Please consider the following items prior to upgrading the operating system:
Upgrading modular switch systems can take up to 30 minutes during which time the system is indisposed
Upgrading the OS while embedded SM is enabled may cause the command “no hostname” to fail upon first execution. To resolve this, rerun the command
The upgrade procedure burns the software image as well as the firmware should there be a need
Before upgrading the software image on your system, make sure to close all CLI sessions besides the one used to run the upgrade process
If running a system with dual management cards, refer to “Upgrading MLNX-OS Software on Modular Switches”
To upgrade the MLNX-OS version on an SM cluster, please refer to “Upgrading HA Groups”
You have to read and accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA) after image upgrade in case the EULA is modified. The EULA link is only available upon first login to CLI
Linux docker container names are limited to 180 characters. Upgrading to this version removes containers which do not comply with this limitation and prints the following warning to the log: “Removed configuration of container: <container name>, container name is limited to 180 characters”