FCOE10-24 firmware upgrade to v7.0.2d

[tytakata]

 I have DCX with (1) FCOE10-24 Blade, (1) FC8-16, and (1) FC8-48 running Firmware v6.4.3d.

When I installed Firmware v7.0.2d to avoid disruptive upgrade, it triggered "Faulting blade in slot 10" followed by "Slot 10 set to faulty, rc=20015." then "Firmwaredownload timed out in slot 10."

After the upgrade I saw only FCOE10-24 stayed firmware v6.4.3d and offline.

All network configuraitons were gone. Everything worked with marginal health state except FCOE10-24.

I reinstalled v6.4.3d and FCOE10-24 came back with all the configuration in tact.

Now it's back to Healthy state.

I checked v7.0.2d documentation but I have no clue what I did wrong.

Do I need to use Network Advisor to upgrade DCX with FCOE10-24 blade?

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.

[Antonio Bongiorno T…]

can you please provide to post "firmwareshow" and "slotshow -m" output ?

BNA is not required to upgrade the FOS

[Antonio Bongiorno T…]

--->>>When I installed Firmware v7.0.2d to avoid disruptive upgrade.....

see follow Note:

Note: Upgrading from FOS v6.4.1_fcoe or FOS v6.4.x releases other than v6.4.1_fcoe1 to FOS v7.0.2d will be disruptive to FCoE traffic going through FCOE10-24 blades in DCX/DCX-4S.

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Upgrading firmware on a DCX or DCX-4S with one or more FCOE10-24 blades from FOS v6.3.x, v6.4.x, and v6.4.1_fcoe to FOS v7.0 or later will be disruptive to any traffic through the FCOE10-24 blades.

in such case, FC Traffic is non-disruptive, but the traffic going trough FCOE Blade is disruptive.

The error "rc=20015" refer in most case to Ethernet traffic, now i assume the firmwaredownload is failed due a mismatch FCoE config.

[tytakata]

Thank you for the quick responses.
Now I understand that I missed "other than" part.

Here is the result of the 2 commands:

Slot Name       Appl     Primary/Secondary Versions               Status
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  6  CP0        FOS      v6.4.3d                                  STANDBY
                         v6.4.3d                                  
  7  CP1        FOS      v6.4.3d                                  ACTIVE *
                         v6.4.3d                                  
 10  FCOE10-24  FOS      v6.4.3d                                  
                         v6.4.3d                                  

Slot   Blade Type     ID    Model Name     Status
--------------------------------------------------
  1     SW BLADE     55     FC8-32         ENABLED
  2     SW BLADE     51     FC8-48         ENABLED
  3     UNKNOWN                            VACANT
  4     UNKNOWN                            VACANT
  5     CORE BLADE   52     CORE8          ENABLED
  6     CP BLADE     50     CP8            ENABLED
  7     CP BLADE     50     CP8            ENABLED
  8     CORE BLADE   52     CORE8          ENABLED
  9     UNKNOWN                            VACANT
 10     AP BLADE     74     FCOE10-24      ENABLED
 11     UNKNOWN                            VACANT
 12     UNKNOWN                            VACAN

I also found this:

2014/01/29-23:56:50, [FCOE-1046], 6520, SLOT 6 | CHASSIS, INFO, demodcx, fcoed.conf file is truncated. Please reconfigure FCoE ports.

2014/01/29-23:57:51, [SSMD-1300], 6526, SLOT 6 | FID 128, INFO, demodcx,  CEE Map default is created with precedence 1.
2014/01/29-23:57:51, [SSMD-1303], 6527, SLOT 6 | FID 128, INFO, demodcx,  CEE Map default priority group 1 with weight 40 is created with PFC enabled.
2014/01/29-23:57:51, [SSMD-1303], 6528, SLOT 6 | FID 128, INFO, demodcx,  CEE Map default priority group 2 with weight 60 is created with PFC disabled.
2014/01/29-23:57:51, [SSMD-1302], 6529, SLOT 6 | FID 128, INFO, demodcx,  CEE Map default priority table 2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2, are created.
2014/01/29-23:57:51, [CCFG-1003], 6530, SLOT 6 | FID 128, INFO, demodcx, System is ready to accept CEE user commands.
2014/01/29-23:57:53, [EM-1051], 6531, SLOT 6 | CHASSIS, INFO, Brocade_DCX, Slot 10: Inconsistency detected, FRU reinitialized.

2014/01/29-23:59:28, [BL-1003], 6541, SLOT 6 | FFDC | CHASSIS, CRITICAL, Brocade_DCX, Faulting blade in slot 10.

2014/01/29-23:59:28, [EM-1034], 6543, SLOT 6 | CHASSIS, ERROR, Brocade_DCX, Slot 10 set to faulty, rc=20015.
2014/01/29-23:59:32, [FW-1434], 6544, SLOT 6 | FID 128, WARNING, demodcx, Switch status change contributing factor Blade: 1 blade failures (10).

Looks like I need to use dcf.conf file to coy configuration over.
I will check Chapter 5 of the FOS v7.0.0 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide.
Thanks again.

[Antonio Bongiorno T…]

FW-1434 stay indicated for Severity error.

Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy state. This occurred because the number of blade failures is
greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command.

If the error persist,  would suggest that you open a call with Brocad eor they OEM Supplier to procede for Blade replacement.