[c-nsp] c3750x upgrade to 12.2(55)SE1 takes forever

[Nick Hilliard]

On 25/12/2010 04:24, Frank Bulk - iName.com wrote:
> Would this apply to the 3750 Metro, too?

No idea - I don't have any of these in service.

Nick

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> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:28 PM
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> Subject: [c-nsp] c3750x upgrade to 12.2(55)SE1 takes forever
>
> Just a heads-up for those planning to upgrade to 12.2(55)SE1 on the 3750X
> platform: this version includes both a bootloader upgrade and a hardware
> microcode upgrade.  I did a upgrade on a C3750X stack several days ago,
> which took fully 38 minutes of nail-scratching downtime before all stack
> members were back in service.
>
> It doesn't mention the microcode upgrade in the release notes, nor give any
> hint that the upgrade will take a very long time indeed.  If there's anyone
> from Cisco listening: it would really help if this sort of thing was
> mentioned in the release notes - please!  Not everyone is in a position to
> lab-test their upgrades.
>
> Nick
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