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6807 VSS ISSU Upgrade to 15.5.1-SY5

mumbles202
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Is it possible to do an ISSU to 15.5.1-SY5 from 153-1.SY2?  Both units have dual C6800-SUP6T and everything downstream is dual-homed.  

 

If not, has anyone done this upgrade and might be able to advise what kind of outage can be expected for the switches and FEXs?

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balaji.bandi
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Take a look at one of the Good thread - reently posted in community - look last post how he able to resolved.

 

https://community.cisco.com/t5/cisco-software-discussions/cisco-6807-vss-upgrading/td-p/4015382

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Leo Laohoo
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WARNING

DO NOT USE ISSU or FSU/eFSU if upgrading to 15.5(1)SY train on a 6807/6880 chassis.  

IMPORTANT:  Read the Release Notes very, very carefully.  

Pay very, very close attention to the "Performing FPGA Upgrade" section.  There are three things everyone must be aware warned of: 

1. You will need console access or line cards will not boot.;

2.  For unknown reason, the line cards needs to have an FPGA upgrade done MANUALLY.  This can only be done once the new IOS gets loaded.  This FPGA upgrade is not "incorporated" in the IOS.  

3.  The command to do the FPGA upgrade is a "bug".  For VSS, the command is:

 

 

upgrade winters-flash switch switch-number slot <slot-number> bundled-image GOLD

 

 

For stand-alone, the command is:

 

 

upgrade winters-flash slot <slot-number> bundled-image GOLD

 

 

See the last option, "GOLD"?  That option is HIDDEN and the fact that it is a hidden option is not documented anywhere else.  

 

And one final thing, ISSU or FSU/eFSU does not support FGPA Upgrade. 

Use the tried-and-tested method: 

  1. Copy the file to the primary unit;
  2. Compare and verify the MD5 hash value matches; 
  3. Copy the file into the secondary unit; 
  4. Compare and verify the MD5 hash value matches; 
  5. Change the boot variable string:  Point the first line to the new IOS and second line to the OLD IOS. 
  6. Save the config; and
  7. Reboot

Once the reboot is complete, there will be some line cards that will "refuse" to boot up.  If a console cable is attached before rebooting the chassis there will be a "large" message stating that FPGA upgrade must be done, however, the command to do the FPGA upgrade is not mentioned.  The time it will take, after the panic has wane, to find the flippin' FPGA upgrade command will obviously run into an hour or two. 

 

NOTE:  

  1. I have been using this method because I have very bad experiences (plural) with ISSU or FSU/eFSU.  ISSU or FSU/eFSU is not a one-size-fits-all.  If it works, ISSU or FSU/eFSU is very useful because it saves a lot of time, however, if it fails then no one can hear you(r) scream when you are driving alone to the site.
  2. There are more "rules" about when it is NOT possible to use ISSU or FSU/eFSU. 
  3. And, as mentioned above, ISSU or FSU/eFSU do not support FPGA upgrade.

Thanks for the information.  This would still be disruptive correct since the line cards would be done?  Would I still be rebooting 1 6807 at a time or still the entire chassis?  I was planning on following this if it had to be disruptive:

 

copy disk0:/tftp:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.155-1.SY5.bin bootdisk
copy bootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.155-1.SY5.bin slavebootdisk:
config-register 0x2102
no boot system bootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.153-1.SY2.bin
no boot system slavebootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.153-1.SY2.bin
boot system bootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.155-1.SY5.bin

wr
show bootvar (to confirm the correct variable)
redundancy reload shelf

copy disk0:/tftp:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.155-1.SY5.bin bootdisk
copy bootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.155-1.SY5.bin slavebootdisk:
config-register 0x2102
no boot system bootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.153-1.SY2.bin
no boot system slavebootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.153-1.SY2.bin

These make sense. 

boot system bootdisk:s6t64-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.155-1.SY5.bin

This one, however, does not.  There is only one boot statement.  This means that if this file fails to boot both chassis goes into ROMMON.  Cover your a$$ and stick the old IOS after this line.  That way, if either one of the chassis fails to boot the new IOS it will roll back to the next boot statement.  

REMINDER:  Make sure you have a console cable attached in case you need to do a manual FPGA upgrade. 

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