Cisco Nexus 7000: How To Upgrade The IOS

Me and another engineer have been doing some Nexus 7000 work for an upcoming implementation.  We decided to upgrade the IOS from 6.2(2) to 6.2(10).  Here are the steps we went through to do the upgrade below.  You will need to upgrade the "kickstart" image, then the "system" image.

First, look at the "sho ver":
Nexus_1# sho ver
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
...
Software
  BIOS:      version 2.12.0
  kickstart: version 6.2(2)
  system:    version 6.2(2)
...

You TFTP the image up to the 7000.  Now upgrade:
Nexus_1# install all kickstart bootflash:n7000-s2-kickstart.6.2.10.bin system bootflash:n7000-s2-dk9.6.2.10.bin
Installer will perform compatibility check first. Please wait. 

Verifying image bootflash:/n7000-s2-kickstart.6.2.10.bin for boot variable "kickstart".
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image bootflash:/n7000-s2-dk9.6.2.10.bin for boot variable "system".
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image type.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "system" version from image bootflash:/n7000-s2-dk9.6.2.10.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "kickstart" version from image bootflash:/n7000-s2-kickstart.6.2.10.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "bios" version from image bootflash:/n7000-s2-dk9.6.2.10.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "lc1n7k" version from image bootflash:/n7000-s2-dk9.6.2.10.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing module support checks.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Notifying services about system upgrade.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS



Compatibility check is done:
Module  bootable          Impact  Install-type  Reason
------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------
     1       yes  non-disruptive         reset  
     2       yes  non-disruptive         reset  
     3       yes  non-disruptive       rolling  
     7       yes  non-disruptive       rolling  
     8       yes  non-disruptive       rolling  
     9       yes  non-disruptive       rolling  



Images will be upgraded according to following table:
Module       Image                  Running-Version(pri:alt)           New-Version  Upg-Required
------  ----------  ----------------------------------------  --------------------  ------------
     1      system                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     1   kickstart                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     1        bios   v2.12.0(05/29/2013):v2.12.0(05/29/2013)   v2.12.0(05/29/2013)            no
     2      system                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     2   kickstart                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     2        bios   v2.12.0(05/29/2013):v2.12.0(05/29/2013)   v2.12.0(05/29/2013)            no
     3      lc1n7k                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     3        bios       v2.0.32(12/16/13):v2.0.32(12/16/13)     v2.0.32(12/16/13)            no
     7      lc1n7k                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     7        bios     v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12)    v1.10.21(11/26/12)            no
     8      lc1n7k                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     8        bios     v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12)    v1.10.21(11/26/12)            no
     9      lc1n7k                                    6.2(2)               6.2(10)           yes
     9        bios     v1.10.21(11/26/12):v1.10.21(11/26/12)    v1.10.21(11/26/12)            no


Do you want to continue with the installation (y/n)?  [n] y

Install is in progress, please wait.

Performing runtime checks.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Syncing image bootflash:/n7000-s2-kickstart.6.2.10.bin to standby.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Syncing image bootflash:/n7000-s2-dk9.6.2.10.bin to standby.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Setting boot variables.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing configuration copy.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 1:  Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.
Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 2:  Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.
Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 3:  Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.
Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 7:  Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.
Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 8:  Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.
Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 9:  Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.
Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 2: Waiting for module online.
 -- SUCCESS

Notifying services about the switchover.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS


"Switching over onto standby".

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Now, from this point, we got disconnected.  So we went to the data center and consoled and found that the upgrade had finished successfully.  Thats all.  The one command (install all ...) does it all for the upgrade.