{"id":245,"date":"2016-07-06T06:57:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T06:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.16.10.10:8080\/?p=245"},"modified":"2016-07-07T08:32:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T08:32:56","slug":"stumbling-blocks-in-upgrading-cisco-ucs-part-2of2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"stumbling blocks in upgrading Cisco UCS (Part 2of2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check\u00a0Datapaths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to check at UCS\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> your application (in my case VMware ESXi)<\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-290-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=245'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/check-paths2.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/check-paths2.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_check-paths2.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"39\"\n               data-title=\"check-paths2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"check-paths2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"290\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"check-paths2\"\n                    alt=\"check-paths2\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_check-paths2.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/check-paths.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/check-paths.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_check-paths.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"40\"\n               data-title=\"check-paths\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"check-paths\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"290\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"check-paths\"\n                    alt=\"check-paths\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_check-paths.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>If all you have paths redundant, you can start updating &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Activate UCS Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-294-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=245'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-ucs-manager.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-ucs-manager.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-ucs-manager.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"33\"\n               data-title=\"upgrade-ucs-manager\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"upgrade-ucs-manager\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"294\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"upgrade-ucs-manager\"\n                    alt=\"upgrade-ucs-manager\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-ucs-manager.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-ucs-manager2.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-ucs-manager2.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-ucs-manager2.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"34\"\n               data-title=\"upgrade-ucs-manager2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"upgrade-ucs-manager2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"294\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"upgrade-ucs-manager2\"\n                    alt=\"upgrade-ucs-manager2\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-ucs-manager2.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-ucs-manager3.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-ucs-manager3.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-ucs-manager3.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"35\"\n               data-title=\"upgrade-ucs-manager3\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"upgrade-ucs-manager3\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"294\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"upgrade-ucs-manager3\"\n                    alt=\"upgrade-ucs-manager3\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-ucs-manager3.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>At this point there is no\u00a0impact for your paths. Its only the management instance.<\/p>\n<p>But you will be logged out for one or two minutes. Log in again an check your Version.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Update IO Modules\u00a0(Subordinate)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now its important to grab your Subordinate IO Modules. Normally the IO Module 1 is connected to FI (A). <em>But double check your Cables before<\/em>\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>BTW: Cross cabeling is not supported!<\/p>\n<p>Select your IO Module and hit Update (<strong>Not Activate<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-297-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=245'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"25\"\n               data-title=\"update-io-mod\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"update-io-mod\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"297\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"update-io-mod\"\n                    alt=\"update-io-mod\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod2.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod2.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod2.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"26\"\n               data-title=\"update-io-mod2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"update-io-mod2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"297\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"update-io-mod2\"\n                    alt=\"update-io-mod2\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod2.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod3.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod3.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod3.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"27\"\n               data-title=\"update-io-mod3\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"update-io-mod3\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"297\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"update-io-mod3\"\n                    alt=\"update-io-mod3\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod3.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod4.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod4.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod4.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"28\"\n               data-title=\"update-io-mod4\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"update-io-mod4\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"297\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"update-io-mod4\"\n                    alt=\"update-io-mod4\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod4.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>This took about &lt; 10 minutes in my case.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Activate IO Modules<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(Subordinate)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When your update is complete, you can activate them now. Check the &#8220;Set Startup Version Only&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-300-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=245'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod5.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/update-io-mod5.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod5.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"29\"\n               data-title=\"update-io-mod5\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"update-io-mod5\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"300\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"update-io-mod5\"\n                    alt=\"update-io-mod5\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_update-io-mod5.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Activate FI (Subordinate)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the most critical step. Your multipathing have to work correctly now \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>In my case I\u00a0had some more\u00a0troubles with this firmware\u00a0 2.2(3d)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bst.cloudapps.cisco.com\/bugsearch\/bug\/CSCut63966\">BUG63966<\/a>\u00a0because the FI reboots and comes up uncofigured. Cisco TAC Support fixed that in an 6 hour call &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>But back to normal upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>You have to pick also your Subordinate FI and choose the lastest version available. Your FI reboots\u00a0about 20-30 minutes. Be\u00a0patient and no worrys about the alerts the you will see \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-305-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=245'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-fi.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-fi.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-fi.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"30\"\n               data-title=\"upgrade-fi\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"upgrade-fi\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"305\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"upgrade-fi\"\n                    alt=\"upgrade-fi\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-fi.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-fi2.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-fi2.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-fi2.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"31\"\n               data-title=\"upgrade-fi2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"upgrade-fi2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"305\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"upgrade-fi2\"\n                    alt=\"upgrade-fi2\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-fi2.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-fi3.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/upgrade-fi3.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-fi3.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"32\"\n               data-title=\"upgrade-fi3\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"upgrade-fi3\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"305\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"upgrade-fi3\"\n                    alt=\"upgrade-fi3\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/ucs-part2\/thumbs\/thumbs_upgrade-fi3.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Here I\u00a0lost my Fibrechannel link<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the upgrade of the FI, it came\u00a0up, but the FC link didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>You can see this failures in the MDS Log:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">san-5a# sh logg | last 50\r\n2016 Jun 13 09:31:57 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_NONE: %$VSAN 3270%$ Interface fc1\/11 is down (None)  UCS2-A-P25       \r\n2016 Jun 13 09:31:57 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_OLS_RCVD: %$VSAN 3270%$ Interface fc1\/11 is down (OLS received)  UCS2-A-P25       \r\n2016 Jun 13 09:32:36 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_OLS_RCVD: %$VSAN 3270%$ Interface fc1\/11 is down (OLS received)  UCS2-A-P25       \r\n2016 Jun 13 09:32:36 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_PORT_QUIESCE_FAILED: Interface fc1\/11 port quiesce failed due to failure reason: Force Abort Due to Link Failure (NOS\/LOS) (0x119)\r\n2016 Jun 13 09:32:36 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_NONE: %$VSAN 3270%$ Interface fc1\/11 is down (None)  UCS2-A-P25       \r\n2016 Jun 13 09:32:36 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_OLS_RCVD: %$VSAN 3270%$ Interface fc1\/11 is down (OLS received)  UCS2-A-P25       \r\n2016 Jun 13 09:32:39 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_OLS_RCVD: %$VSAN 3270%$ Interface fc1\/11 is down (OLS received)  UCS2-A-P25       \r\n2016 Jun 13 09:32:39 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_DOWN_OFFLINE: %$VSAN 3270%$ Interface fc1\/11 is down (Offline)  UCS2-A-P25       \r\n2016 Jun 13 09:33:19 san-5a %PORT-5-IF_PORT_QUIESCE_FAILED: Interface fc1\/11 port quiesce failed due to failure reason: Force Abort Due to Link Failure (NOS\/LOS) (0x119)\r\n.....<\/pre>\n<p>I make it short, to fix this you should take care about the vsan trunking setting. Here your could see at UCS side its off.<\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-325-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=245'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vsan-trunking-off\/vsan-trunking-off.JPG\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vsan-trunking-off\/vsan-trunking-off.JPG\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vsan-trunking-off\/thumbs\/thumbs_vsan-trunking-off.JPG\"\n               data-image-id=\"43\"\n               data-title=\"vsan-trunking-off\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"vsan-trunking-off\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"325\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"vsan-trunking-off\"\n                    alt=\"vsan-trunking-off\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/vsan-trunking-off\/thumbs\/thumbs_vsan-trunking-off.JPG\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>And at MDS side, it should be off, too.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">san-5a# conf t\r\n\r\nEnter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL\/Z.\r\n\r\nsan-5a(config)# \r\nsan-5a(config)# show interface fc1\/11\r\n\r\nfc1\/11 is down (Initializing)\r\n    Port description is UCS2-A-P25\r\n    Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w\/o OFC (SN)\r\n    Port WWN is 20:0b:00:05:73:ba:0b:98\r\n    Admin port mode is F, trunk mode is on\r\n    snmp link state traps are enabled\r\n    Port vsan is 3270\r\n    Receive data field Size is 2112\r\n    Beacon is turned off\r\n    5 minutes input rate 0 bits\/sec, 0 bytes\/sec, 0 frames\/sec\r\n    5 minutes output rate 0 bits\/sec, 0 bytes\/sec, 0 frames\/sec\r\n      84698 frames input, 13252760 bytes\r\n        0 discards, 0 errors\r\n        0 CRC,  0 unknown class\r\n        0 too long, 0 too short\r\n      61796 frames output, 3027336 bytes\r\n        0 discards, 0 errors\r\n      4241 input OLS, 113 LRR, 38 NOS, 0 loop inits\r\n      5972 output OLS, 5857 LRR, 4138 NOS, 4126 loop inits\r\n    Interface last changed at Sat Jun 11 08:20:55 2016\r\nsan-5a(config)# interface fc1\/11\r\nsan-5a(config-if)# switchport trunk mode off\r\nsan-5a(config-if)# shutdown\r\nsan-5a(config-if)# no shutdown\r\nsan-5a(config-if)# show interface brief\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nInterface  Vsan   Admin  Admin   Status          SFP    Oper  Oper   Port\r\n                  Mode   Trunk                          Mode  Speed  Channel\r\n                         Mode                                 (Gbps)\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nfc1\/1      1000   auto   on      trunking         swl    TE      8    --\r\nfc1\/2      4      auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/3      2      auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/4      3270   auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/5      3270   auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/6      2      auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/7      2      auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/8      4      auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/9      4      auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/10     3270   auto   on      up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/11     3270   auto   off     up               swl    F       8    --\r\nfc1\/12     4      auto   on      up               swl    F       4    --\r\nfc1\/13     3270   auto   on      up               swl    FL      8    --<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Again,\u00a0Check\u00a0Datapaths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to check at UCS\u00a0<strong>AND<\/strong> your application (in my case VMware ESXi)<\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-290-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a 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All rights reserved.\r\nThe copyrights to certain works contained in this software are\r\nowned by other third parties and used and distributed under\r\nlicense. Certain components of this software are licensed under\r\nthe GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU\r\nLesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each\r\nsuch license is available at\r\nhttp:\/\/www.opensource.org\/licenses\/gpl-2.0.php and\r\nhttp:\/\/www.opensource.org\/licenses\/lgpl-2.1.php\r\n\r\nUCS-B(local-mgmt)# cluster lead a\r\nUCS-B(local-mgmt)#<\/pre>\n<p><em>You will be disconnected if you have UCS Manager GUI open. Wait a minute an log in again.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Next steps are the same for the other Fabric:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update IO Modules (Now Subordinate)<\/li>\n<li>Activate IO Modules\u00a0(Now Subordinate)<\/li>\n<li>Activate FI\u00a0(Now Subordinate)<\/li>\n<li>Check Datapaths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Upgrade Servers\/Blades<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you upgrade as discribed, don&#8217;t forget to upgrade your Servers too. (Firmware &amp; Drivers)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Reward yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-316-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=245'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/coffee.png\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/coffee.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/thumbs\/thumbs_coffee.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"41\"\n               data-title=\"coffee\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"coffee\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"316\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"coffee\"\n                    alt=\"coffee\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/thumbs\/thumbs_coffee.png\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/waldhaus.png\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/waldhaus.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/thumbs\/thumbs_waldhaus.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"42\"\n               data-title=\"waldhaus\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"waldhaus\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"316\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"waldhaus\"\n                    alt=\"waldhaus\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/break\/thumbs\/thumbs_waldhaus.png\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cisco-mds","category-cisco-ucs","category-vsphere"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vblog.hochsticher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}