OVH Tasks

FS#1823 — FS#5798 — Switchs update

Attached to Project— Dedicated servers

Task Type	Maintenance
Category	RBX3
Status	CLOSED
Percent Complete

Details We will perform several updates on the switchs,these updates will be done in the morning before 08:00 and they will cause a network cut for about 3 minutes(one server can be impacted by only one update).

Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 13:21PM
Reason for closing: Done

Comments (5)

Comment by OVH - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 08:11AM

We will procede to tehse updates on the networks 188.165.216.0/24 to 188.165.246.0/24.

Comment by OVH - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 08:13AM

The update took more time than expected,it seems that the switch is updating also the boot system:

Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0]...307958 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rrrrrrwssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspsssssss
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We will stop these updates for today.

Comment by OVH - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 08:14AM

And still :

Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0]...25150 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rrrrrrwssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssss
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Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0]...84814 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rrrrrrwssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssssssssssssspssssssssss
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Comment by OVH - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 08:15AM

Then :

% Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: HW image is upgraded. MCU reset causes the switch to reload

Comment by OVH - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 08:21AM

The switch 188.165.240.244 took 24 minutes to be updated with the new IOS (update of de boot system+new reboot).

According to the time required for the update, we'll do the other between 03:00 and 05:00