They will lose connectivity for, in my experience, at least 40 seconds
during a firmware upgrade.
From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net
[mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Fletcher Cocquyt
Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2012 8:24 AM
To: Chris Muellner
Cc: toasters@teaparty.net
Subject: Re: NDU from 7.3.5.1P3 to 8.1RC2 with AT-FCX?
thanks - I'm reviewing the 8.1 (RC Aug 2011) upgrade guide - will the
AT-FCX we have present a disruption to our NDU to 8.1RC2 plan? - ours
show up in netapp auto support as fw.38
* You need to update firmware for AT-FC-based or
AT-FC2-based disk shelves. ??
Client services might encounter delays accessing data
when disk shelf firmware is updated to AT-
FC or AT-FC2 modules. To prevent data loss, all session-oriented
services must be terminated before you begin an update procedure.
For these conditions, disruptive upgrades are recommended.
--
Fletcher
On Jan 31, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Chris Muellner wrote:
Sort of. Use
ifconfig na03-vif0-205 partner na04-vif0-205
instead. That will add the partner interface to the running config
without messing with the IP address.
Is your hostname added to the interface twice as
"`hostname`-na03-vif0-205" in the ifconfig makes it look? With that
statement the host file would have an entry for an interface named
na03-na03-vif0-205.
Also, note that in 8.x that vif has been deprecated to ifgrp instead so
you'll want to update your rc files accordingly after the upgrade,
otherwise OnTap will complain about it when it boots. It'll still honor
the vif command however.
From: Fletcher Cocquyt [mailto:fcocquyt@stanford.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:03 PM
To: Chris Muellner
Cc: toasters@teaparty.net
Subject: Re: NDU from 7.3.5.1P3 to 8.1RC2 supported?
I found and corrected the typo in the rc file - now the check passes on
the rc files, but not the running config.
Is it safe/recommended to reissue the
ifconfig na03-vif0-205 `hostname`-na03-vif0-205 netmask 255.255.255.192
partner na04-vif0-205 up
to update the partner in the running config?
Or is there a better method?
thanks
--
Fletcher
On Jan 31, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Chris Muellner wrote:
Verify the RC files on both controllers. You can ignore the c0x
interfaces, but the tool is saying you'll have an issue with this VIF
here: NO PARTNER FOR na04-vif0-205 (17.25.104.23) ON na04 in /etc/rc
Make sure the ifconfig statement in both controllers RC files for that
interface have the partner interface specified in the statement.
From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net
[mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Fletcher Cocquyt
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:01 PM
To: SW
Cc: toasters@teaparty.net
Subject: Re: NDU from 7.3.5.1P3 to 8.1RC2 supported?
Thanks for the feedback Steve,
I'm also running the netapp tool to check HA prior to failover:
Are these partner network errors valid? Someone in the community forums
said they are bogus
./ha-config-check.cgi -s na03 na04
== NetApp HA Configuration Checker v2.0.0 ==
Checking ssh logins ...
Checking ssh logins ...
OK
Checking Data ONTAP versions...
OK
Checking licenses...
OK
Checking HA configuration identity...
OK
Checking cf status...
OK
Checking fcp cfmode settings...
fcp: FCP is not licensed.
N/A
Checking options...
OK
Checking network configuration...
c0a (192.168.1.152) on na03 does not have a partner on na04
c0b (192.168.2.173) on na03 does not have a partner on na04
c0a (192.168.1.84) on na04 does not have a partner on na03
c0b (192.168.2.95) on na04 does not have a partner on na03
na04-vif0-205 (17.25.104.11) on na04 does not have a partner on na03
Checking network config in /etc/rc
NO PARTNER FOR na04-vif0-205 (17.25.104.23) ON na04 in /etc/rc
HA configuration issue(s) found above. Please correct them and rerun
this script.
Done.
--
Fletcher
On Jan 31, 2012, at 10:29 AM, SW wrote:
Hi Fletcher,
I only have a subset of answers relating to your Toasters inquiry, but I
thought I'd share what I can...
According to the upgrade guide for 8.1RC2 (attached to this e-mail), a
NDU from 7.3.5.1P3 to 8.1RC2 is supported:
>From page 15:
"Nondisruptive upgrades to releases in the Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode
release family are supported
from the following releases:
* Any 8.0.x release
* 7.3.2 and later 7.3.x releases"
Good luck!
Steve
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