Cisco Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM-NX1) Installation Guide
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Network Analysis Module (NAM-NX1) Quick Start Guide
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Upgrading and Recovering Your Software
The config upload command sends a copy of the NAM running configuration to the destination you
specify. The copy of your configuration is stored in a back-up configuration file with an ending suffix of
.config as in NAM_host-nam-nx1-6.0.config. The destination address must be a valid server name and
directory path where you have read and write permissions. If a filename is not identified, NAM creates
a default file name.
specify. The copy of your configuration is stored in a back-up configuration file with an ending suffix of
.config as in NAM_host-nam-nx1-6.0.config. The destination address must be a valid server name and
directory path where you have read and write permissions. If a filename is not identified, NAM creates
a default file name.
Upgrading the Software
To install the software if the module is not booting properly or to upgrade to a newer software version:
Step 1
To download the NAM application software from Cisco.com enter the following URL:
Step 2
Select Cloud and Systems Management > Network Analysis Module (NAM) Products and download
the file that begins with nam-nx1, as in nam-nx1.x-x-x.bin.gz (where x-x-x is the NAM software release
number). The file is described as the NAM Application Image.
the file that begins with nam-nx1, as in nam-nx1.x-x-x.bin.gz (where x-x-x is the NAM software release
number). The file is described as the NAM Application Image.
Step 3
Download the NAM application software to the same server where you archived your NAM
configuration.
configuration.
Step 4
Use the commands as needed from the list of upgrade commands shown in
For example, use the NAM CLI command upgrade to perform the software upgrade:
upgrade ftp://admin:secret@10.10.10.10//archive/nam_software/nam-nx1.6.x.x.bin.gz
or
upgrade http://admin:secret@10.10.10.10//archive/nam_software/nam-nx1.6.x.x.bin.gz
Performing a Recovery Installation
If your module suffers a catastrophic event, such as hard disk corruption, and you can no longer boot the
NAM application, use the helper utility to reinstall Cisco Prime NAM application software.
NAM application, use the helper utility to reinstall Cisco Prime NAM application software.
Table 1
Common Upgrade Commands
Configuration Mode
Command
Purpose
host.domain#
upgrade
ftp://user:password@server//path/file
name
Upgrade the running NAM. Use
this option if you do not want to
lose data and configuration files.
This command is the same as
option 1 in the helper utility.
this option if you do not want to
lose data and configuration files.
This command is the same as
option 1 in the helper utility.
upgrade
ftp://user:password@server//path/file
name reformat
Perform a reformat install which
removes all data and
configuration files. This
command is the same as option 2
in the helper utility.
removes all data and
configuration files. This
command is the same as option 2
in the helper utility.