Upgrade with GigaVUE‑FM as the Image Server

This section provides the steps for upgrading the GigaVUE nodes and clusters when GigaVUE‑FM is used as the file server instead of an external server.

Note:  You cannot upgrade GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus using GigaVUE‑FM as the image server. To upgrade GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus image you must use an external server. Refer to Upgrade from an External Image Server for step by step instructions on how to upgrade using external image server. This issue occurs only when upgrading from version 6.0.00 to 6.1.00 or 6.2.00 or 6.3.00, when upgrading from version 6.1.00 to 6.2.00 or 6.3.00, or when upgrading from 6.2.00 to 6.3.00.

To upgrade a node or a cluster using internal image files, do the following:

1.   Download the images from the Gigamon website and place them where they can be available for uploading to GigaVUE‑FM.

To obtain software images, register on the Gigamon Customer Portal and download the software. You must provide the serial number for each node you want to update.

To view the chassis serial number, login to GigaVUE‑OS and select Chassis from the navigation pane. Click List View.

2. Click Physical on the top navigation link.
3. On the Physical Nodes page, select one or more nodes or clusters to upgrade.
4. Select Actions > Image Upgrade. Under Selected Nodes, the disk space, software version, and hardware type of all the nodes are displayed. When you upgrade a GigaSMART card, under Selected Nodes, additional details like the GigaSMART Build Number, Related GigaSMART Group, GigaSMART Version, GigaSMART Build Date, and GigaSMART Build Release of all the nodes are also displayed. If a device has multiple engine ports then, the GigaSMART card details for all the ports will be displayed.

Note:  Applicable for GigaVUE-HC1, GigaVUE-HC1-Plus, and GigaVUE-HC3 devices: When upgrading GigaSMART cards with Gen2 and Gen3 cards in the same chassis, in the GigaVUE-FM GUI:
- Use the first text box to enter the upgrade path URL for the Gen2 card.
- Use the second text box to enter the upgrade path URL for the Gen3 card.

Note:  If the disk space of the selected node or a node in the cluster is low, a message will be displayed indicating that the node will not be upgraded due to low disk space. Delete the unused internal image files to free up the disk space.

5. Enter the following information:

Table 1: Image Upgrade

Menu

Description

Task Name

The name of the upgrade task.

Image Server

The location from where the image can be uploaded.

Do the following:

1. Choose Internal Server.
2. From the Version drop-down list, select the version to which you want to upgrade.
3. Click Add Image Files.
4. In the Add Image File quick view, click Choose Files and select the image files that you downloaded in Step 1. Click Add.

Note:  If there is an image file missing in a cluster configuration, the Image file missing error is displayed.

Backup Config Before Upgrade

The check box to back up the configuration changes prior to performing the upgrade.

Reboot After Upgrade

The check box to reboot the server after performing the upgrade.

If you do not select Reboot After Upgrade, you must reload the node manually.

To reload the node manually, select the node on the Physical Nodes page and click Actions > Reboot.

Time

The time for performing the upgrade.

There are two options:

● Immediate—The upgrade is performed immediately.
● Scheduled—The upgrade is performed at a scheduled time. Select the date and time.
6. Click Upgrade.

Note:  When you change the IP address of the GigaVUE‑FM instance using the jump-start configuration, the internal database and the in-memory caches of the GigaVUE‑FM instance are not updated. The Database continues to have the IP address of the old GigaVUE‑FM, and the image upgrade using the internal server option does not work. To fix this, you must restart the GigaVUE-FM instance after upgrade.