Upgrading UFM-SDN Appliance Software

The following figures describe various upgrade scenarios.

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UFM-SDN Appliance Standalone Upgrade Flow

UFM-SDN Appliance High Availability Out-Of-Service Upgrade Flow

UFM-SDN Appliance High Availability External UFM-SM In-Service Upgrade Flow

To upgrade UFM-SDN Appliance software on your system:

Obtain the available image (.img file) and place it on either a USB storage device or an ftp/scp server and follow the steps below.

1. Stop UFM.

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   ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # no ufm start
           

   Alternatively, if external UFM-SM is available, run:

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   ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # ufm safe-stop
           

2. Fetch the new software image.

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   ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # image fetch scp://<username>@192.168.10.125/var/www/html/<image_name>
   Password ******
   100.0%[############################################################]
           

3. Install the new image. null

4. Set next boot location as the other slot.

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   ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # image boot next
           

5. Save configuration. Run:

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   ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # configuration write
           

6. Reload UFM-SDN Appliance.

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   ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # reload
           

7. Start UFM.

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   ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # ufm start
           

1. Run on both master and standby:

   1. Fetch the new software image. Run:

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       ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) #  image fetch <download URL>
              

   2. Install the new image. Run:

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       ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) #  image install <image name>
              

   3. Set next boot location as the other slot. Run:

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       ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) #  image boot next
              

   4. Save the configuration changes. Run:

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       ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) #  configuration write
              

2. Reload the standby UFM-SDN Appliance. Run:

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   ufm-appliance [ ha-standby ] (config) # reload
           

3. Once the standby is up and running, reload the master UFM-SDN Appliance. Run:

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    ufm-appliance [ mgmt-ha-active ] (config) # reload
           

   As a result, a failover will occur from the master node to the standby node.