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An engineer must start a software upgrade on a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch during a zone merge. What is the result of this action?
The correct answer is C. The upgrade stops. On Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches, a software upgrade cannot safely proceed while a zone merge is in progress. The NX-OS upgrade process detects the ongoing zone merge and stops the upgrade rather than risk fabric instability or data corruption. Zone merges involve active…
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An engineer must start a software upgrade on a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch during a zone merge. What is the result of this action?
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- AThe zone merge stops.
- BThe zone merge pauses until the upgrade completes
- CThe upgrade stops
- DThe zone merge executes and then the upgrade completes.
How the community answered
(25 responses)- C96% (24)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
On Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches, a software upgrade cannot safely proceed while a zone merge is in progress. The NX-OS upgrade process detects the ongoing zone merge and stops the upgrade rather than risk fabric instability or data corruption. Zone merges involve active communication and database synchronization between switches; interrupting this with a code upgrade would leave the fabric in an inconsistent state. Therefore, the upgrade is blocked/stopped (Option C). The zone merge itself continues unaffected. Options A and B are incorrect because the zone merge is not impacted. Option D is incorrect because the upgrade does not queue behind the merge - it stops immediately.
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