[c-nsp] Upgrading 3750G stacks - SMI to EMI

[Ray Burkholder]

Take a look at the release notes, or detailed switch docs.  There are
instructions for upgrading all switches at once. 

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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> Afsheen Bigdeli
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 13:26
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Upgrading 3750G stacks - SMI to EMI
> 
> I'm in the process of planning an upgrade to a stack of 
> WS-C3750G-24TS's from the 12.2(25) SMI (basic) to EMI 
> (advanced IP services) image in situ. If anyone who's had 
> experience with this could drop me a line, I'd appreciate it. 
> My concerns are:
> 
> 1) After I've copied the new image over to the stack master, 
> will all of the other switches be upgraded as well? The 
> documentation that was provided with the upgrade CD seems to 
> strongly imply this. If so, great! 
> If not, I'll have an EMI image stack master and SMI image 
> stack members, which I'd prefer to avoid. My specific concern 
> is that the stack master will fail at some point, and then 
> any EMI-related functionality will disappear with it.
> 
> 
> 2) I'm assuming a switch reload will be necessary 
> post-upgrade. Are there any caveats / potential gotchas I 
> need to be aware of, beyond the usual? I've explicitly 
> specified the stack master in the running config, so I'm not 
> worried about accidentally having an SMI switch win the 
> master election process.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> --afsheenb
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