Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.x

Introduction

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches are Cisco’s lead stackable access platforms for the next-generation enterprise and have been purpose-built to address emerging trends of Security, IoT, Mobility, and Cloud.

They deliver complete convergence with the rest of the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Switches in terms of ASIC architecture with a Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) 2.0. The platform runs an Open Cisco IOS XE that supports model driven programmability, has the capacity to host containers, and run 3rd party applications and scripts natively within the switch (by virtue of x86 CPU architecture, local storage, and a higher memory footprint). This series forms the foundational building block for SD-Access, which is Cisco’s lead enterprise architecture.

Whats New in Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1

Hardware Features in Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1


Feature Name	Description and Documentation Link
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches (C9300-24H, C9300-48H)	These new UPOE+ stackable switch models are introduced: C9300-24H: 24 10/100/1000 Mbps UPOE+ ports, PoE budget of 830 W with 1100 WAC power supply C9300-48H: 48 10/100/1000 Mbps UPOE+ ports, PoE budget of 822 W with 1100 WAC power supply For information about the hardware, see the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches Hardware Installation Guide.
Cisco SFP-25G Direct-Attach and Active Optical Cables	Supported active optical cable: SFP-25G-AOC4M Supported direct-attach copper cable product numbers: SFP-H25G-CU1.5M SFP-H25G-CU2.5M SFP-H25G-CU4M Compatible switch models: Only the C9300 SKUs Compatible network modules: C9300-NM-2Y For information about these cables, see Cisco 25GBASE SFP28 Modules Data Sheet. For information about device compatibility, see the Transceiver Module Group (TMG) Compatibility Matrix.
Direct-Attach Cables for Cisco QSFP to SFP or SFP+ Adapter (QSA) Module CVR-QSFP-SFP10G	Supported direct-attach copper cable product numbers: SFP-H10GB-CU1-5M SFP-H10GB-CU2-5M SFP-H10GB-CU2M Compatible switch models: C9300 and C9300L SKUs Compatible network modules: C9300-NM-2Q (with the Cisco QSFP to SFP or SFP+ Adapter (QSA) Module), C9300-NM-2Y, and C9300-NM-8X For information about these cables, see Cisco 10GBASE SFP+ Modules Data Sheet. For information about device compatibility, see the Transceiver Module Group (TMG) Compatibility Matrix.
Cisco QSFP-40G Direct-Attach Cables	Supported direct-attach copper cable product numbers: QSFP-H40G-CU2M QSFP-H40G-CU4M Compatible switch models: C9300 and C9300L SKUs Compatible network modules: C9300-NM-2Q For information about these cables, see Cisco 40GBASE QSFP Modules Data Sheet. For information about device compatibility, see the Transceiver Module Group (TMG) Compatibility Matrix.

Software Features in Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1


Feature Name	Description, Documentation Link, and License Level Information
Factory Reset with 3-pass Overwrite	Enables factory reset with 3-pass overwrite. A secure 3-pass keyword has been introduced. Pass 1: Overwrites all addressable locations with binary zeroes. Pass 2: Overwrites all addressable locations with binary ones. Pass 3: Overwrites all addressable locations with a random bit pattern. See System Management → Performing Factory Reset. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
IEEE802.1AS (gPTP) and IEEE 1588v2 PTP on EtherChannel Interfaces	You can now configure IEEE802.1AS gPTP and IEEE 1588v2 PTP on a port that is part of an EtherChannel bundle. See Layer 2 → Configuring Precision Time Protocol (PTP). (Network Advantage)
IPv6: HTTP SGACL enforcement with IPv6 Policy Server	Supports 8 IPv4 and 8 IPv6 addresses per server for SGACL and Environment Data Download over REST. See Cisco TrustSec → SGACL and Environment Data Download over REST. (Network Advantage)
Loop Detection Guard	Provides a way of detecting network loops. The feature can be used in situations where there may be unmanaged switches in a network that do not understand Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or where STP is not configured on the network. You can take one of these actions when a loop is detected: error-disable either the source port or the destination port, or have the system display a syslog message (and not disable a port). See Layer 2 → Configuring Loop Detection Guard. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
Multiple Administrative VLANS in Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP)	You can now configure multiple administrative VLANs to manage an REP domain that has multiple REP segments that are mutually exclusive. Configure the additional administrative VLANs by entering the rep admin vlan command in global configuration mode. See Layer 2 → Configuring Resilient Ethernet Protocol. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
Programmability Native Docker Container: Application Auto-Restart TLDP On-Change Notifications YANG Data Models	The following programmability features are introduced in this release: Native Docker Container: Application Auto-Restart: Helps applications deployed on the switch to retain the last configured operational state - in the event of a system switchover or restart. The feature is enabled by default, and cannot be disabled. TLDP On-Change Notifications: Notifies users when Targeted Label Distribution Protocol (TLDP) sessions come up or go down and when TLDP is configured or disabled. TLDP must be enabled for the notifications to work. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage) YANG Data Models: For the list of Cisco IOS XE YANG models available with this release, navigate to: https://github.com/YangModels/yang/tree/master/vendor/cisco/xe/1721. Revision statements embedded in the YANG files indicate if there has been a model revision. The README.md file in the same GitHub location highlights changes that have been made in the release. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage) See Programmability.
SCP Performance Improvements	Secure Shell (SSH) bulk data transfer mode can now be used to enhance the throughput performance of Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) operating in the capacity of a client or server. You can enable this by using the ip ssh bulk-mode global configuration command. See System Management → Secure Copy. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
Session Limit - To prevent MAC address flooding DOS attack	Enables you to configure an access session limit profile, which will allow you to limit the number of voice and data hosts connecting to a port. See Security → Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
VLAN Load Balancing for FlexLink+	Introduces support for VLAN load balancing on a FlexLink+ pair (along with providing the redundancy). Both ports of a FlexLink+ pair can now simultaneously forward traffic in mutually exclusive VLANs. If one of the ports fail, the other active port forwards all traffic. When the failed port is available again, it resumes forwarding of traffic in the preferred VLANs. See Layer 2 → Configuring Flexlink+. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
VPN ID in NetFlow	Supports Virtual Private Network Identifier (VPN-ID) configuration in Flexible NetFlow. A VPN-ID is global and unique. It is used to identify a VPN across autonomous systems (ASes). See Network Management → Configuring Flexible NetFlow. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
VRF Aware NAT	VRF awareness enables NAT to carry out address translation by taking the VRF of the private networks into consideration. This feature allows private networks to be placed in different VRFs. See IP Addressing Services → Configuring Network Address Translation. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
VRF Support for TCL Socket	The Tool Command Language (TCL) socket feature supports Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF). See Network Management Commands. (Network Essentials and Network Advantage)
New on the Web UI
HSRP Passwordless Login	Use the WebUI for: HSRP: Provides high network availability by providing redundancy for IP traffic from hosts on networks. Passwordless Login: Supports login to WebUI without password using Personal Identity Verification (PIV) compatible smart cards.
Serviceability
See Command Reference, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.x (Catalyst 9300 Switches)
factory-reset	The command has been modified. The switch keyword is introduced for devices that support stacking. You can perform factory reset on all the switches or on a specificed switch in a stack.
show platform hardware fed switch active fwd-asic resource tcam utilization	The command output is enhanced to display TCAM utilization categorised by IPv4, IPv6, MPLS and other protocols.
debug condition vrf debug ip pim debug ipv6 pim	The debug condition vrf and debug ip pim commands enable you to debug multiple VRFs at the same time. The debug ipv6 pim introduces IPv6 support for debugging multiple VRFs at the same time.

Unsupported Features

Cisco TrustSec Network Device Admission Control (NDAC) on Uplinks
Converged Access for Branch Deployments
IPsec VPN
Performance Monitoring (PerfMon)
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)-Aware web authentication

Complete List of Supported Features

For the complete list of features supported on a platform, see the Cisco Feature Navigator at https://www.cisco.com/go/cfn.

Accessing Hidden Commands

Starting with Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a, as an improved security measure, the way in which hidden commands can be accessed has changed.

Hidden commands have always been present in Cisco IOS XE, but were not equipped with CLI help. That is, entering a question mark (?) at the system prompt did not display the list of available commands. These commands were only meant to assist Cisco TAC in advanced troubleshooting and were not documented either.

Starting with Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.1a, hidden commands are available under:

Category 1—Hidden commands in privileged or User EXEC mode. Begin by entering the service internal command to access these commands.
Category 2—Hidden commands in one of the configuration modes (global, interface and so on). These commands do not require the service internal command.

Further, the following applies to hidden commands under Category 1 and 2:

The commands have CLI help. Enter enter a question mark (?) at the system prompt to display the list of available commands.

Note: For Category 1, enter the service internal command before you enter the question mark; you do not have to do this for Category 2.

The system generates a %PARSER-5-HIDDEN syslog message when a hidden command is used. For example:

*Feb 14 10:44:37.917: %PARSER-5-HIDDEN: Warning!!! 'show processes memory old-header ' is a hidden command. 
Use of this command is not recommended/supported and will be removed in future.

Apart from category 1 and 2, there remain internal commands displayed on the CLI, for which the system does NOT generate the %PARSER-5-HIDDEN syslog message.

Important

We recommend that you use any hidden command only under TAC supervision.

If you find that you are using a hidden command, open a TAC case for help with finding another way of collecting the same information as the hidden command (for a hidden EXEC mode command), or to configure the same functionality (for a hidden configuration mode command) using non-hidden commands.

Default Behaviour

Beginning from Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.5 and later, do not fragment bit (DF bit) in the IP packet is always set to 0 for all outgoing RADIUS packets (packets that originate from the device towards the RADIUS server).

Supported Hardware

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches—Model Numbers

The following table lists the supported hardware models and the default license levels they are delivered with. For information about the available license levels, see section License Levels .

Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches
Switch Model	Default License Level¹	Description
C9300-24H-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 10/100/1000 Mbps UPOE+ ports; PoE budget of 830 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-24H-E	Network Essentials
C9300-24P-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 10/100/1000 PoE+ ports; PoE budget of 437W; 715 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-24P-E	Network Essentials
C9300-24S-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 1G SFP ports; two power supply slots with 715 WAC power supply installed by default; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower.
C9300-24S-E	Network Essentials
C9300-24T-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports; 350 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-24T-E	Network Essentials
C9300-24U-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 10/100/1000 UPoE ports; PoE budget of 830W; 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-24U-E	Network Essentials
C9300-24UB-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 10/100/1000 Mbps UPOE ports that provide deep buffers and higher scale; PoE budget of 830W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-24UB-E	Network Essentials
C9300-24UX-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 Multigigabit Ethernet 100/1000/2500/5000/10000 UPoE ports; PoE budget of 490 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-24UX-E	Network Essentials
C9300-24UXB-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24 Multigigabit Ethernet (100 Mbps or 1/2.5/5/10 Gbps) UPOE ports that provide deep buffers and higher scale; PoE budget of 560 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-24UXB-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48H-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Mbps UPOE+ ports; PoE budget of 822 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-48H-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48T-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports; 350 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-48T-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48P-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 PoE+ ports; PoE budget of 437W; 715 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-48P-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48S-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 1G SFP ports; two power supply slots with 715 WAC power supply installed by default; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower.
C9300-48S-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48T-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports; 350 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-48T-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48U-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 UPoE ports; PoE budget of 822 W; 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-48U-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48UB-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Mbps UPOE ports that provide deep buffers and higher scale; PoE budget of 822 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-48UB-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48UN-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 Multigigabit Ethernet (100 Mbps or 1/2.5/5 Gbps) UPoE ports; PoE budget of 610 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-480 and StackPower
C9300-48UN-E	Network Essentials
C9300-48UXM-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 (36 2.5G Multigigabit Ethernet and 12 10G Multigigabit Ethernet Universal Power Over Ethernet (UPOE) ports)
C9300-48UXM-E	Network Essentials

¹ See section Licensing → Table: Permitted Combinations, in this document for information about the add-on licenses that you can order.

Table 2. Cisco Catalyst 9300L Series Switches
Switch Model	Default License Level²	Description
C9300L-24T-4G-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24x10/100/1000M Ethernet ports; 4x1G SFP fixed uplink ports; 350 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-24T-4G-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-24P-4G-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24x10/100/1000M PoE+ ports; 4x1G SFP fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 505W with 715 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-24P-4G-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-24T-4X-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24x10/100/1000M Ethernet ports; 4x10G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; 350 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-24T-4X-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-24P-4X-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 24x10/100/1000M PoE+ ports; 4x10G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 505W with 715 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-24P-4X-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48T-4G-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48x10/100/1000M Ethernet ports; 4x1G SFP fixed uplink ports; 350 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48T-4G-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48P-4G-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48x10/100/1000M PoE+ ports; 4x1G SFP fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 505W with 715 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48P-4G-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48T-4X-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48x10/100/1000M Ethernet ports; 4x10G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; 350 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48T-4X-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48P-4X-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48x10/100/1000M PoE+ ports; 4x10G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 505W with 715 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48P-4X-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48PF-4G-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE+ ports; 4x1G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 890 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48PF-4G-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48PF-4X-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE+ ports; 4x10G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 890 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48PF-4X-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-24UXG-4X-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 16 10/100/1000 Mbps and 8 Multigigabit Ethernet (100 Mbps or 1/2.5/5/10 Gbps) UPOE ports; 4x10G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 880 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-24UXG-4X-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-24UXG-2Q-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 16 10/100/1000 Mbps and 8 Multigigabit Ethernet (100 Mbps or 1/2.5/5/10 Gbps) UPOE ports; 2x40G QSFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 722 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-24UXG-2Q-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48UXG-4X-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 36 10/100/1000 Mbps and 12 Multigigabit Ethernet (100 Mbps or 1/2.5/5/10 Gbps) UPOE ports; 4x10G SFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 675 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48UXG-4X-E	Network Essentials
C9300L-48UXG-2Q-A	Network Advantage	Stackable 36 10/100/1000 Mbps and 12 Multigigabit Ethernet (100 Mbps or 1/2.5/5/10 Gbps) UPOE ports; 2x40G QSFP+ fixed uplink ports; PoE budget of 675 W with 1100 WAC power supply; supports StackWise-320.
C9300L-48UXG-2Q-E	Network Essentials

² See section Licensing → Table: Permitted Combinations, in this document for information about the add-on licenses that you can order.

Network Modules

The following table lists the optional uplink network modules with 1-Gigabit, 10-Gigabit, 25-Gigabit, and 40-Gigabit slots. You should only operate the switch with either a network module or a blank module installed.


Network Module	Description
C3850-NM-4-1G ¹	Four 1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module slots
C3850-NM-2-10G ¹	Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module slots
C3850-NM-4-10G ¹	Four 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module slots
C3850-NM-8-10G ¹	Eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module slots
C3850-NM-2-40G ¹	Two 40 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module slots
C9300-NM-4G ²	Four 1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP module slots
C9300-NM-4M ²	Four MultiGigabit Ethernet slots
C9300-NM-8X ²	Eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ module slots
C9300-NM-2Q ²	Two 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ module slots
C9300-NM-2Y ²	Two 25 Gigabit Ethernet SFP28 module slots

Note

These network modules are supported only on the C3850 and C9300 SKUs of the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches respectively.
These network modules are supported only on the C9300 SKUs of the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches.

The following table lists the network modules that are supported on the Cisco Catalyst 9300X-HXN Series Switches and the ports that are usable on each of these network module:

Table 3. Network Modules Supported on Catalyst 9300X-HXN Series Switches
Network Module	Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.7.1 and Previous Releases	Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.1 and Later Releases
C9300X-NM-8Y (8x25G)	Ports 1 to 4 usable.	Ports 1 to 6 usable. Ports 7 and 8 are permanently disabled.
C9300X-NM-8M (8xmGig)	Ports 1 to 4 usable.	Ports 1 to 6 usable. Ports 7 and 8 are permanently disabled.
C9300X-NM-2C (2x100G/2x40G)	Ports 1 to 2 usable. No breakout cable support.	Ports 1 and 2 usable. Breakout cable supported only on port 1. No support for breakout cable on port 2.

Optics Modules

Cisco Catalyst Series Switches support a wide range of optics and the list of supported optics is updated on a regular basis. Use the Transceiver Module Group (TMG) Compatibility Matrix tool, or consult the tables at this URL for the latest transceiver module compatibility information: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/products_device_support_tables_list.html

Compatibility Matrix

The following table provides software compatibility information between Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco Access Control Server, and Cisco Prime Infrastructure.


Catalyst 9300	Cisco Identity Services Engine	Cisco Access Control Server	Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Amsterdam 17.2.1	2.7	-	C9300 and C9300L: PI 3.7 + PI 3.7 latest maintenance release + PI 3.7 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.7 → Downloads.
Amsterdam 17.1.1	2.7	-	C9300: PI 3.6 + PI 3.6 latest maintenance release + PI 3.6 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.6 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.8	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 latest maintenance release + PI 3.9 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.7	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 latest maintenance release + PI 3.9 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.6	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 latest maintenance release + PI 3.9 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.5b	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 latest maintenance release + PI 3.9 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.5	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 latest maintenance release + PI 3.9 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.4	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.8 + PI 3.8 latest maintenance release + PI 3.8 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.8 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.3a	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.5 + PI 3.5 latest maintenance release + PI 3.5 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.5 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.3	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.5 + PI 3.5 latest maintenance release + PI 3.5 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.5 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.2	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.5 + PI 3.5 latest maintenance release + PI 3.5 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.5 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.12.1	2.6	-	C9300: PI 3.5 + PI 3.5 latest maintenance release + PI 3.5 latest device pack C9300L: - See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.5 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.11.1	2.6 2.4 Patch 5	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest maintenance release + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4 → Downloads.
Gibraltar 16.10.1	2.3 Patch 1 2.4 Patch 1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest maintenance release + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4→ Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.8	2.5 2.1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 latest maintenance release + PI 3.9 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 → Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.7	2.5 2.1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 latest maintenance release + PI 3.9 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 → Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.6	2.3 Patch 1 2.4 Patch 1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest maintenance release + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4→ Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.5	2.3 Patch 1 2.4 Patch 1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest maintenance release + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4→ Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.4	2.3 Patch 1 2.4 Patch 1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest maintenance release + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4→ Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.3	2.3 Patch 1 2.4 Patch 1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest maintenance release + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4→ Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.2	2.3 Patch 1 2.4 Patch 1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest maintenance release + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4→ Downloads.
Fuji 16.9.1	2.3 Patch 1 2.4 Patch 1	5.4 5.5	PI 3.4 + PI 3.4 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.4→ Downloads.
Fuji 16.8.1a	2.3 Patch 1 2.4	5.4 5.5	PI 3.3 + PI 3.3 latest maintenance release + PI 3.3 latest device pack See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.3→ Downloads.
Everest 16.6.4a	2.2 2.3	5.4 5.5	PI 3.1.6 + Device Pack 13 See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.1 → Downloads.
Everest 16.6.4	2.2 2.3	5.4 5.5	PI 3.1.6 + Device Pack 13 See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.1 → Downloads.
Everest 16.6.3	2.2 2.3	5.4 5.5	PI 3.1.6 + Device Pack 13 See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.1 → Downloads
Everest 16.6.2	2.2 2.3	5.4 5.5	PI 3.1.6 + Device Pack 13 See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.1 → Downloads
Everest 16.6.1	2.2	5.4 5.5	PI 3.1.6 + Device Pack 13 See Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.1 → Downloads
Everest 16.5.1a	2.1 Patch 3	5.4 5.5	-

Web UI System Requirements

The following subsections list the hardware and software required to access the Web UI:

Minimum Hardware Requirements


Processor Speed	DRAM	Number of Colors	Resolution	Font Size
233 MHz minimum³	512 MB⁴	256	1280 x 800 or higher	Small

³ We recommend 1 GHz

⁴ We recommend 1 GB DRAM

Software Requirements

Operating Systems

Windows 10 or later
Mac OS X 10.9.5 or later

Browsers

Google Chrome—Version 59 or later (On Windows and Mac)
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox—Version 54 or later (On Windows and Mac)
Safari—Version 10 or later (On Mac)

ROMMON Versions

ROMMON, also known as the boot loader, is firmware that runs when the device is powered up or reset. It initializes the processor hardware and boots the operating system software (Cisco IOS XE software image). The ROMMON is stored on the following Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) flash devices on your switch:

Primary: The ROMMON stored here is the one the system boots every time the device is powered-on or reset.
Golden: The ROMMON stored here is a backup copy. If the one in the primary is corrupted, the system automatically boots the ROMMON in the golden SPI flash device.

ROMMON upgrades may be required to resolve firmware defects, or to support new features, but there may not be new versions with every release.


Release	ROMMON Version (C9300 Models)	ROMMON Version (C9300L Models)	ROMMON Version (C9300X Models)	ROMMON Version (C9300LM Models)
Amsterdam 17.2.1	17.2.1r[FC1]	17.1.1r[FC1]	-	-
Amsterdam 17.1.1	17.1.1r [FC1]	17.1.1r [FC1]	-	-

Upgrading the Switch Software

This section covers the various aspects of upgrading or downgrading the device software.

Note

You cannot use the Web UI to install, upgrade, or downgrade device software.

Finding the Software Version

The package files for the Cisco IOS XE software are stored on the system board flash device (flash:).

You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on your switch.

Note

Although the show version output always shows the software image running on the switch, the model name shown at the end of this display is the factory configuration and does not change if you upgrade the software license.

You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other software images that you might have stored in flash memory.

Software Images


Release	Image Type	File Name
Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1	CAT9K_IOSXE	cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin
Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1	No Payload Encryption (NPE)	cat9k_iosxe_npe.17.02.01.SPA.bin

Upgrading the ROMMON

To know the ROMMON or bootloader version that applies to every major and maintenance release, see ROMMON Versions.

You can upgrade the ROMMON before, or, after upgrading the software version. If a new ROMMON version is available for the software version you are upgrading to, proceed as follows:

Upgrading the ROMMON in the primary SPI flash device

This ROMMON is upgraded automatically. When you upgrade from an existing release on your switch to a later or newer release for the first time, and there is a new ROMMON version in the new release, the system automatically upgrades the ROMMON in the primary SPI flash device, based on the hardware version of the switch when you boot up your switch with the new image for the first time.
Upgrading the ROMMON in the golden SPI flash device

You must manually upgrade this ROMMON. Enter the upgrade rom-monitor capsule golden switch command in privileged EXEC mode.

Note

In case of a switch stack, perform the upgrade on the active switch and all members of the stack.

After the ROMMON is upgraded, it will take effect on the next reload. If you go back to an older release after this, the ROMMON is not downgraded. The updated ROMMON supports all previous releases.

Automatic Microcode Upgrade

During a Cisco IOS image upgrade or downgrade on a PoE or UPoE switch, microcode is upgraded to reflect applicable feature enhancements and bug fixes. A microcode upgrade occurs only during an image upgrade or downgrade, on PoE or UPoE switches. It does not occur during switch reloads or on non-PoE switches.

Depending on the release you are upgrading from, microcode upgrade can occur during the install operation or during bootup:

If the release you are upgrading from does not support microcode updates during the course of installation, microcode is updated during boot up, and an additional 4 minutes (approximately) are required to complete the microcode upgrade, in addition to the normal reload time. Data traffic is not forwarded when microcode is upgraded during bootup.
When using install commands to upgrade, microcode is upgraded during the install operation, and no additional time is required during bootup. Here microcode is updated before the reload that occurs as part of the image upgrade process. Data traffic continues to be forwarded during the upgrade.

Do not restart the switch during the upgrade or downgrade process.

The following console messages are displayed during microcode upgrade.


MM [1] MCU version 111 sw ver 105
MM [2] MCU version 111 sw ver 105
 
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: found 4 microcode images for 1 device.
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_0 mismatch: 0
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_1 mismatch: 1
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_2 mismatch: 1
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_3 mismatch: 0
 
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device microcode...
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=0 ...594412 bytes.... Skipped[0].
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=1 ...393734 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rwRrrrrrrw..
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Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=2 ...25186 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rrrrrrw..0%....10%....20%......30%...40%......50%....60%......70%...80%......90%....100%wRr!
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Microcode programming complete for device 0.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=3 ...86370 bytes.... Skipped[3].
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Microcode programming complete in 290 seconds

Software Installation Commands


Summary of Software Installation Commands Supported starting from Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2 and later releases
To install and activate the specified file, and to commit changes to be persistent across reloads: `install add file filename [ activate commit]` To separately install, activate, commit, cancel, or remove the installation file: `install ?`
add file tftp: `filename`	Copies the install file package from a remote location to the device and performs a compatibility check for the platform and image versions.
activate `[` auto-abort-timer`]`	Activates the file, and reloads the device. The auto-abort-timer keyword automatically rolls back image activation.
commit	Makes changes persistent over reloads.
rollback to committed	Rolls back the update to the last committed version.
abort	Cancels file activation, and rolls back to the version that was running before the current installation procedure started.
remove	Deletes all unused and inactive software installation files.

Note

The request platform software commands are deprecated starting from Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.1. The commands are visible on the CLI in this release and you can configure them, but we recommend that you use the install commands to upgrade or downgrade.


Summary of request platform software Commands
`Device# request platform software package ?`
clean	Cleans unnecessary package files from media
copy	Copies package to media
describe	Describes package content
expand	Expands all-in-one package to media
install	Installs the package
uninstall	Uninstalls the package
verify	Verifies In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) software package compatibility

Upgrading in Install Mode

Follow these instructions to upgrade from one release to another, in install mode. To perform a software image upgrade, you must be booted into IOS through boot flash:packages.conf .

Before you begin

Note that you can use this procedure for the following upgrade scenarios:


When upgrading from ...	Use these commands...	To upgrade to...
Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a or Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1	Only request platform software commands	Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1
Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2 and all later releases	Either install commands or request platform software commands	Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1

The sample output in this section displays upgrade from

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 using request platform software commands.
Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 using install commands.

Procedure

Step 1

Clean Up

Ensure that you have at least 1GB of space in flash to expand a new image. Clean up old installation files in case of insufficient space.

request platform software package clean
install remove inactive

The following sample output displays the cleaning up of unused files, by using the request platform software package clean command for upgrade scenario Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1. Use the switch all option to clean up all the switches in your stack

Note

Ignore the hexdump: messages in the CLI when you enter the command; they have no functional impact and will be removed in a later release. You will see this only on member switches and not on the active or standby. In the sample output below, hexdump messages are seen on switch 3, which is a member switch.

Switch# request platform software package clean switch all
Running command on switch 1
Cleaning up unnecessary package files
No path specified, will use booted path flash:packages.conf
Cleaning flash:
Scanning boot directory for packages ... done.
Preparing packages list to delete ...
cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-espbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-guestshell.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-rpbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-rpboot.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-sipbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-sipspa.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-webui.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-wlc.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
packages.conf
File is in use, will not delete.
done.
done.
 
Running command on switch 2
Cleaning up unnecessary package files
No path specified, will use booted path flash:packages.conf
Cleaning flash:
Scanning boot directory for packages ... done.
Preparing packages list to delete ...
cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-espbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-guestshell.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-rpbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-rpboot.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-sipbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-sipspa.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-webui.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-wlc.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
packages.conf
File is in use, will not delete.
done.
 
Running command on switch 3
Cleaning up unnecessary package files
No path specified, will use booted path flash:packages.conf
Cleaning flash:
Scanning boot directory for packages ... done.
Preparing packages list to delete ...
hexdump: NVRAM: No such file or directory
hexdump: all input file arguments failed
head: cannot open 'NVRAM' for reading: No such file or directory
NVRAM: No such file or directory
hexdump: NVRAM: No such file or directory
hexdump: stdin: Bad file descriptor
tail: cannot open 'NVRAM' for reading: No such file or directory
hexdump: NVRAM: No such file or directory
hexdump: all input file arguments failed
cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-espbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-guestshell.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-rpbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-rpboot.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-sipbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-sipspa.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-webui.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
cat9k-wlc.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
File is in use, will not delete.
packages.conf
File is in use, will not delete.
done.
 
The following files will be deleted:
[1]:
/flash/cat9k-cc_srdriver.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-espbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-guestshell.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpboot.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipspa.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-srdriver.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-webui.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k_iosxe.16.06.01.SPA.conf
/flash/packages.conf.00-
[2]:
/flash/cat9k-cc_srdriver.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-espbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-guestshell.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpboot.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipspa.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-srdriver.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-webui.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k_iosxe.16.06.01.SPA.conf
/flash/packages.conf.00-
[3]:
/flash/cat9k-cc_srdriver.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-espbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-guestshell.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpboot.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipbase.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipspa.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-srdriver.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-webui.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k_iosxe.16.06.01.SPA.conf
/flash/packages.conf.00-
 
Do you want to proceed? [y/n]y
[1]:
Deleting file flash:cat9k-cc_srdriver.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-espbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-guestshell.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpboot.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipspa.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-srdriver.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-webui.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k_iosxe.16.06.01.SPA.conf ... done.
Deleting file flash:packages.conf.00- ... done.
SUCCESS: Files deleted.
[2]:
Deleting file flash:cat9k-cc_srdriver.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-espbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-guestshell.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpboot.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipspa.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-srdriver.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-webui.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k_iosxe.16.06.01.SPA.conf ... done.
Deleting file flash:packages.conf.00- ... done.
SUCCESS: Files deleted.
[3]:
Deleting file flash:cat9k-cc_srdriver.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-espbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-guestshell.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpboot.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipbase.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipspa.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-srdriver.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-webui.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k_iosxe.16.06.01.SPA.conf ... done.
Deleting file flash:packages.conf.00- ... done.
SUCCESS: Files deleted

The following sample output displays the cleaning up of unused files, by using the install remove inactive command, for upgrade scenario Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1:

Switch# install remove inactive
install_remove: START Tue Mar 17 19:51:48 UTC 2020
Cleaning up unnecessary package files
Scanning boot directory for packages ... done.
Preparing packages list to delete ...
done.
The following files will be deleted:
[switch 1]:
/flash/cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-espbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-guestshell.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpboot.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipspa.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-webui.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-wlc.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/packages.conf
 
Do you want to remove the above files? [y/n]y
[switch 1]:
Deleting file flash:cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-espbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-guestshell.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpboot.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipspa.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-webui.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-wlc.17.01.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:packages.conf ... done.
SUCCESS: Files deleted.
--- Starting Post_Remove_Cleanup ---
Performing Post_Remove_Cleanup on all members
[1] Post_Remove_Cleanup package(s) on switch 1
[1] Finished Post_Remove_Cleanup on switch 1
Checking status of Post_Remove_Cleanup on [1]
Post_Remove_Cleanup: Passed on [1]
Finished Post_Remove_Cleanup
 
SUCCESS: install_remove Tue Mar 17 19:52:25 UTC 2020
Switch#

Step 2

Copy new image to flash

copy tftp: flash:

Use this command to copy the new image to flash: (or skip this step if you want to use the new image from your TFTP server)

Switch# copy tftp://10.8.0.6//cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin flash:
destination filename [cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin]?
Accessing tftp://10.8.0.6//cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin...
Loading /cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin from 10.8.0.6 (via GigabitEthernet0/0): 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 601216545 bytes]
 
601216545 bytes copied in 50.649 secs (11870255 bytes/sec)

dir flash:

Use this command to confirm that the image has been successfully copied to flash.

Switch# dir flash:*.bin
Directory of flash:/*.bin
 
Directory of flash:/
 
434184 -rw- 601216545 Mar 17 2020 10:18:11 -07:00 cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin
11353194496 bytes total (8976625664 bytes free)

Step 3

Set boot variable

boot system flash:packages.conf
Use this command to set the boot variable to flash:packages.conf .
```
Switch(config)# boot system flash:packages.conf
Switch(config)# exit
```
write memory
Use this command to save boot settings.
```
Switch# write memory
```
show boot system
Use this command to verify the boot variable is set to flash:packages.conf .

The output should display BOOT variable = flash:packages.conf .
```
Switch# show boot system
```

Step 4

Software install image to flash

request platform software package install
install add file activate commit

You can point to the source image on your TFTP server or in flash if you have it copied to flash. We recommend copying the image to a TFTP server or the flash drive of the active switch. If you point to an image on the flash or USB drive of a member switch (instead of the active), you must specify the exact flash or USB drive - otherwise installation fails. For example, if the image is on the flash drive of member switch 3 (flash-3): Switch# request platform software package install switch all file flash-3:cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin auto-copy.

The following sample output displays installation of the Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 software image to flash, by using the request platform software package install command, for upgrade scenario Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1.

Switch# request platform software package install switch all file flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin auto-copy
 
--- Starting install local lock acquisition on switch 1 ---
Finished install local lock acquisition on switch 1
 
Expanding image file: flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin
[1]: Copying flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin from switch 1 to switch 2 3
[2 3]: Finished copying to switch 2 3
[1 2 3]: Expanding file
[1 2 3]: Finished expanding all-in-one software package in switch 1 2 3
SUCCESS: Finished expanding all-in-one software package.
[1 2 3]: Performing install
SUCCESS: install finished
[1]: install package(s) on switch 1
--- Starting list of software package changes ---
Old files list:
Removed cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-espbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-guestshell.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpboot.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipspa.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-webui.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-wlc.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
New files list:
Added cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Finished list of software package changes
SUCCESS: Software provisioned. New software will load on reboot.
[1]: Finished install successful on switch 1
[2]: install package(s) on switch 2
--- Starting list of software package changes ---
Old files list:
Removed cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-espbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-guestshell.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpboot.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipspa.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-webui.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-wlc.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
New files list:
Added cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Finished list of software package changes
SUCCESS: Software provisioned. New software will load on reboot.
[2]: Finished install successful on switch 2
[3]: install package(s) on switch 3
--- Starting list of software package changes ---
Old files list:
Removed cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-espbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-guestshell.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpboot.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipspa.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-webui.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-wlc.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
New files list:
Added cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Finished list of software package changes
SUCCESS: Software provisioned. New software will load on reboot.
[3]: Finished install successful on switch 3
Checking status of install on [1 2 3]
[1 2 3]: Finished install in switch 1 2 3
SUCCESS: Finished install: Success on [1 2 3]

Note

Old files listed in the logs are not removed from flash.

The following sample output displays installation of the Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 software image to flash, by using the install add file activate commit command, for upgrade scenario Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1:

Switch# install add file flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin activate commit
 
install_add_activate_commit: START Tue Mar 17 19:54:51 UTC 2020
 
System configuration has been modified.
Press Yes(y) to save the configuration and proceed.
Press No(n) for proceeding without saving the configuration.
Press Quit(q) to exit, you may save configuration and re-enter the command. [y/n/q]y 
Building configuration...
 
[OK]Modified configuration has been saved
 
*Mar 17 19:54:55.633: %IOSXE-5-PLATFORM: Switch 1 R0/0: Mar 17 19:54:55 install_engine.sh: 
%INSTALL-5-INSTALL_START_INFO: Started install one-shot flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bininstall_add_activate_commit: Adding PACKAGE
 
This operation requires a reload of the system. Do you want to proceed?
Please confirm you have changed boot config to flash:packages.conf [y/n]y
 
--- Starting initial file syncing ---
Info: Finished copying flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.bin to the selected switch(es)
Finished initial file syncing
 
--- Starting Add ---
Performing Add on all members
[1] Add package(s) on switch 1
[1] Finished Add on switch 1
Checking status of Add on [1]
Add: Passed on [1]
Finished Add
 
install_add_activate_commit: Activating PACKAGE
Following packages shall be activated:
/flash/cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
 
This operation requires a reload of the system. Do you want to proceed? [y/n]y
--- Starting Activate ---
Performing Activate on all members
[1] Activate package(s) on switch 1
[1] Finished Activate on switch 1
Checking status of Activate on [1]
Activate: Passed on [1]
Finished Activate
 
--- Starting Commit ---
Performing Commit on all members
 
*Mar 17 19:57:41.145: %IOSXE-5-PLATFORM: Switch 1 R0/0: Mar 17 19:57:41 rollback_timer.sh: 
%INSTALL-5-INSTALL_AUTO_ABORT_TIMER_PROGRESS: Install auto abort timer will expire in 7200 seconds [1] Commit package(s) on switch 1
[1] Finished Commit on switch 1
Checking status of Commit on [1]
Commit: Passed on [1]
Finished Commit
 
Install will reload the system now!
SUCCESS: install_add_activate_commit Tue Mar 17 19:57:48 UTC 2020
Switch#

Note

The system reloads automatically after executing the install add file activate commit command. You do not have to manually reload the system.

Step 5

dir flash:

After the software has been successfully installed, use this command to verify that the flash partition has ten new .pkg files and two .conf files.

The following is sample output of the dir flash: command for upgrade scenario Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1:

Switch# dir flash:*.pkg
 
Directory of flash:/*.pkg
Directory of flash:/
475140 -rw- 2012104   Jul 26 2017 09:52:41 -07:00 cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475141 -rw- 70333380  Jul 26 2017 09:52:44 -07:00 cat9k-espbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475142 -rw- 13256     Jul 26 2017 09:52:44 -07:00 cat9k-guestshell.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475143 -rw- 349635524 Jul 26 2017 09:52:54 -07:00 cat9k-rpbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475149 -rw- 24248187  Jul 26 2017 09:53:02 -07:00 cat9k-rpboot.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475144 -rw- 25285572  Jul 26 2017 09:52:55 -07:00 cat9k-sipbase.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475145 -rw- 20947908  Jul 26 2017 09:52:55 -07:00 cat9k-sipspa.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475146 -rw- 2962372   Jul 26 2017 09:52:56 -07:00 cat9k-srdriver.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475147 -rw- 13284288  Jul 26 2017 09:52:56 -07:00 cat9k-webui.16.06.01.SPA.pkg
475148 -rw- 13248     Jul 26 2017 09:52:56 -07:00 cat9k-wlc.16.06.01.SPA.pkg

491524 -rw- 25711568  Mar 17 2020 11:49:33 -07:00 cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491525 -rw- 78484428  Mar 17 2020 11:49:35 -07:00 cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491526 -rw- 1598412   Mar 17 2020 11:49:35 -07:00 cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491527 -rw- 404153288 Mar 17 2020 11:49:47 -07:00 cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491533 -rw- 31657374  Mar 17 2020 11:50:09 -07:00 cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491528 -rw- 27681740  Mar 17 2020 11:49:48 -07:00 cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491529 -rw- 52224968  Mar 17 2020 11:49:49 -07:00 cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491530 -rw- 31130572  Mar 17 2020 11:49:50 -07:00 cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491531 -rw- 14783432  Mar 17 2020 11:49:51 -07:00 cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491532 -rw- 9160      Mar 17 2020 11:49:51 -07:00 cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg

11353194496 bytes total (8963174400 bytes free)

The following is sample output of the dir flash: command for the Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 upgrade scenario:

Switch# dir flash:*.pkg
 
Directory of flash:/
475140 -rw- 2012104   Nov 26 2019 09:52:41 -07:00 cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475141 -rw- 70333380  Nov 26 2019 09:52:44 -07:00 cat9k-espbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475142 -rw- 13256     Nov 26 2019 09:52:44 -07:00 cat9k-guestshell.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475143 -rw- 349635524 Nov 26 2019 09:52:54 -07:00 cat9k-rpbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475149 -rw- 24248187  Nov 26 2019 09:53:02 -07:00 cat9k-rpboot.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475144 -rw- 25285572  Nov 26 2019 09:52:55 -07:00 cat9k-sipbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475145 -rw- 20947908  Nov 26 2019 09:52:55 -07:00 cat9k-sipspa.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475146 -rw- 2962372   Nov 26 2019 09:52:56 -07:00 cat9k-srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475147 -rw- 13284288  Nov 26 2019 09:52:56 -07:00 cat9k-webui.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
475148 -rw- 13248     Nov 26 2019 09:52:56 -07:00 cat9k-wlc.17.01.01.SPA.pkg

491524 -rw- 25711568  Mar 17 2020 11:49:33 -07:00 cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491525 -rw- 78484428  Mar 17 2020 11:49:35 -07:00 cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491526 -rw- 1598412   Mar 17 2020 11:49:35 -07:00 cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491527 -rw- 404153288 Mar 17 2020 11:49:47 -07:00 cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491533 -rw- 31657374  Mar 17 2020 11:50:09 -07:00 cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491528 -rw- 27681740  Mar 17 2020 11:49:48 -07:00 cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491529 -rw- 52224968  Mar 17 2020 11:49:49 -07:00 cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491530 -rw- 31130572  Mar 17 2020 11:49:50 -07:00 cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491531 -rw- 14783432  Mar 17 2020 11:49:51 -07:00 cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
491532 -rw- 9160      Mar 17 2020 11:49:51 -07:00 cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
11353194496 bytes total (9544245248 bytes free)
Switch#

The following sample output displays the .conf files in the flash partition; note the two .conf files:

packages.conf—the file that has been re-written with the newly installed .pkg files
cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.conf— a backup copy of the newly installed packages.conf file

Switch# dir flash:*.conf
 
Directory of flash:/*.conf
Directory of flash:/

434197 -rw- 7406 Mar 17 2020 10:59:16 -07:00 packages.conf
516098 -rw- 7406 Mar 17 2020 10:58:08 -07:00 cat9k_iosxe.17.02.01.SPA.conf
11353194496 bytes total (8963174400 bytes free)

Step 6

upgrade rom-monitor capsule golden switch[ number] R0

Use this command to upgrade the ROMMON version. After you enter the command, confirm upgrade at the system prompt.

For more information about this, see Upgrading the ROMMON in this document.


Switch# upgrade rom-monitor capsule golden switch active R0 
This operation will reload the switch and take a few minutes to complete. Do you want to proceed (y/n)? [confirm]y
Switch#
Initializing Hardware...
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Step 7

Reload

reload
Use this command to reload the switch.
```
Switch# reload
```
boot flash:
If your switches are configured with auto boot, then the stack will automatically boot up with the new image. If not, you can manually boot flash:packages.conf
```
Switch: boot flash:packages.conf
```

show version

After the image boots up, use this command to verify the version of the new image.

Note

When you boot the new image, the boot loader is automatically updated, but the new bootloader version is not displayed in the output until the next reload.

The following sample output of the show version command displays the Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 image on the device:

Switch# show version
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 17.02.01
Cisco IOS Software [Amsterdam], Catalyst L3 Switch Software (CAT9K_IOSXE), Version 17.2.1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2020 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
<output truncated>

Downgrading in Install Mode

Follow these instructions to downgrade from one release to another, in install mode. To perform a software image downgrade, you must be booted into IOS through boot flash:packages.conf .

Before you begin

Note that you can use this procedure for the following downgrade scenarios:


When downgrading from ...	Use these commands...	To downgrade to...
Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1	Either install commands or request platform software commands	Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.x or an earlier release.

Starting from Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1, a new microcode is introduced to support IEEE 802.3bt Type 3 standard for UPOE switches in the series (C9300-24U, C9300-48U, C9300-24UX, C9300-48UXM, C9300-48UN). The new microcode is not backward-compatible with some releases, because of which you must also downgrade the microcode when you downgrade to one of these releases. If the microcode is not downgraded, PoE features will be impacted after the downgrade.

Depending on the release you are downgrading to and the commands you use to downgrade, review the table below for the action you may have to take:


When downgrading from ...	To one of These Releases	by Using...	Action For Microcode Downgrade
Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1 or a later release	Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1 through Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.6 Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1 through Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.2	install commands	Microcode will roll back automatically as part of the software installation. No further action is required.
Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1 or a later release		request platform software commands or or bundle boot	Manually downgrade the microcode before downgrading the software image. Enter the hw-module mcu rollback command in global configuration mode, to downgrade microcode.

The sample output in this section shows downgrade from Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.1, using install commands.

Important

The release in which a switch model is introduced is the minimum software version for that model. New switch models that are introduced in a release cannot be downgraded. If you add a new switch model to an existing stack, we recommend upgrading all existing switches to the latest release.

Procedure

Step 1

Clean Up

Ensure that you have at least 1GB of space in flash to expand a new image. Clean up old installation files in case of insufficient space.

request platform software package clean
install remove inactive

The following sample output displays the cleaning up of Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1 files using the install remove inactive command:

Switch# install remove inactive
 
install_remove: START Tue Mar 17 19:51:48 UTC 2020
Cleaning up unnecessary package files
Scanning boot directory for packages ... done.
Preparing packages list to delete ...
done.
 
The following files will be deleted:
[switch 1]:
/flash/cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/packages.conf
 
Do you want to remove the above files? [y/n]y
[switch 1]:
Deleting file flash:cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg ... done.
Deleting file flash:packages.conf ... done.
SUCCESS: Files deleted.

--- Starting Post_Remove_Cleanup ---
Performing Post_Remove_Cleanup on all members
[1] Post_Remove_Cleanup package(s) on switch 1
[1] Finished Post_Remove_Cleanup on switch 1
Checking status of Post_Remove_Cleanup on [1]
Post_Remove_Cleanup: Passed on [1]
Finished Post_Remove_Cleanup
 
SUCCESS: install_remove Tue Mar 17 19:52:25 UTC 2020
Switch#

Step 2

Copy new image to flash

copy tftp: flash:

Use this command to copy the new image to flash: (or skip this step if you want to use the new image from your TFTP server)

Switch# copy tftp://10.8.0.6//cat9k_iosxe.17.01.01.SPA.bin flash:
Destination filename [cat9k_iosxe.17.01.01.SPA.bin]?
Accessing tftp://10.8.0.6//cat9k_iosxe.17.01.01.SPA.bin...
Loading /cat9k_iosxe.17.01.01.SPA.bin from 10.8.0.6 (via GigabitEthernet0/0): 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 508584771 bytes]
508584771 bytes copied in 101.005 secs (5035244 bytes/sec)

dir flash:

Use this command to confirm that the image has been successfully copied to flash.

Switch# dir flash:*.bin
Directory of flash:/*.bin
 
Directory of flash:/
 
434184 -rw- 508584771 Mar 17 2020 13:35:16 -07:00 cat9k_iosxe.17.01.01.SPA.bin
11353194496 bytes total (9055866880 bytes free)

Step 3

Downgrade software image

install add file activate commit
request platform software package install

The following example displays the installation of the Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.1 software image to flash with microcode downgrade, by using the install add file activate commit command.

Switch# install add file flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.01.01.SPA.bin activate commit

install_add_activate_commit: START Tue Mar 17 23:51:14 UTC 2020
install_add_activate_commit: Adding PACKAGE
install_add_activate_commit: Checking whether new add is allowed ....

--- Starting initial file syncing ---
Info: Finished copying flash:cat9k_iosxe.17.01.01.SPA.bin to the selected switch(es)
Finished initial file syncing

--- Starting Add ---
Performing Add on all members
[1] Add package(s) on switch 1
[1] Finished Add on switch 1
Checking status of Add on [1]
Add: Passed on [1]
Finished Add

Image added. Version: 16.6.1.0.202
install_add_activate_commit: Activating PACKAGE
Following packages shall be activated:
/flash/cat9k-webui.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipspa.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-sipbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpboot.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-rpbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-guestshell.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-espbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
/flash/cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg

This operation may require a reload of the system. Do you want to proceed? [y/n]y
--- Starting Activate ---
Performing Activate on all members
[1] Activate package(s) on switch 1
--- Starting list of software package changes ---
Old files list:
Removed cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-espbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-guestshell.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-rpboot.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipbase.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-sipspa.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-srdriver.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-webui.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
Removed cat9k-wlc.17.02.01.SPA.pkg
New files list:
Added cat9k-cc_srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-espbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-guestshell.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-rpboot.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipbase.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-sipspa.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-srdriver.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Added cat9k-webui.17.01.01.SPA.pkg
Finished list of software package changes
[1] Finished Activate on switch 1
Checking status of Activate on [1]
Activate: Passed on [1]
Finished Activate

--- Starting Commit ---
Performing Commit on all members
[1] Commit package(s) on switch 1
[1] Finished Commit on switch 1
Checking status of Commit on [1]
Commit: Passed on [1]
Finished Commit

[1]: Performing Upgrade_Service
%IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOTLOADER_UPGRADE: (local/local): Starting boot preupgrade
300+0 records in
300+0 records out
307200 bytes (307 kB, 300 KiB) copied, 0.315648 s, 973 kB/s
/tmp/microcode_update/boot_pkg/nyquist/usr/platform/polaris_adelphi_rommon_sb.bin: No such file or directory
MM [1] MCU version 127 sw ver 172
MM [2] MCU version 127 sw ver 172


MCU UPGRADE IN PROGRESS... PLEASE DO NOT POWER CYCLE!!

Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: found 4 microcode images for 1 device.
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_0 update needed: no
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_1 update needed: yes
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_2 update needed: yes
Image for front-end 0: /tmp/microcode_update/front_end/fe_type_6_3 update needed: no

Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device microcode...
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=0 ...594412 bytes.... Skipped[0].
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=1 ...409334 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rwRrrrrrrw..0%..........................................................................10%............................................................................20%............................................................................30%............................................................................40%............................................................................50%............................................................................60%............................................................................70%............................................................................80%............................................................................90%............................................................................100%
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=2 ...25210 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rrrrrrw..0%....10%....20%......30%...40%......50%....60%......70%...80%......90%....100%w

% Front-end Microcode IMG download pre-reload on sub=0
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0], index=3 ...90974 bytes.... Skipped[3].
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Microcode programming complete in 263 seconds


MCU UPGRADE COMPLETED!!... SUCCESS: Upgrade_Service finished
Install will reload the system now!
SUCCESS: install_add_activate_commit Tue Mar 17 23:59:48 UTC 2020
Switch#

Note

The system reloads automatically after executing the install add file activate commit command. You do not have to manually reload the system.

Step 4

Reload

reload
Use this command to reload the switch.
```
Switch# reload
```

boot flash:

If your switches are configured with auto boot, then the stack will automatically boot up with the new image. If not, you can manually boot flash:packages.conf

Switch: boot flash:packages.conf

Note

When you downgrade the software image, the boot loader will not automatically downgrade. It will remain updated.

show version

After the image boots up, use this command to verify the version of the new image.

Note

When you boot the new image, the boot loader is automatically updated, but the new bootloader version is not displayed in the output until the next reload.

The following sample output of the show version command displays the Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.1.1 image on the device:

Switch# show version
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 17.01.01
Cisco IOS Software [Amsterdam], Catalyst L3 Switch Software (CAT9K_IOSXE), Version 17.1.1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2020 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
<output truncated>

Licensing

This section provides information about the licensing packages for features available on Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Switches.

License Levels

The software features available on Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches fall under these base or add-on license levels.

Base Licenses

Network Essentials
Network Advantage—Includes features available with the Network Essentials license and more.

Add-On Licenses

Add-On Licenses require a Network Essentials or Network Advantage as a pre-requisite. The features available with add-on license levels provide Cisco innovations on the switch, as well as on the Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (Cisco DNA Center).

DNA Essentials
DNA Advantage— Includes features available with the DNA Essentials license and more.

To find information about platform support and to know which license levels a feature is available with, use Cisco Feature Navigator. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to https://cfnng.cisco.com. An account on cisco.com is not required.

License Types

The following license types are available:

Permanent—for a license level, and without an expiration date.
Term—for a license level, and for a three, five, or seven year period.
Evaluation—a license that is not registered.

License Levels - Usage Guidelines

Base licenses (Network Essentials and Network-Advantage) are ordered and fulfilled only with a permanent license type.
Add-on licenses (DNA Essentials and DNA Advantage) are ordered and fulfilled only with a term license type.
An add-on license level is included when you choose a network license level. If you use DNA features, renew the license before term expiry, to continue using it, or deactivate the add-on license and then reload the switch to continue operating with the base license capabilities.

When ordering an add-on license with a base license, note the combinations that are permitted and those that are not permitted:

Table 4. Permitted Combinations
	DNA Essentials	DNA Advantage
Network Essentials	Yes	No
Network Advantage	Yes⁵	Yes

⁵ You will be able to purchase this combination only at the time of the DNA license renewal and not when you purchase DNA-Essentials the first time.

Evaluation licenses cannot be ordered. They are not tracked via Cisco Smart Software Manager and expire after a 90-day period. Evaluation licenses can be used only once on the switch and cannot be regenerated. Warning system messages about an evaluation license expiry are generated only 275 days after expiration and every week thereafter. An expired evaluation license cannot be reactivated after reload. This applies only to Smart Licensing. The notion of evaluation licenses does not apply to Smart Licensing Using Policy.

Cisco Smart Licensing

Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible licensing model that provides you with an easier, faster, and more consistent way to purchase and manage software across the Cisco portfolio and across your organization. And it’s secure – you control what users can access. With Smart Licensing you get:

Easy Activation: Smart Licensing establishes a pool of software licenses that can be used across the entire organization—no more PAKs (Product Activation Keys).
Unified Management: My Cisco Entitlements (MCE) provides a complete view into all of your Cisco products and services in an easy-to-use portal, so you always know what you have and what you are using.
License Flexibility: Your software is not node-locked to your hardware, so you can easily use and transfer licenses as needed.

To use Smart Licensing, you must first set up a Smart Account on Cisco Software Central (http://software.cisco.com).

Important

Cisco Smart Licensing is the default and the only available method to manage licenses.

For a more detailed overview on Cisco Licensing, go to cisco.com/go/licensingguide.

Deploying Smart Licensing

The following provides a process overview of a day 0 to day N deployment directly initiated from a device that is running Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1 or later releases. Links to the configuration guide provide detailed information to help you complete each one of the smaller tasks.

Procedure

Step 1

Begin by establishing a connection from your network to Cisco Smart Software Manager on cisco.com.

In the software configuration guide of the required release, see System Management → Configuring Smart Licensing → Connecting to CSSM

Step 2

Create and activate your Smart Account, or login if you already have one.

To create and activate Smart Account, go to Cisco Software Central → Create Smart Accounts. Only authorized users can activate the Smart Account.

Step 3

Complete the Cisco Smart Software Manager set up.

Accept the Smart Software Licensing Agreement.
Set up the required number of Virtual Accounts, users and access rights for the virtual account users.

Virtual accounts help you organize licenses by business unit, product type, IT group, and so on.
Generate the registration token in the Cisco Smart Software Manager portal and register your device with the token.

In the software configuration guide of the required release, see System Management → Configuring Smart Licensing → Registering the Device in CSSM

With this,

The device is now in an authorized state and ready to use.
The licenses that you have purchased are displayed in your Smart Account.

Using Smart Licensing on an Out-of-the-Box Device

Starting from Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1, if an out-of-the-box device has the software version factory-provisioned, all licenses on such a device remain in evaluation mode until registered in Cisco Smart Software Manager.

In the software configuration guide of the required release, see System Management → Configuring Smart Licensing → Registering the Device in CSSM

Scaling Guidelines

For information about feature scaling guidelines, see the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches datasheet at:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-9300-series-switches/datasheet-c78-738977.html

Limitations and Restrictions

Control Plane Policing (CoPP)—The show run command does not display information about classes configured under system-cpp policy, when they are left at default values. Use the show policy-map system-cpp-policy or the show policy-map control-plane commands in privileged EXEC mode instead.
Cisco TrustSec restrictions—Cisco TrustSec can be configured only on physical interfaces, not on logical interfaces.
Flexible NetFlow limitations
- You cannot configure NetFlow export using the Ethernet Management port (GigabitEthernet0/0).
- You can not configure a flow monitor on logical interfaces, such as layer 2 port-channels, loopback, tunnels.
- You can not configure multiple flow monitors of same type (ipv4, ipv6 or datalink) on the same interface for same direction.
QoS restrictions
- When configuring QoS queuing policy, the sum of the queuing buffer should not exceed 100%.
- For QoS policies, only switched virtual interfaces (SVI) are supported for logical interfaces.
- QoS policies are not supported for port-channel interfaces, tunnel interfaces, and other logical interfaces.
- Stack Queuing and Scheduling (SQS) drops CPU bound packets exceeding 1.4 Gbps.
Secure Shell (SSH)
- Use SSH Version 2. SSH Version 1 is not supported.
- When the device is running SCP and SSH cryptographic operations, expect high CPU until the SCP read process is completed. SCP supports file transfers between hosts on a network and uses SSH for the transfer.
  
  Since SCP and SSH operations are currently not supported on the hardware crypto engine, running encryption and decryption process in software causes high CPU. The SCP and SSH processes can show as much as 40 or 50 percent CPU usage, but they do not cause the device to shutdown.
Stacking:
- A switch stack supports up to eight stack members.
- Only homogenous stacking is supported, mixed stacking is not.
  
  C9300 SKUs can be stacked only with other C9300 SKUs. Similarly C9300L SKUs can be stacked only with other C9300L SKUs.
  
  The following additional restriction applies to the C9300-24UB, C9300-24UXB, and C9300-48UB models of the series: These models can be stacked only with each other. They cannot be stacked with other C9300 SKUs.
- Auto upgrade for a new member switch is supported only in the install mode.
TACACS legacy command: Do not configure the legacy tacacs-server host command; this command is deprecated. If the software version running on your device is Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.2 or a later release, using the legacy command can cause authentication failures. Use the tacacs server command in global configuration mode.
USB Authentication—When you connect a Cisco USB drive to the switch, the switch tries to authenticate the drive against an existing encrypted preshared key. Since the USB drive does not send a key for authentication, the following message is displayed on the console when you enter password encryption aes command:
```
Device(config)# password encryption aes
Master key change notification called without new or old key
```
VLAN Restriction—It is advisable to have well-defined segregation while defining data and voice domain during switch configuration and to maintain a data VLAN different from voice VLAN across the switch stack. If the same VLAN is configured for data and voice domains on an interface, the resulting high CPU utilization might affect the device.
Wired Application Visibility and Control limitations:
- NBAR2 (QoS and Protocol-discovery) configuration is allowed only on wired physical ports. It is not supported on virtual interfaces, for example, VLAN, port channel nor other logical interfaces.
- NBAR2 based match criteria ‘match protocol’ is allowed only with marking or policing actions. NBAR2 match criteria will not be allowed in a policy that has queuing features configured.
- ‘Match Protocol’: up to 256 concurrent different protocols in all policies.
- NBAR2 and Legacy NetFlow cannot be configured together at the same time on the same interface. However, NBAR2 and wired AVC Flexible NetFlow can be configured together on the same interface.
- Only IPv4 unicast (TCP/UDP) is supported.
- AVC is not supported on management port (Gig 0/0)
- NBAR2 attachment should be done only on physical access ports. Uplink can be attached as long as it is a single uplink and is not part of a port channel.
- Performance—Each switch member is able to handle 2000 connections per second (CPS) at less than 50% CPU utilization. Above this rate, AVC service is not guaranteed.
- Scale—Able to handle up to 20000 bi-directional flows per 24 access ports and per 48 access ports.
YANG data modeling limitation—A maximum of 20 simultaneous NETCONF sessions are supported.
Embedded Event Manager—Identity event detector is not supported on Embedded Event Manager.
The File System Check (fsck) utility is not supported in install mode.

Caveats

Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS-XE releases. Caveats listed as open in a prior release are carried forward to the next release as either open or resolved.

Cisco Bug Search Tool

The Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST) allows partners and customers to search for software bugs based on product, release, and keyword, and aggregates key data such as bug details, product, and version. The BST is designed to improve the effectiveness in network risk management and device troubleshooting. The tool has a provision to filter bugs based on credentials to provide external and internal bug views for the search input.

To view the details of a caveat, click on the identifier.

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.x


Identifier	Description
CSCvs22896	DHCPv6 RELAY-REPLY packet is being dropped
CSCvs84212	DHCP server sends out a NAK packet during DHCP renewal process.
CSCvs97551	Unable to use VLAN range 4084-4095 for any business operations
CSCvt13518	QoS ACL matching incorrectly when udp range is used
CSCvt27720	Interface remains down, down after changing access vlan and bouncing interface.

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1


Identifier	Description
CSCvr28169	Fed crashes when show cli for btrace counters is executed
CSCvr45526	PSU detection & links failure causes power denial to all the PDs after multiple reloads
CSCvr87505	Mac addr count discrepancy b/w active/standby fed post core flap / sso even when no VC discrepancy
CSCvr87767	PDs not detected and powered up on 9300 with 2-pair cables
CSCvr98281	After valid ip conflict, SVI admin down responds to GARP
CSCvs14893	802.1x-MultiAuth/MultiDomain: C9K - Traffic drop in egress direction for Data-Vlan on a Auth port

Troubleshooting

For the most up-to-date, detailed troubleshooting information, see the Cisco TAC website at this URL:

https://www.cisco.com/en/US/support/index.html

Go to Product Support and select your product from the list or enter the name of your product. Look under Troubleshoot and Alerts, to find information for the problem that you are experiencing.

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