On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson@esri.com> wrote:
> About to bump my N3600 A20 (FAS 2050C) from Data ONTAP 7.3.1 to
> 7.3.5.1.  Our BIOS and BMC are current at 3.0 and 1.2 respectively, but
> our diagnostics firmware is at 5.3.6 (the latest is 5.4.6).
>
> Couple of questions:
>
> - Should I really update the Diagnostics firmware, or do many of you
>  just leave it as-is if you're at the latest BIOS anyways?

I update it, when there is an update and after the update has been out
for a reasonable amount of time so others can find the bugs first ;)

> - Is it possible to update the Diagnostics firmware only (don't reflash
>  the BIOS, etc) and somehow avoid needing to fail-over to my other
>  controller and reboot?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think they're separable.


>
> Thanks!
> Ray
>



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