Supported Upgrade Paths for GigaVUE-FM

Supported upgrade paths for GigaVUE-FM 5.8 and above:

You can upgrade your GigaVUE-FM instance to any of the subsequent two versions. For example, you can upgrade your GigaVUE-FM 5.8.xx instance to either GigaVUE-FM 5.9.xx or 5.10.xx. If you want to upgrade your GigaVUE-FM 5.8.xx to 6.5.xx, your supported upgrade path is 5.8.xx > 5.10.xx > 5.12.xx > 5.14.xx > 5.16.xx > 6.1.xx > 6.3.xx > 6.5.xx.

NOTES:

  • For upgrades to versions 5.11.xx and 5.12.xx, a password change is mandated.
  • For all other versions, the password change is mandated only if the current password is a default password.

*Password change is mandated for all passwords during upgrade.
**Password change is only mandated if the current password is using the default password.

  • Best Practice: Always upgrade your GigaVUE-FM instance before upgrading the GigaVUE-OS nodes. You can upgrade the attached nodes from the device or from GigaVUE-FM. The latter is recommended. Refer to “Upgrading Software on a GigaVUE Node or a Cluster from GigaVUE-FM” in the GigaVUE Fabric Management Guide.

  • If upgrading from GigaVUE-FM versions lower than 5.10.xx: You cannot directly upgrade your GigaVUE-FM instance to release 5.10.00 from a release prior to 5.8.xx. If your current version of GigaVUE‑FM is 5.7.xx or lower and you want to upgrade to software version 6.5.xx, you must first migrate to GigaVUE‑FM 5.10.xx and then upgrade to 5.11.xx.

    Note:  For instructions on how to migrate refer to Migrate GigaVUE-FM in GigaVUE 5.10 Documentation.

  • If upgrading from GigaVUE-FM versions lower than 5.5.00: While upgrading from any version lower than 5.5.00, an association of more than one VPort to the same GigaSMART group needs to be removed for any existing GTP GigaSMART operation.

  • If upgrading from GigaVUE-FM versions lower than 5.4.00: Be aware of the minimum memory requirement changes between releases. Earlier releases specified 4GB of memory for the OVA template; whereas versions after 5.4.00 require 8GB and versions after 5.7.00 require 16GB. If the existing virtual or physical hardware running GigaVUE-FM is configured with less memory than required, then increase the amount of memory available to the GigaVUE-FM machine. Refer to GigaVUE-FM Memory and CPU Requirements in the GigaVUE Release Notes for additional details.