Description

This is article explains how to upgrade the Personality change of QFX10002-60C and PTX10002-60C Devices

Solution

Please follow the below steps to do the Personality change. 

 

Step 1 : In operational mode, verify the installed personality of the device.

 

user@host> show version

Hostname: host

Model: QFX10002-60C

 

Step 2 : Download the software package, Save the software package to the /var/path/package-name directory on the device. For example, you can save the software package to the /var/tmp directory.

 

Step 3 : In operational mode, install the software package by using the request vmhost software add path/package-name command. For example, to install the junos-vmhost-install-ptx-x86-64-zyx.tgz package:

 

user@host> request vmhost software add /var/tmp/junos-vmhost-install-ptx-x86-64-zyx.tgz no-validate

 

If you do not specify the no-validate option, the device displays the following error message error: Upgrading to a different model is supported only with no-validate option .

 

Step 4 : Run the show version command to verify that the upgrade is successful

 

user@host> show version

Hostname: host

Model: ptx10002-60C

 

Note : In some case the device went into bad state during Personality change process and it's hard to recover from that state, in that case we need to RMA the device and follow the below on the next change process. 
The new device comes up with a default image, sometimes if the personality change fails with the default code, try to upgraded the box with a newer code (First put the code under /var/tmp of the device), instead of using the default code comes up with the device.

 

You can follow the link https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/junos-install-upgrade/topics/topic-map/personality-upgrading.html

 

Modification History

2024-04-16 : Article Created