topic Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12? in RUCKUS Support for Lennar Homes

Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

dane_holland — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 03:06:44 GMT

What is my path to upgrade? Do I do secondary first? Do I do a version at a time, incrementally?

What I have on my switch right now:

Compressed Pri Code size = 24723488, Version:08.0.61aT211 (SPS08061a.bin)
Compressed Sec Code size = 28314668, Version:08.0.61aT213 (SPR08061a.bin)
Compressed Boot-Monitor Image size = 786944, Version:10.1.10T225
Code Flash Free Space = 1311813632

I've watched this video. It's not entirely clear to me what my process should be. Is there one that speaks a little more 'hand-holdy' on how I do this? https://youtu.be/kyQ5pcNEXSQ

Also, my secondary flash seems to have router firmware installed on it. Is that expected?

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

matt_klouda — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 03:59:53 GMT

Hi Dane -

Yep, it's a tad confusing. There are two flash partitions on the device as you can see. From the factory we load switch on primary, router on secondary.

I'd recommend only loading software to partition, so if you need to revert to your old software, you can.

You can run router or switch. Personally, I only run router code on everything. If you decide to run switch, you just won't be able to do things like create ve interfaces for your vlans (inter vlan routing, which based on our chat during the live stream today, you'll want). So run router code.

There isn't an upgrade path. You just need the boot and image files and then you can load them. You don't have to load anything to get you from 8061 to 8090, it's a direct upgrade. Once you load up the UFI image, you'll have to load it a second time.

I was planning to show you how to do this next Thursday on the live stream, if you can wait that long.

Let me know

Thanks

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

matt_klouda — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 04:01:22 GMT

I should note, Terry is loading software from a TFTP server, which is not common for a house. I'll show you how to do this using a USB flash drive, so have one handy if you can, with nothing on it but the entire contents of the zip file (extracted) you download. I'd grab 8.0.90d, if possible.

See you next Thursday and please help spread the word. We really want to help the homeowners out, and help them get the most out of this great hardware.

Thanks

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

dane_holland — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:06:12 GMT

As long as the POE functionality persists, along with the ability to disable POE on ports, and the router code still allows me to use the device as a switch, that's fine with me. I have several downstream dumb switches in my house too (one hop only, no daisy chaining aside from the ICX port to the dumb switch). Will that functionality remain also? I also will want the ICX pulled into the unleashed framework.

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

matt_klouda — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:52:50 GMT

Yep, that will all work. I'll show you how to get your switch in Unleashed as well. You'll have to copy and paste the entire config in to notepad, because you'll have to do the factory reset on it, then put your config back in. It's a pain, but by far the easiest way to do it.

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

slavix66 — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:39:07 GMT

How do you go about accessing the ICX7150 running the L3 fw in Unleashed?

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

DarrelRhodes — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 19:27:08 GMT

@slavix66 Unleashed doesn't directly manage ICX switches. However you can upload the L3 'routing' firmware to your ICX 7150 to provide basic static routing functionality.

The L3 capable firmware is usually indicated by 'SPR' in the filename. E.g. SPR09010cufi.bin

You switch is likely running 'SPS0xxxxxx' which indicates switching firmware.

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

slavix66 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 19:43:47 GMT

Thank you for a speedy reply. I think my question may not have been worded as straight forward as i had thought. I currently run the l3 routing fw. I have tried adding my icx7150 to unleashed with both the l2 switch as well as the l3 routing fw's. Unleashed only adds the switch when running l2 fw. It recognizes it when running l3, but does not connect in unleashed environment.

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

DarrelRhodes — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:00:34 GMT

@slavix66 Many thanks for clarifying.

I've checked and Unleashed should certainly support L3 mode, however I've been advised it may take longer for the full adoption process to complete.

The process should be straightforward but is detailed here for clarification: https://docs.commscope.com/bundle/unleashed-200.12-onlinehelp/page/GUID-A887C55E-6973-4496-9413-302E8DE175AA.html

It appears that a factory-default switch is the easiest to adopt.

If you are still having issues, please confirm the firmware versions of your Unleashed and ICX.

Hope that helps,
Darrel.

Re: Upgrade method for ICX7150-C12?

slavix66 — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:10:31 GMT

Thank You Darrel,

I am dealing with quite a bit at the moment, outside of the issue with unleashed recognizing the icx switch running L3 fw. Previously I was on a fw above 8.0.9 although I am unsure which version at this time. I am not at all sure which unleased software was implemented. At this time I have flashed all devices to the most up to date FW / Software as of June 2022. I had bypassed this hardware for the time being in order to keep the network up and running while i tinker with the new features of this HW. I appreciate your guidance, and will try again in the near future.

Thank You