Supported Upgrade Path—Standalone Nodes

Use the GigaVUE‑OS Upgrade Summary table to determine the path to upgrade your GigaVUE HC Series and GigaVUE TA Series nodes to GigaVUE‑OS 5.12.xx.

Upgrade Notes:

  • All upgrades start and end by saving the node’s configuration with the write memory command.
  • Upgrades of GigaVUE‑HC1, GigaVUE‑HC2, and GigaVUE‑HC3 can skip all steps related to Control Card Version 2.
  • Refer to Upgrade Summary – Clustered Nodes for considerations when upgrading nodes in a cluster.
  • It is recommended that you enable the syslogs with the minimum severity level set to 'info' to help with troubleshooting upgrade issues, if any. After successful upgrade, you can revert to the desired severity level for the syslogs.

Important— Before any upgrade, save your current configuration. Refer to Device Configuration Backup for guidance.

GigaVUE‑OS Upgrade Summary

To upgrade GigaVUE TA Series, GigaVUE‑HC1, GigaVUE‑HC2, and GigaVUE‑HC3 nodes to a 5.12.xx release:

  1. Use the show images command to display the existing image file names. For the maximum number of images allowed, refer to Check Number of Images
  2. Delete all available image files using the image delete <filename.img> command.
  3. Fetch and install the 5.12.xx software image (based on the node information) and bootloader, set next boot, and reload.
Important—Before upgrading to 5.12.xx, verify the recommended upgrade path below. For the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release information, refer to the Gigamon Software Life Cycle FAQ article on the Gigamon Community.
Note—You can upgrade directly from GigaVUE-OS 5.10.xx or 5.11.xx to 5.12.xx. To upgrade from older versions, please refer to Table 1: GigaVUE‑OS Upgrade Summary .
Note—You can upgrade directly from GigaVUE-OS 5.10.xx or 5.12.xx to 5.13.xx. To upgrade from older versions, please refer to Table 1: GigaVUE‑OS Upgrade Summary .
Note—You can upgrade directly from GigaVUE-OS 5.10.xx or 5.13.xx to 5.14.xx. To upgrade from older versions, please refer to Table 1: GigaVUE‑OS Upgrade Summary .

Table 1: GigaVUE‑OS Upgrade Summary

To upgrade to 5.12.xx from...

Use the recommended upgrade path for the device...

  

GigaVUE‑HC3 and GigaVUE-TA Series

GigaVUE-HC1

GigaVUE‑HC2

v5.11.xx

5.11.xx► 5.12.xx

5.11.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.11.xx► 5.12.xx

v5.10.xx

5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.10.xx► 5.12.xx

v5.9.xx

5.9.xx ► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.9.xx►  5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.9.xx► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ►  ► 5.12.xx

v5.8.xx

5.8.xx ► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.8.xx ►  5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.8.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

v5.7.xx

5.7.xx ► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.7.xx►5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx► 5.12.xx

v5.6.xx

5.6.xx ► 5.7.xx► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.6.xx ►  5.7.xx ►  5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx► 5.12.xx

5.6.xx►  5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx
 
Note: For older versions of GigaVUE-OS, refer to GigaVUE‑OS Legacy Upgrades.
Version Notes—The upgrade paths are mostly the same across platforms, with one noted exception:

**5.9.01.03 on GigaVUE-HC1: When upgrading GigaVUE-HC1 to GigaVUE‑OS 5.10.xx, add the 5.9.01.03 hot patch to increase the allowed image size to support the upgrade.

**5.9.01.16 on GigaVUE-HC2: When upgrading GigaVUE-HC2 to GigaVUE‑OS 5.10.xx, add the 5.9.01.16 hot patch to increase the allowed image size to support the upgrade.

After 5.10.xx, the upgrade paths are the same across platforms.

Note: If you are installing the SMT-HC1-S module in a GigaVUE-HC1 Chassis, use the recommended upgrade path specific to this module. Refer to SMT-HC1-S (Gen 3 GigaSMART Card), for details.

To upgrade GigaVUE TA Series, GigaVUE‑HC1, GigaVUE‑HC2, and GigaVUE‑HC3 from older versions of GigaVUE-OS, prior to v5.6.xx, use the paths specified for the device in Table 1: GigaVUE‑OS Upgrade Summary .

Table 2: GigaVUE‑OS Legacy Upgrades

To upgrade to 5.12.xx from...

Use the recommended upgrade path for the device...

GigaVUE‑HC3 and
GigaVUE-TA Series

GigaVUE-HC1

GigaVUE‑HC2

v5.5.xx

5.5.xx► 5.7.xx ► 5.10.xx***► 5.12.xx

5.5.xx► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.5.xx► 5.6.xx* ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

v5.4.xx

5.4.xx►  5.7.xx ► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.4.xx► 5.6.xx* ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

v5.3.xx

5.3.xx► 5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.10.xx** ► 5.12.xx

5.3.xx► 5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.3.xx► 5.4.xx ► 5.6.xx* ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

v5.2.xx

5.2.xx► 5.3.xx ► 5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.2.xx► 5.3.xx ► 5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.2.xx► 5.3.xx ► 5.4.xx ► 5.6.xx* ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

v5.1.xx

5.1.xx►  5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

5.1.xx► 5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

5.1.xx►  5.4.xx ► 5.6.xx* ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

pre-5.1

pre-5.1►  5.1.xx ► 5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.10.xx*** ► 5.12.xx

pre-5.1► 5.1.xx ► 5.4.xx ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.03** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx

pre-5.1► 5.1.xx ► 5.4.xx ► 5.6.xx* ► 5.7.xx ► 5.9.01.16** ► 5.10.xx ► 5.12.xx
Version Notes—The upgrade paths are mostly the same across platforms, with a few noted exceptions:

*5.6 on GigaVUE-HC2: GigaVUE-HC2 requires upgrading to 5.6.xx prior to upgrading to 5.7.xx due to an increase in the memory requirements.

**5.9.01.03 on GigaVUE-HC1 When upgrading GigaVUE-HC1 to GigaVUE‑OS 5.10.xx, add the 5.9.01.03 hot patch to increase the allowed image size to support the upgrade.

**5.9.01.16 on GigaVUE-HC2: When upgrading GigaVUE-HC2 to GigaVUE‑OS 5.10.xx, add the 5.9.01.16 hot patch to increase the allowed image size to support the upgrade.