Upgrade a Fabric Card

This chapter describes the procedure to upgrade the NCS4009-FC2-S fabric card to the NCS4009-FC2F-S fabric card.

Upgrading a Fabric Card

Purpose This procedure provides instructions for upgrading from a NCS4009-FC2-S fabric card to a NCS4009-FC2F-S fabric card.
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC.
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher

Procedure

Step 1

In node view, click the Maintenance tab.

Step 2

Click Fabric Upgrade to get the current Fabric Details. The table displays the following details:

Title

Description

Plane ID

Displays all the plane IDs.

Plane Admin Status

Displays current admin status of all planes. The admin status can either be Up or Down.

Plane Oper Status

Displays current operational status of all planes. The operational status can either be Up or Down.

Hardware Status

Displays hardware status of all Fabrics. The possible states are IS-NR and OOS-AU, indicating In-service and Out-of-service, respectively.

Product ID

Displays the Product ID of all fabrics. Before upgrade, the displayed product ID is NCS4009-FC2-S.

Note

 

The Plane Admin status and the Plane Oper status need to be Up for all the Plane IDs before proceeding with the fabric card upgrade.

The Fabric Details table is for display purpose only, the displayed elements cannot be selected.

Step 3

In the Upgrade Wizard pane, select the fabric plane from the Available Fabrics drop-down menu.

Step 4

Click Next to shutdown the selected fabric plane; this is indicated as Step 1.

The Available Fabrics option is grayed-out until the upgrade process for the selected fabric card is complete.

From this step onwards, we shall refer to the right side of the Upgrade Wizard pane, where the steps are discussed for the fabric card upgrade.

Step 5

Click Yes on the Confimation Dialog .

A message is displayed indicating that the selected plane was successfully shutdown.

Step 6

Click Next to shutdown the selected fabric card; this is indicated as Step 2.

Check the Plane Admin Status, Plane Oper Status and Hardware Status in the Fabric Details pane. They will be displayed as Down, Down, OOS, DSBLD respectively.

Click Revert if you do not wish to proceed with the upgrade and unshut the plane.

Step 7

Remove the NCS4009-FC2-S fabric card.

Step 8

Install the NCS4009-FC2F-S fabric card and the auxiliary fan tray (NCS4009-FAN-FC ).

Step 9

Click Next. This is indicated as Step 3.

Click Revert if you do not wish to proceed with the upgrade and unshut the fabric card. Do not use this option after manually replacing the fabric card.

Step 10

Wait for the Hardware Status column, in the Fabric Details pane, to display the current status of the fabric card and click Next. This is indicated as Step 4.

The Hardware Status is now displayed as IS-NR, IS-NR and both the PIDs (fabric card and the auxiliary fan tray) are displayed in the Product ID column. This may take a few minutes.

Step 11

Click Next to upgrade all FPDs of the selected fabric. This is indicated as Step 5.

Step 12

On choosing to upgrade the FPD device, a message is displayed recommending the user to check the FPD status under the Maintenance > Software > FPD Upgrade tab.

The user has an option to click Skip to proceed without upgrading the FPD devices. The user can revisit the FPD Upgrade tab anytime to upgrade the FPDs. The user can choose to skip the FPD upgrade if the new cards have their FPD images already aligned.

Step 13

Check the current status of the newly installed FC. Reload the FC if the current status is indicated as Reload required.

Step 14

Click Finish, to activate (no shutdown) the fabric plane. This is indicated as Step 6.

Check the Plane Admin Status, Plane Oper Status and Hardware Status. They will be displayed as Up, Up, IS-NR, IS-NR respectively.

The Available Fabrics drop-down menu is now available, wherein the user can select another fabric card.

What to do next

After all the fabric cards are upgraded to the NCS4009-FC2F-S fabric card, the air filter needs to be replaced. The NCS4009-FC2F-S fabric card supports Cisco PID NCS4009-FTF-2.