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Dell SmartFabric OS10 Installation, Upgrade, and Downgrade Guide

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Revision history

The following table provides an overview of the changes to this guide from a previous version.

Table 1. Revision historyRevision history
Revision Date Revision summary
A18 2024-05-15 Added the following section: Upgrade sequence for SmartFabric OS10 platforms.
A17 2024-03-12
  • Updated the Supported upgrade paths section.
  • Perform an OS10 upgrade—Updated the VLAN configuration guidelines. Starting from Release 10.5.5.x, the uppercase 'V' in VLAN within startup.xml is no longer supported.
  • image install CLI—Updated the image installation process for the same and different image types.
A16 2023-07-07 The image install file-url [downgrade-config-file downgrade-config-file-name] command allows you to downgrade the SmartFabric OS10 software to Release 10.5.5.5 or later and apply the saved configuration data corresponding to a downgraded image version. Supported for downgrading up to two previous major OS10 versions. For example, if the running version is 10.5.8.x, you can downgrade until Release 10.5.6.x.
A15 2023-05-12
A14 2023-04-06 Support for Dell Upgrade Package (DUP) in OS10 release 10.5.5.0P1 for the following platforms:
  • S4100-ON Series
  • S5200-ON Series
  • S5448F-ON
  • Z9264F-ON
  • Z9332F-ON
  • Z9432F-ON
  • Z9664F-ON
A13 2022-10-14
  • Updated the Upgrade PCIe firmware from OS10 hshell section
  • Added link to the Dell Technologies Innodisk 3IE3 Solid State Drive ONIE Firmware Updater Release Notes
A12 2022-09-28
  • Updated the Upgrade PCIe firmware from DIAG OS section
  • Updated the Upgrade PCIe firmware from OS10 hshell section
A11 2022-08-17
  • Added the following topic: Verify OS10 image.
  • Added an important note for SFS deployments in the following section: Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode deployments.
A10 2022-06-27 Added the following section: Upgrade or downgrade OS10 image on secure boot-enabled nodes.
A09 2022-03-07 Added a prerequisite for VLT minimum traffic loss upgrade in the Platform-specific prerequisites section.
A08 2022-02-28 Dell Technologies branding and minor terminology modifications are made throughout the guide.
A07 2021-12-07 Added links to the PowerSwitch S5448F-ON platform documentation in Appendix D.
A06 2021-11-09 Added information about startup configuration information during upgrade and downgrade.
A05 2021-10-12 Updated the following sections:
  • Supported upgrade paths—Full switch mode deployments
  • Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode deployments
Added the Update ONIE and ONIE Firmware section.
A04 2021-08-27 Removed the note about upgrading SmartFabric OS10 on the Z9100-ON switch from the Upgrading OS10 software section.
A03 2021-07-29 Updated the Supported upgrade paths-Full switch mode deployments section with the procedure to upgrade from 10.4.2.x or earlier releases.
A02 2021-07-13
  • Updated the Supported upgrade paths section.
  • Added PCIe upgrade instructions for S5200-ON platforms.
  • Added links to the ONIE Firmware Updater and DIAG OS Release Notes.
A01 2021-07-02 Added the following:
  • Information about certificate expiry and prerequisites.
  • S4100-ON platform-specific prerequisites.
  • FAQs
A00 2021-03-04 Initial release.

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