Sorry...As I understand the documentation I've read I think disk firmware updates are always disruptive unless you don't do more that what parity allows (1 disk per RG in raid4 or 2 disks in raid_DP) or unless your on 7.(Forgot the version - 0 or 1)) or later and your upgrading firmware as part of a reboot (the background upgrade option) - I've been thinking of raising a case asking for an enhancement about that as I couldn't see a way to drop new firmware on a box and let the nondisruptive upgrade process spin down and spin up one disk at a time (which is what it does if it sees new firmware after a reboot)
 
Happy to be proven I'm doing it wrong :)
 

From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Leeds, Daniel
Sent: Saturday, 10 March 2007 2:58 AM
To: Nils Vogels; tmac
Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: Upgrading Data OnTap

on the fibre channel drive shelves it updates the firmware on both the a/b loop.  if you run the shelf firmware updater on one side of the cluster you do not need to do it on the other side.  it is also non disruptive and does not interfere with data access.

on the SATA shelves it is disruptive, the download command will tell you if it is disruptive or not before you proceed.


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Daniel Leeds
Senior Systems Administrator
Edmunds.com



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com on behalf of Nils Vogels
Sent: Fri 3/9/2007 12:45 AM
To: tmac
Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re: Upgrading Data OnTap

On 3/8/07, tmac <tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally, I would:
>
> copy the 7.1.2_setup_x.exe file to the /etc/software directory on each filer.
>
> Then from the console of each filer:
>
> options raid.background_disk_fw_update.enable off
>      (turns off auto updating of disk firmware)
> software install filename (the filename from above)
>
> While at it, get and extract the latest all.zip and all_fw.zip files
> (disk and shelf FW) into the /etc dir on each filer.
>
> Optionally, with cluster still enabled, run
> disk_fw_update
>      to update all disk firmware (lessens downtime at reboot)
>      usually only needed on one head. When complete, run on
>      other head to be sure.
> storage download shelf
>      to update shelf firmware (lessens downtime at reboot)
>      usually only needed on one head. When complete, run on
>      other head to be sure.
> options raid.background_disk_fw_update.enable on
>      (turns the auto updating of disk firmware back on)
>

I'm preparing to do a NDU 7.0 -> 7.1 and was wondering: When you do
the storage download shelf on one head, will it update the firmware on
both the A-loop and B-loop ?

I would expect not, since one head is only connected to one loop in a
plain cluster config. AFAIK, downloading shelf firmware takes a
quiesce of a loop and a controller reboot, and my customer really
would like to have a functional system during this NDU.

Greets,

Nils

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