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Author: | profp62 [ Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:53 am ] |
Post subject: | Upgradecage impact |
Hello all Maybe it is a trivial (maybe stupid) question, but what is real impact of upgradecage on connected hosts ? 7200 connected to 3 node esxi cluster per two fabrics, correct multipathing - it is possible to do upgradecage online or not ? I found only "When the upgradecage command is issued, the drive cage becomes temporarily unavailable. The cage automatically restarts following the firmware update, and may briefly disrupt the loops during the restart. It is recommended showcage be used approximately one minute after the update completes to ensure both loops to the cage are available again." but its not clear enough for me. Thanks |
Author: | Richard Siemers [ Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:51 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Upgradecage impact |
This year we updated two separate T800 units from 2.31 to 3.11, both upgrades included cage firmware updates, all online and non-disruptive. We had drive fail in Cage8 during the procedure which interupted the process and was manually restarted. Here is the output from the putty session: Code: ESFWT800-2 cli% showcage
Id Name LoopA Pos.A LoopB Pos.B Drives Temp RevA RevB Model Side 0 cage0 4:0:1 0 5:0:1 0 40 24-34 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 1 cage1 4:0:2 0 5:0:2 0 40 24-36 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 2 cage2 4:0:3 0 5:0:3 0 40 24-34 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 3 cage3 4:2:1 0 5:2:1 0 40 24-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 4 cage4 4:2:2 0 5:2:2 0 40 24-32 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 5 cage5 4:2:3 0 5:2:3 0 40 24-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 6 cage6 6:0:1 0 7:0:1 0 40 26-36 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 7 cage7 6:0:2 0 7:0:2 0 40 24-34 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 8 cage8 6:0:3 0 7:0:3 0 40 25-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 9 cage9 6:2:1 0 7:2:1 0 40 23-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 10 cage10 6:2:2 0 7:2:2 0 40 24-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 11 cage11 6:2:3 0 7:2:3 0 40 25-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 12 cage12 4:0:4 0 5:0:4 0 36 13-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 13 cage13 6:0:4 0 7:0:4 0 36 13-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 14 cage14 6:2:4 0 7:2:4 0 12 14-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 15 cage15 4:2:4 0 5:2:4 0 12 13-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a ESFWT800-2 cli% ESFWT800-2 cli% ESFWT800-2 cli% startupgradecage -a Upgrading cage cage0 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage0 cage0 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage1 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage1 cage1 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage2 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage2 cage2 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage3 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage3 cage3 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage4 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage4 cage4 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage5 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage5 cage5 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage6 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage6 cage6 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage7 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage7 cage7 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage8 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage8 Errors were present in test after upgrade ESFWT800-2 cli% showcage Id Name LoopA Pos.A LoopB Pos.B Drives Temp RevA RevB Model Side 0 cage0 4:0:1 0 5:0:1 0 40 24-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 1 cage1 4:0:2 0 5:0:2 0 40 24-35 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 2 cage2 4:0:3 0 5:0:3 0 40 24-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 3 cage3 4:2:1 0 5:2:1 0 40 24-34 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 4 cage4 4:2:2 0 5:2:2 0 40 24-32 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 5 cage5 4:2:3 0 5:2:3 0 40 24-34 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 6 cage6 6:0:1 0 7:0:1 0 40 26-36 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 7 cage7 6:0:2 0 7:0:2 0 40 24-34 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 8 cage8 6:0:3 0 7:0:3 0 40 24-35 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 9 cage9 6:2:1 0 7:2:1 0 40 23-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 10 cage10 6:2:2 0 7:2:2 0 40 24-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 11 cage11 6:2:3 0 7:2:3 0 40 25-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 12 cage12 4:0:4 0 5:0:4 0 36 13-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 13 cage13 6:0:4 0 7:0:4 0 36 13-33 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 14 cage14 6:2:4 0 7:2:4 0 12 13-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a 15 cage15 4:2:4 0 5:2:4 0 12 13-35 2.61 2.61 DC4 n/a ESFWT800-2 cli% upgradecage cage8 Skipping cage cage8 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 ESFWT800-2 cli% upgradecage -a Skipping cage cage0 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage1 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage2 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage3 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage4 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage5 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage6 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage7 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Skipping cage cage8 cpuA already up to date at rev 2.64 Upgrading cage cage9 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage9 cage9 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage10 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage10 cage10 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage11 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage11 cage11 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage12 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage12 cage12 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage13 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage13 cage13 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage14 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage14 cage14 passed test after upgrade Upgrading cage cage15 cpuA from rev 2.61 to revision in file /opt/tpd/fw/cage/dc4/lbod_fw.bin-2.64. Beginning test after upgrade for cage15 cage15 passed test after upgrade ESFWT800-2 cli% ESFWT800-2 cli% ESFWT800-2 cli% showcage Id Name LoopA Pos.A LoopB Pos.B Drives Temp RevA RevB Model Side 0 cage0 4:0:1 0 5:0:1 0 40 24-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 1 cage1 4:0:2 0 5:0:2 0 40 24-35 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 2 cage2 4:0:3 0 5:0:3 0 40 24-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 3 cage3 4:2:1 0 5:2:1 0 40 24-34 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 4 cage4 4:2:2 0 5:2:2 0 40 24-32 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 5 cage5 4:2:3 0 5:2:3 0 40 24-34 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 6 cage6 6:0:1 0 7:0:1 0 40 26-36 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 7 cage7 6:0:2 0 7:0:2 0 40 24-34 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 8 cage8 6:0:3 0 7:0:3 0 40 25-35 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 9 cage9 6:2:1 0 7:2:1 0 40 23-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 10 cage10 6:2:2 0 7:2:2 0 40 24-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 11 cage11 6:2:3 0 7:2:3 0 40 25-35 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 12 cage12 4:0:4 0 5:0:4 0 36 13-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 13 cage13 6:0:4 0 7:0:4 0 36 13-33 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 14 cage14 6:2:4 0 7:2:4 0 12 13-35 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a 15 cage15 4:2:4 0 5:2:4 0 12 13-35 2.64 2.64 DC4 n/a |
Author: | eve [ Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:52 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Upgradecage impact |
You are correct that upgradecage will have some impact, but not for your hosts. Hosts are not connected to a cage, but are connected to your InServ controllers. What upgradecage will do is push the new firmware onto the FCAL modules in a cage, and reboot the two FCAL's one by one to start the new firmware. While rebooting you miss one path to your cage. |
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