Manually upgrading 50 edge switches is tedious. Modern Huawei switches support NETCONF over SSH. Sample Python script using ncclient:

from ncclient import manager
with manager.connect(host="10.0.0.1", port=830, username="admin", password="Huawei@123", hostkey_verify=False) as m:
    # Copy file via SCP
    m.copy_file(source="http://server/firmware.cc", target="flash:/new_firmware.cc")
    # Set startup
    m.edit_config(target="running", config="""<config><sysman><startup><software>flash:/new_firmware.cc</software></startup></sysman></config>""")
    # Reboot
    m.reboot()

This allows you to use Ansible’s huawei_switch collection for zero-touch upgrades.

A disciplined process – backup, check compatibility, validate, and prepare rollback – ensures successful Huawei switch firmware upgrades. Automation (e.g., Python scripts with SSH) can reduce human error in large networks.

<SW1> save <SW1> reboot