Cisco continues its strategy to merge the whole Campus Switch platform to a single Image, the newest step in this process is IOS XE 16.1.1. Currently only available for the Cat3k Platform (3650, 3850) but releases for the other Catalyst platforms should follow.
In this post i show you how to upgrade your Cisco 3650/3850 Switch from 3.x to 16.1.1
Frist, grab the software here:
IOS XE Denali 16.1.1 on Cisco.com
Just copy it to your switch
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Switch#copy ftp://x:[email protected]/cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.01.01.SPA.bin flash:
Destination filename [cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.01.01.SPA.bin]?
Accessing ftp://*****:*****@10.32.31.15/cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.01.01.SPA.bin...!!!!!!!
*Dec 16 08:22:42.371: Loading cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.01.01.SPA.bin !!!!!!!!!!!!!...
...
!!!
[OK - 469677062/4096 bytes]
469677062 bytes copied in 432.250 secs (1086587 bytes/sec)
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After that you can install the OS as always
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Switch#software install file flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.01.01.SPA.bin new
Preparing install operation ...
[1]: Starting install operation
[1]: Expanding bundle flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.01.01.SPA.bin
[1]: Copying package files
[1]: Package files copied
[1]: Finished expanding bundle flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.01.01.SPA.bin
[1]: Verifying and copying expanded package files to flash:
[1]: Verified and copied expanded package files to flash:
[1]: Starting compatibility checks
[1]: Finished compatibility checks
[1]: Starting application pre-installation processing
[1]: Finished application pre-installation processing
[1]: Old files list:
Removed cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
Removed cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
Removed cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
Removed cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.150-1.EZ5.pkg
Removed cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
Removed cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.1.150.0.pkg
[1]: New files list:
Added cat3k_caa-rpbase.16.01.01E.SPA.pkg
Added cat3k_caa-srdriver.16.01.01E.SPA.pkg
Added cat3k_caa-wcm.16.01.01E.SPA.pkg
Added cat3k_caa-webui.16.01.01E.SPA.pkg
[1]: Creating pending provisioning file
[1]: Finished installing software. New software will load on reboot.
[1]: Committing provisioning file
[1]: Do you want to proceed with reload? [yes/no]: yes
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]: yes
Building configuration...
Compressed configuration from 2991 bytes to 1553 bytes[OK]
[1]: Reloading
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It takes some time to boot up again, after that you can see the new Version is running
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Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image Mode
------ ----- ----- ---------- ---------- ----
* 1 32 WS-C3850-24P Denali 16.1.1 CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9 INSTALL
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After that i created a user with priv 15
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Switch(config)#username cisco privilege 15 secret cisco
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Now you can head to the new WebGui, i attached two impressions of the new GUI. Compared to the old cisco switch GUIs it looks really nice. But if it ever is used?… 🙂
