Date created: Friday, August 14, 2015 9:55:51 AM. Last modified: Friday, August 14, 2015 10:32:53 AM

ASR9001 5.2.2 Upgrade

Commands used on ASR9001 running 5.2.2 to upgrade (in this case, reinstall) to 5.2.2 with K9;

# Enter admin mode

admin

# verify that all Nodes are in “IOS XR RUN” state, SPAs in “OK” state,Fan Tray and Power Modules are in “READY” state

(admin)# show platform


# verify that Active & Standby RSP are available and in “ACTIVE role” & “is ready” states

(admin)# show redundancy


# verify an interface is up to reach the TFTP server

(admin)# show interface summary


# verify that the proper set of packages are active

(admin)# show install active


# Check/fix the configuration file system

(admin)# cfs check


(admin)# clear configuration inconsistency


# Make sure you have enought disk space to perform the upgrade. A minimum 500MB free disk0: disk space is required for the upgrade, could take upto 1.5GBs

(admin)# show filesystem | inc disk0:


# You can free up space by removing old files from disk0:
# before removing old files issue:

(admin)# install commit


# To view files that will be deleted:

(admin)# install remove inactive test sync


# After ensuring all active packages are ‘committed’, then issue the following command from admin mode:

(admin)# install remove inactive


# This will show errors which can be safely ignored
Error:    Cannot proceed with the remove operation because there are no
Error:    packages that can be removed. Packages can only be removed if they
Error:    are not part of the active software and not part of the committed
Error:    software.



# Verify Mgmt LAN access to the router

 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# ping IP.OF.TFTP.SERVER


# Back up the running config:

 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router#copy running-config tftp://x.x.x.x/running_config.txt
 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router#admin
 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)#copy running-config tftp://x.x.x.x/admin-running_config.txt
 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)#exit


# Disable disk mirroring. Disk mirroring can increase upgrade time. Enable disk mirroring after upgrading the IPS XP.
# On ASR9001 there aren't dual disks so disk mirroring isn't running!

 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)#show system backup
 Thu Apr 16 14:47:56.015 UTC
 The show system backup command is not supported on the ASR9000 platform.

 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router#show mirror
 Thu Apr 16 14:57:26.542 UTC

 Mirror Information for 0/RSP0/CPU0.
 ========================================================
  Mirroring Disabled
 
  Current Mirroring State:      Not Configured
    Current Physical Primary:   disk0:
    Current Physical Secondary: Not Set
 
  Mirroring Logical Device:     disk0:
  Mirroring Logical Device2:    Not Set

  Physical Device     State       Flags
 --------------------------------------------------------
   disk0:           Available     Enabled
   disk1:           Not Present
   compactflash:    Not Present
   (null)           Not Present
   disk0a:          Available
   disk1a:          Not Present
   compactflasha:   Not Present
   harddisk:        Available

 Mirroring Rommon Variable
  BOOT_DEV_SEQ_CONF =
  BOOT_DEV_SEQ_OPER =
  MIRROR_ENABLE =



# To add individual pies to disk you can specify them in one long command. The use of ‘sync’ option will prevent the user from executing any other command during the install operation, and is recommended.


 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# install add tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-mini-p.pie-4.1.2 tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-upgrade-p.pie-4.1.2  tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-mcast-p.pie-4.1.2 tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-mgbl-p.pie-4.1.2 tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-mpls-p.pie-4.1.2 tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9kk9sec-p.pie-4.1.2 tftp://172.16.1.99/ asr9k-video-p.pie-4.1.2 tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-doc-p.pie-4.1.2 tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-optic-p.pie-4.1.2 sync


# This can generate errors so each pie needs to be added indvidually

install add tftp://172.16.1.99/asr9k-mini-p.pie-4.1.2 sync


# I uploaded an entire 5.2.2-k9 1.4GB image as a whole tar file

 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# install add tftp://192.169.58.1/ASR9K-iosxr-px-k9-5.2.2.tar


# List the inactive packages

(admin)# show install inactive summary


# Using the list of inactive packages select and test the activation using the
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# install activate disk0:asr9k-services-infra-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-k9sec-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-asr903-nV-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-mgbl-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-mcast-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-fpd-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-video-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-9000v-nV-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-optic-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-mpls-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-doc-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-services-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-li-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-bng-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-asr901-nV-px-5.2.2 sync test


# Check for errors where X will have been the install operation number printed to the console during the testing

(admin)# show install log 4 detail


# Any configuration that is removed due to changing IOS version can be seen with

(admin)# show configuration removed


# Now activate the packages with the test keyword

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# install activate disk0:asr9k-services-infra-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-k9sec-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-asr903-nV-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-mgbl-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-mcast-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-fpd-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-video-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-9000v-nV-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-optic-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-mpls-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-doc-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-services-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-li-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-bng-px-5.2.2 disk0:asr9k-asr901-nV-px-5.2.2 sync


# Check to see if there were any failed startup config

(admin)# show configuration failed startup



# Verify system stability.
# verify that all Nodes are in “IOS XR RUN” state, SPAs in “OK” state,Fan Tray and Power Modules are in “READY” state

(admin)# show platform


# verify that Active & Standby RSP are available and in “ACTIVE role” & “is ready” states

(admin)# show redundancy


# verify that the required interfaces are “UP” for remote management at least
(admin)# show interface summary


# verify that the proper set of packages are activ
(admin)# show install active


# verify/fix configuration file system in exec and admin mode
(admin)# cfs check
(admin)# clear configuration inconsistency


# Commit the newly activated software and verify:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router (admin)# install commit
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router (admin)# show install committed summary


# Check for which firmware files need to be upgraded:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# show hw-module fpd location all


# Auto FPD Upgrade on ASR9K
# Starting 4.0.1; user can configure this option, it will allow automatic fpd upgrade
# Following shows how to config for Auto FPD Upgrade

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router1(admin)#conf
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router1(admin-config)#fpd auto-upgrade
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router1(admin-config)#commit

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# show hw-module fpd location all
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)#show fpd package
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)#upgrade hw-module fpd all location all


# If you disabled disk mirroring  re-enable it.


# Clean up.
# To obtain a list of inactive packages and note the names of packages that are not needed:

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# show install inactive summary


# Remove the unnecessary inactive packages

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# install remove disk0:package1 disk0:package2 sync
or
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# install remove inactive sync