General NFM-P Release 22.6 or earlier upgrade workflow

Description

The following is the sequence of high-level actions required to upgrade an NFM-P system from Release 22.6 or earlier.

Note: The workflow applies to an upgrade in a staging environment or in a live network.

Stages
Pre-upgrade
 

Perform To prepare for an NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier to collect the required information and to ensure that the correct upgrade conditions are in place.


Perform To prepare an SELinux-enabled Release 22.6 or earlier NFM-P system for an upgrade to ensure that SELinux is enabled and in permissive mode before the upgrade.


Upgrade
 

Perform one of the following.

  1. Upgrade a standalone NFM-P system; see Standalone NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier.

  2. Upgrade a redundant NFM-P system; see Redundant NFM-P system upgrade from Release 22.6 or earlier.


Post-upgrade
 

If SELinux was enabled in the NFM-P before the system upgrade, you must re-enable SELinux on each station in the system after the upgrade; perform “How do I enable SELinux on the NFM-P?” in the NSP System Administrator Guide.


If either of the following is true, perform “How do I enable SELinux enforcing mode for the NFM-P?” in the NSP System Administrator Guide to switch from SELinux permissive mode to enforcing mode: