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Problem upgrading firmware on PowerConnect 6248 (stack) from 3.3.1.1 to 3.3.4.1
Hello Community!
I have a stack with a master and one Member switch. both are on firmware 3.3.1.1 up and running. now I've downloaded the new firmware 3.3.4.1 extracted the .stk file and moved it to TFTP server. As in documentation told, I connectet Teminalsession over serial cable and used command copy
copy tftp://192.168.20.1/PC6200v3.3.4.1.stk image
to transfer the file to the stack. All works well, no errors, but when I type "show version" the output shows no new version... I've tried telnet session and web-gui, too. Same result, I can't upload the new version. I'm confused. Image1 and Image2 are the same after uploading. What did I do wrong? Any hint is welcome...
Here is the output:
Password:********
FS>ena
FS#show ver
Image Descriptions
image1 : default image
image2 :
Images currently available on Flash
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unit image1 image2 current-active next-active
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1 3.3.1.10 3.3.1.10 image1 image1
2 3.3.1.10 3.3.1.10 image1 image1
FS#copy tftp://192.168.20.1/PC6200v3.3.4.1.stk image
Mode........................................... TFTP
Set TFTP Server IP............................. 192.168.20.1
TFTP Path...................................... ./
TFTP Filename.................................. PC6200v3.3.4.1.stk
Data Type...................................... Code
Destination Filename........................... image
Management access will be blocked for the duration of the transfer
Are you sure you want to start? (y/n) y
TFTP code transfer starting
9719808 bytes transferred
File reception complete
Verifying file...
File contents are valid.
Distributing the code to the members of the stack!
File transfer operation completed successfully.
FS#
FS#show version
Image Descriptions
image1 : default image
image2 :
Images currently available on Flash
--------------------------------------------------------------------
unit image1 image2 current-active next-active
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1 3.3.1.10 3.3.1.10 image1 image1
2 3.3.1.10 3.3.1.10 image1 image1
DellDragon
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September 18th, 2012 04:00
The problem seems to be the firmware file... after deleting the image2 and another upgrade the image2 shows version 3.3.1.1. Is there any technican from Dell who can confirm, that the ZIPfile contains the wrong firmware version? Is there an alternate page from where I can download the .stk file in correct version?
DellDragon
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September 18th, 2012 07:00
I've downloaded the file once again and have done all steps exactly the same way, now it works.
Maybe Dell had problems with the internet site yesterday? I had some errors when searching for the new firmware... but download was successful.
Anonymous
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September 18th, 2012 07:00
Here is the link to the most current firmware, just to ensure we are both looking at the same download link.
ftp.dell.com/.../PC6200v3.3.4.1-Release.zip
Before running any updates it is always a good idea to have a backup of the current config on the switch.
Running the copy command to destination image, is a copy to flash memory and not directly to the running image. So after copying to flash, You must run the boot system command to activate the newly downloaded image.
You can also try altering the command to look like this. Which will copy the file straight to startup config.
#copy t192.168.20.1/PC6200v3.3.4.1.stk startup-config
More information on this can be found on page 1103 of the owners manual.
support.dell.com/.../cli_en.pdf
And Page 93 of this document.
support.dell.com/.../ucg_en.pdf
Hope this helps, keep us updated.
Thanks