agccie/epldupgrader repository overview

⁠Cisco ACI EPLDUpgrader App

⁠Introduction

The EPLD Upgrader app is a Cisco ACI application that allows administrators to upgrade switch EPLD images. The EPLD image is extracted from the user selected NXOS image, copied to the switch, and then used as the base EPLD for upgrade. EPLD upgrades require a board power cycle on the switch which can be done immediately after successful upgrade or at a later time within the app.

For normal ACI fabric operation, the EPLD is upgraded when the switch is policy-upgraded. For this reason, ACI EPLD images are not currently published on Cisco download page. There are, however, scenarios where user may need to upgrade EPLD image without performing a policy-based upgrade. An example includes a software defect with EPLD fixes and user is not able to perform a full fabric upgrade. User can download the ACI NXOS image with the EPLD fixes, and use this app to upgrade just the switch EPLD.

EPLDUpgrader is available on the appstore⁠ to be deployed on the Cisco ACI APIC and can also be deployed in standalone mode with the ability to connect remotely to an ACI fabric. Further details can be found on readthedocs⁠.

⁠Start a EPLDUpgrader instance

The application can be started via the following command:

docker run --name epldupgrader -p 5000:443 -d agccie/epldupgrader:latest

Next, access the web application on the host machine on port 5000 (i.e., https://localhost:5000⁠). The default credentials are:

• username: admin
• password: cisco

Reference tags⁠ for alternative images. Refer to the documentation for more info.