Steps for upgrading the firmware of 7506 Switch JD239B

[HemantVaswani]

Dear Team,

We are having  only production unit of HPE Core L3 Switch, is it advisable to upgrade the firmware in live and running setup.

We are looking for exact steps to be follwed to perform the firmware upgrade

HPE Switch 7506 Prod # JD239B

Existing Firmware : Ver. 5.20.105, Release 6708P03

Enclosed is the screenshot as seen in the HPE Support Portal.

kindly guide for the above mentioned scenario

Thanks & Regards

Hemant Vaswani

[jaysta]

Well Hemant, you were almost there. If you click on Release Notes go to the bottom of the PDF and see page 45, Upgrade from the CLI should give you the information you need.

As the ISSU Compatibility Matrix in the same document suggests that all the firmwares are not compatible it looks like you'll have to do the firmware using the traditional CLI method.

Looking at the picture you attached... I just want to say be careful with which release of the latest firmware you're downloading. If your switch is TAA Compliant then yeah go ahead and download that particular one otherwise it's non TAA Compliant version all the way.

Once you've looked at those steps, if there's any further queries let us know.

[parnassus]

Pay attention that very latest Comware 5 (non-TAA) release for HP 7500 Switch series - and so also for SKU JD239B of HP 7506 - is not, as per your screenshot, the R6710P02 (Build 6 May 2016) but it is the R6710P03 (Build 12 January 2017).

The reason of this was explained here: basically I think HP forgot to update the software download page for its B Hardware revisions and referenced latest Comware 5 on the Comware 7 related download page for C Hardware revisions...an it did that for HP 7500 platform.

To understand the (Comware 5) ISSU behind-the-scene read this blog entry.