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? - 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?
Thanks! Ray
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
Follows the directions here: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/serviceimage/30801781/
There is a BMC and diag update for you. The diags get installed with "priv set advanced" followed by "download -d"
You have to halt the system to update the BMC.
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/serviceimage/30801781/--tmac Tim McCarthy Principal Consultant
RedHat Certified Engineer 804006984323821 (RHEL4) 805007643429572 (RHEL5)
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Romeo Theriault romeotheriault@gmail.comwrote:
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
-- Romeo Theriault
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Ray Van Dolson -
Romeo Theriault -
tmac