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Table 18-4
show the warm upgrade and downtime impact, if any, which each step.
Configure Cache Boot
Cache Boot is supported on platforms:
c e
Cache Boot is supported on E-Series ExaScale
e
x
with FTOS 8.2.1.0. and later.
The Dell Force10 system has the ability to boot the chassis using a cached FTOS image. FTOS stores the
system image on the bootflash for each processor so that:
•
the processors do not have to download the images during bootup, and
•
the processors can boot in parallel rather than serially.
Booting the system by this method significantly reduces the time to bring the system online. Using Cache
Boot with Warm Upgrade significantly reduces downtime during an upgrade to bring the system online
during routine reloads.
Cache Boot can be configured during runtime. Dell Force10 recommends, however, that it be configured it
when the system is offline.
The bootflash is partitioned so that two separate images can be cached, one for each RPM.
Cache Boot Pre-requisites
The system must meet two requirements before you can use the cache boot feature:
1. On the E-Series, the cache boot feature requires RPM hardware revision 2.1 or later. Use the
show rpm
command (
Figure 18-8
) to determine the version of your RPM. There is no hardware requirement for
C-Series.
Table 18-4. Control Plane and Data Plane Status during Warm Upgrade
Download 6.3.1.1 to
RPMs
Reboot RPM1 to
Upgrade
Initiate Warm
Failover
Reboot RPM0 to
Upgrade
RPM 0
7.6.1.0 Primary
7.6.1.0 Primary
7.6.1.0 Secondary
7.7.1.0 Secondary
RPM 1
7.6.1.0 Secondary
7.7.1.0 Secondary
7.7.1.0 Primary
7.7.1.0 Primary
Line Cards
7.6.1.0
7.6.1.0
7.7.1.0
7.7.1.0
Control Plane
Operational
Operational
Interruption
Operational
Forwarding State
Forwarding
Forwarding
Interruption
Forwarding
FTOS Behavior:
On E-Series ExaScale, the SFM auto upgrade feature is not supported with
cacheboot. If you attempt an SFM auto upgrade, you must reload the chassis to recover.
Summary of Contents for Force10 E300
Page 1: ...FTOS Configuration Guide FTOS 8 4 2 7 E Series TeraScale C Series S Series S50 S25 ...
Page 32: ...32 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 132: ...132 802 1X w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 310: ...310 Configuration Replace and Rollback w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 330: ...330 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 402: ...402 High Availability w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 462: ...462 Interfaces w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 482: ...482 IPv4 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 506: ...506 IPv6 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 582: ...582 Layer 2 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 642: ...642 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 662: ...662 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 690: ...690 Object Tracking w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 754: ...754 PIM Dense Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 784: ...784 PIM Source Specific Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 800: ...800 Power over Ethernet w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 876: ...876 Quality of Service w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 892: ...892 Routing Information Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1006: ...1006 Simple Network Management Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1018: ...1018 SONET SDH w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1048: ...1048 Broadcast Storm Control w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1096: ...1096 Uplink Failure Detection UFD w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1098: ...1098 Upgrade Procedures w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1196: ...1196 C Series Debugging and Diagnostics w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1252: ...1252 Standards Compliance w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1262: ...1262 Index w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...