Dell SmartFabric OS10 Installation, Upgrade, and Downgrade Guide

Specific versions of OS10 (see Affected versions) use X.509v3 certificates for VLT peer establishment and SFS cluster formation. This default certificate expires on July 27, 2021. LKB 184027 provides steps for addressing this issue, including either executing the script to update the default certificate or upgrading to a version that does not use the certificate.

For systems that do not have the default certificate updated or are running a version that uses the X.509v3 certificates for VLT peer or SFS cluster convergence (Affected versions), see the Supported Upgrade Paths section for details:

• Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments
• Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode deployments
• Supported upgrade paths—Dell PowerEdge MX deployments

• For SmartFabric OS10 Deployments: Affected versions: Include the following:
  • 10.3.2E(R3P1)
  • 10.4.0E(R3SP2) through 10.4.0E(R4SP2)
  • 10.4.1.4 through 10.4.3.6P5
  • 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.7P3
  Fixed versions: The following OS10 release versions come with new default certificates that address the certificate expiry issue:
  • 10.4.3.7 and later releases
  • 10.5.0.9 and later releases
  • 10.5.1.9 and later releases
  • 10.5.2.6 and later releases
  See Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments for more information.
• For SFS Deployments: SFS cluster members use X.509 certificates to establish communication. See Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode deployments.
• For PowerEdge MX Deployments: For PowerEdge MX7000 Ethernet switches that run any of the following versions with new certificates installed, see the latest Dell OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition for PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis User's Guide for upgrade instructions:
  • 10.4.0E(R3SP2)
  • 10.4.0E(R4S)
  • 10.4.0E(R4SP1)
  • 10.4.0E(R4SP2)