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sundogbrew
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Dec 08, 2016

Hardware upgrade

Hey guys, got a question about an upgrade.

 

I got 2 new boxes that are much bigger than my current boxes and I want to upgrade. So in my head I am thinking, put the same version of the OS on the new boxes as is on my current boxes, do a restore almost like an RMA doing the tmsh load /sys ups no-license no-platform-check. Once it is on there, I can change my interfaces around and get all of that straight then upgrade to newer version. Does this sound doable? If so, new out of the box, how do you downgrade the os to an older version? I am running 11.5.1 and I think the new one is 11.5.4 or higher.

 

Thanks in advance! Joe

 

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2 Replies

  • Vijay_E's avatar
    Vijay_E
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    Dec 08, 2016

    Downgrading code version is similar to upgrading code version. You just load the code version in a new partition and reboot in that partition. Since you are moving within the major code version, I don't see this to be a major change.

     

    The other part that you specified for upgrading hardware looks good. Remember to back up configuration on the device and off the device.

     

     

     

  • Emad_26973's avatar
    Emad_26973
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    Dec 14, 2016

    I have recently upgraded from 1600 to 2000 platform in production (Active-Standby). Best thing is to install same OS version in any other partition on new units and then copy and restore configurations.