Dell SmartFabric OS 10 Firmware Upgrade Process

First download the latest firmware from the Dell Digital Locker.

Then extract the .tar file so you have the .bin firmware file.

Please the .bin in a SFTP Server.

Then SSH into the switch and run the following commands.

show version
 
copy running-configuration startup-configuration
 
copy config://startup.xml config://backup.xml
 
image download sftp://USERPASSWORD@SERVERNAMEORIP/PKGS_OS10-Enterprise-10.6.0.1.35bookworm-installer-x86_64.bin
 
show image status

Once the image is downloaded then install the image

image install image://PKGS_OS10-Enterprise-10.6.0.1.35bookworm-installer-x86_64.bin

show image status

Keep running the show image status to get the progress on the upgrade. If needed you can cancel the install.

image cancel

Then change the boot order by showing the boot detail then boot system standby to use the new firmware. Show boot to confirm then reload to reboot the switch.

show boot detail
 
boot system standby
 
show boot
 
reload

After the reboot. SSH back into the switch. Show the version to confirm its upgraded.

show version


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