Cisco switch firmware mismatch after update in a MetroCluster FC
Applies to
- Fabric-Attached MetroCluster
- Cisco switches
Issue
- The following alert may be reported in the risks section of the Active IQ:
Firmware upgrade of backend switches has not been correctly updated.
ONTAP and switch health monitoring do not list the same version of switch firmware.
- After a firmware upgrade of the Cisco backend switches, a version mismatch can occur between
sysconfig -aoutput and ONTAP health monitoring:
ClusterA::> storage switch show -fields fw-version
switch-name fw-version
-------------------- ----------
Cisco_10.10.10.1 8.4(2d)
4 entries were displayed.
ClusterA::> node run -node * sysconfig -a
2 entries were acted on.
slot 1: FCVI Host Adapter 1a (QLogic 8324(2672) rev. 2, F-port)
Physical link: UP
FC Node Name: 21:00:00:0e:1e:30:d3:ba
Firmware rev: 8.01.141
Serial No: BFE1422K12502
Host Port Id: 0x110000
FC Packet size: 2048
SFP Vendor: FINISAR CORP.
SFP Part Number: FTLF8529P3BCV-QL
SFP Serial Number: XXXXXXX
SFP Capabilities: 4, 8 or 16 Gbit
SFP Wavelength: 850nm
Link Data Rate: 16 Gbit
Switch Port: Sw-1:1-1
Switch Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Switch Model: DS-C9148S-K9
Switch FW Version: 8.4(2a)