[f-nsp] Hitless upgrade on MLXe

[Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr]

Hello community,

Follow-up :

Just heard from the provider, Hitless upgrade feature has been 'temporarily
disabled' since 5.4 because of the introduction of OpenFlow support.

It should come back soon once they are fully confident it's not disruptive.

My 2 cents.

Y.



2013/1/11 Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef at 720.fr>

> Hello community,
>
> A quick follow-up on this one.
>
> We upgraded yesterday from 540a to 540b and decided to try the hitless
> procedure.
>
> We were not able to use it for some kind of reason, here are the message
> we hit :
>
> (With new OS in primary and secondary flash)
>
> er01-par01#hitless-reload mp primary lp primary
> Are you sure? (enter 'y' or 'n'): y
> Running and Flash Images Mismatch.
> Hitless OS Upgrade Aborted.
> Please refer to Release Notes for Hitless OS Image Version compatibility.
>
> er01-par01#hitless-reload mp secondary lp secondary
> Are you sure? (enter 'y' or 'n'): y
> Active MP and LP (slot 1) Flash Images Mismatch.
> Hitless OS Upgrade Aborted.
>
>
> (With new OS only on the secondary) :
>
> er01-par02#hitless-reload mp secondary lp secondary
> Are you sure? (enter 'y' or 'n'): y
> Running and Flash Images Mismatch.
> Hitless OS Upgrade Aborted.
> Please refer to Release Notes for Hitless OS Image Version compatibility.
>
> We carefully respected the procedure. Provider is going to look into it.
>
> BTW, simplified upgrade procedure is a blessing ;-)
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Y.
>
>
>
>
> 2013/1/7 Franz Georg Köhler <lists at openunix.de>
>
>> Am 05.01.13 10:29, schrieb Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr:
>> > Hello community,
>> >
>> > I am planning an upgrade from 5.4.0.a to 5.4.0.b for our MLX boxes
>> (dual MP).
>> >
>> > I have been reading the upgrade notes of NetIron 5.4.0.b.
>> >
>> > Has anyone used the hitless upgrade procedure on MLX successfully ?
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> when I tried this last year (this was on 5.2), it would not upgrade with
>> the hitless-upgrade command. After rebooting the standby module with
>> reboot-standby it did not come up due to a version mismatch with the
>> active management module.
>>
>> I am still waiting for the first successful hitless upgrade,
>> unfortunately this is not always possible even within a version tree.
>> This is a citation from NetIronUnified_05300b_UpgradeGuide.pdf, page 29:
>>
>> Hitless OS Upgrade support limitations
>> Depending on the software version, Hitless OS Upgrade has the following
>> limitations:
>> • Hitless OS Upgrade is not supported for R05.0.00, R05.0.00a, R5.2.00b,
>> R05.0.00c, or R5.2.00d, R5.2.00f, or R5.3.00a and R5.3.00b.
>> • Hitless OS Upgrade is not supported for releases prior to R05.1.00d.
>> This includes R05.1.00, R05.1.00b, R05.1.00c and R05.1.00d.
>>
>> By the way, hitless switchover always works well.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Youssef BENGELLOUN-ZAHR
>



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