. Enter the FTP user name and password for the selected device in the appropriate fields. If the user name and password you enter also apply to the other devices, click the Same for all Unspecified checkbox. Then click the OK button.
If necessary, continue to enter FTP user names and passwords until they have been specified for all devices listed. When all user names and passwords have been specified, click Yes at the installation confirmation prompt to initiate the installation process.
If the image files being installed have an older version number (or the same version number) than the image files currently resident on a device, a warning message will appear. Note that installing older versions of image files may result in a loss of functionality or, in the case of OmniStack devices, the resetting of device parameters. Click Yes if you wish to perform the installation anyway. Click No to cancel the installation.
The individual upgrade files are contained in File Sets for each device type. The File Sets Table displays all of the File Sets stored in the Upgrade Image Repository on the OmniVista Server. The table displays basic information. Click on a file set to display detailed information for the files contained in the File Set.