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Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms
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d. Enter the haFailover command. The active CP reboots and the current enterprise-class
platform session is disconnected.
If an AP blade is present: At the point of the failover an autoleveling process is activated.
See “Enterprise-class platform firmware download process overview” on page 200 for
details about autoleveling.
8. Verify the failover.
a. Connect to the enterprise-class platform on the active CP, which is the former standby CP.
b. Enter the haShow command to verify that the HA synchronization is complete. It takes a
minute or two for the standby CP, which is the old active CP, to reboot and synchronize with
the active CP.
NOTE
If the CPs fail to synchronize, you can still proceed because the version being tested is already
present on the active CP, and subsequent steps ensures that the standby CP is updated to the
same version as the active CP.
c. Confirm the evaluation version of firmware is now running on the active CP by entering the
firmwareShow command.
9. Update firmware on the standby CP.
a. Connect to the enterprise-class platform on the standby CP, which is the old active CP.
b. Enter the firmwareDownload command with the -s -b -n operands. This ensures that the
following steps are successful.
At this point the firmware downloads to the standby CP only and reboots it. The current
enterprise-class platform session is disconnected.
c. Wait one minute for the standby CP to reboot, and then connect to the enterprise-class
platform and log in as admin.
d. Enter the firmwareShow command to confirm that both primary partitions now have the
test drive firmware in place.
You are now ready to evaluate the new version of firmware.
ATTENTION
Stop! If you want to restore the firmware, stop here and skip ahead to step 12; otherwise,
continue to step 10 to commit the firmware on both CPs, which completes the firmware
download.
10. Perform a commit on the standby CP.
From the current enterprise-class platform session on the standby CP, enter the
firmwareCommit command to update the secondary partition with new firmware. It takes
several minutes to complete the commit operation. Do not do anything on the enterprise-class
platform while this operation is in process.