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Upgrading a Dual Chassis System

In this procedure, you upgrade one Chassis at a time. The other Chassis continues to handle traffic.

Step

Action

Command

1

Prepare to upgrade.

1.1

Make sure that all SGMs and SSMs are up to date and that system is configured correctly.

# asg diag verify

1.2

Copy the R76SP.20 snapshot to /var/log/ on SMO

 

1.3

copy minor_upgrade script to /var/log/

 

1.4

Set execution permissions.

# chmod +x /var/log/minor_upgrade

1.5

Run the minor_upgrade script.

# /var/log/minor_upgrade pre r76sp_20_t_60.tar

1.6

Make sure that the snapshot is correctly installed on al SGMs.

> show snapshots

2

Revert Chassis B to a snapshot.

2.1

Set Chassis B to DOWN

> asg chassis_admin -c <chassis_B_id> down

2.2

Make sure that Chassis B is in the Admin Down state.

> asg monitor -all

2.3

Revert Chassis B to the snapshot

# g_snapshot –b <chassis_B> revert r76sp_20_t_60

2.4

Make sure that all SGMs complete the revert operation successfully and can enforce policies.

# asg monitor -all

3

Upgrade the SSM firmware on Chassis B.

3.1

Connect a console to one of the SGMs on Chassis B

3.2

From the console, upgrade the firmware on all Chassis B SSMs.

# asg_ssm_upgrade ssm all

4

Prepare for Fail Over.

4.1

Set Chassis B to Admin UP.

> asg chassis_admin -c <chassis_B_id> up

4.2

Run diagnostics for verification

# /var/log/minor_upgrade during

 

Important - You must correct all errors shown by the diagnostics before you continue to the next step.

5

Fail Over to Chassis B.

5.1

Set Chassis A to Admin DOWN.

> asg chassis_admin -c <chassis_A_id> down

5.2

Make sure that all SGMs are UP and that traffic flows normally on Chassis B.

> asg monitor -vs all
> asg perf -vs all

 

Important - You must make sure that the newly upgraded Chassis B works correctly before you upgrade Chassis A.

6

Upgrade Chassis A.

6.1

Do steps 2.2 through 4.2 to upgrade Chassis A.

Replace 'Chassis B' with 'Chassis A' in all applicable actions and commands.

7

Complete the Upgrade.

7.1

For R76SP to R76SP.20 Upgrades only:

Run the Post Upgrade script.

# /var/log/minor_upgrade post R76SP

7.2

Make sure all SGMs and SSMs are up to date and that the system is configured correctly.

# asg diag verify

 
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