Upgrade 1.0(1n) to 1.0(2j)

[Wade Patterson]

I'm in the midst of upgrading my lab APICs from 1.0(1n) to 1.0(2j).  When checking the status at the CLI i see the following output:

Node-Id Role Current-Firmware Target-Firmware Upgrade-Status Progress-Percent(if inprogress)
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1 controller apic-1.0(1n) apic-1.0(2j) incompatible 0
2 controller apic-1.0(1n) apic-1.0(2j) incompatible 0
3 controller apic-1.0(1n) apic-1.0(2j) incompatible 0
101 leaf n9000-11.0(2j) n9000-11.0(2j) completeok 100
102 leaf n9000-11.0(2j) n9000-11.0(2j) completeok 100
201 spine n9000-11.0(2j) n9000-11.0(2j) completeok 100
202 spine n9000-11.0(2j) n9000-11.0(2j) completeok 100

I see the same results in Admin > Firmware > Controller Firmware > Faults tab:

CIMC version on each APIC is 2.0(13i) and the switches/spines have been upgraded to 11.0(2j), as recommended by the 1.0(2j) release notes.

Thanks all in advance for taking the time to look this over with me.

[aleccham · Accepted solution]

Hello

Your CIMC version is far to new for code version, APIC 1.0(2j).

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/recommended-release/b_Minimum_and_Recommended_Cisco_ACI_Releases.html

Please downgrade the CIMC using HUU and attempt the upgrade again.

Regards,

[Wade Patterson]

I was afraid of that.  I'll downgrade the CIMC and try the APICs again.  I'll post results when done.

[Wade Patterson]

That was it.  Downgraded CIMCs and now the APICs are upgrading.  On a side note, the scheduler seemed "stuck" in that it wouldn't restart the upgrade process via the GUI.  I had to start it at the bash prompt, "firmware upgrade controllers <filename>"