Hello Matthias, I'm glad it worked! Cheers, Davide.
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 18, 2025 03:01 AM
From: zsentinel
Subject: Aruba 2930 VSF stack firmware update problems
Good Morning Parnasus,
last night I got a maintenance window to restart 2930F stack and boot from flash primary successfully.
Now stack reports 16.11.0023 ;)
Thank you very much for your help!
Best Regards,
Matthias
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ZeitlerMatthiasmz@vfm-gruppe.de
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 13, 2025 10:00 AM
From: parnassus
Subject: Aruba 2930 VSF stack firmware update problems
Hi!
Given the output:
show version
Image stamp: /ws/swbuildm/rel_beluru_qaoff/code/build/lvm(swbuildm_rel_beluru_qaoff_rel_beluru)
Jun 10 2024 19:04:19
WC.16.11.0019
746
Boot Image: Primary
Boot ROM Version: WC.16.01.0010
Active Boot ROM: Primary
AR2930F48# show flash
Image Size (bytes) Date Version
----------------- ------------ -------- --------------
Primary Image : 30260738 12/16/24 WC.16.11.0023
Secondary Image : 30257345 09/23/24 WC.16.11.0021
Boot ROM Version
----------------
Primary Boot ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Secondary Boot ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Default Boot Image : Primary
Default Boot ROM : Primary
AR2930F48# verify signature flash primary
Signature is valid
AR2930F48# verify signature flash secondary
Signature is valid
AR2930F48# show vsf detail
VSF Domain ID : 254
MAC Address : 8c85c1-da0a87
VSF Topology : Chain
VSF Status : Active
AR2930F48# show version
VSF MAD : None
VSF Port Speed : 10G
Software Version : WC.16.11.0019
Name : AR2930F48
Contact : IT-Betrieb
Location : RZ-Access Stack
Member ID : 1
MAC Address : 8c85c1-da0a80
Type : JL254A
Model : Aruba JL254A 2930F-48G-4SFP+ Switch
Priority : 200
Status : Commander
ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Serial Number : TW14HKV0PB
Uptime : 218d 9h 33m
CPU Utilization : 2%
Memory - Total : 333,517,312 bytes
Free : 198,563,192 bytes
VSF Links -
#1 : Active, Peer member 2
#2 : Inactive
Member ID : 2
MAC Address : ec0273-3b01a0
Type : JL253A
Model : Aruba JL253A 2930F-24G-4SFP+ Switch
Priority : 128
Status : Standby
ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Serial Number : CN16HKT0F8
Uptime : 218d 9h 31m
CPU Utilization : 0%
Memory - Total : 333,517,312 bytes
Free : 227,769,676 bytes
VSF Links -
#1 : Active, Peer member 1
#2 : Inactive
then it looks like the Primary Flash area was correctly flashed with WC.16.11.0023 and, probably an action done previously, the Secondary Flash area was flashed with WC.16.11.0021... BUT the VSF Stack is still running on WC.16.11.0019 with an uptime of 218 days (so no reboot was done during the latest 218 days...).
To apply the new software WC.16.11.0023 (which is already flashed on the Primary Flash area) you need to find a proper maintenance window (expect few minutes of downtime for the entire VSF Stack since it needs to perform a full reboot) and you must command the VSF to reboot (selecting the Primary as proposed) with:
boot system flash primary
Once the VSF stack reboots perform the usual post-upgrade checks with the set of CLI commands initially suggested.
If all is good (the VSF Commander election has been executed and the VSF Stack is fully operational and well formed) you can then decide to pair the Primary and Secondary Flash areas with:
copy flash flash secondary (the Primary Flash area is the one flashed, updated and booted and will be copied into the Secondary)
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 13, 2025 02:35 AM
From: zsentinel
Subject: Aruba 2930 VSF stack firmware update problems
Hello Parnassus,
below you would find outputs of commands above.
When I try to upload via copy tftp transfer works successfully. After upload check with "show flash" that primary or secondary got updated with no success and no error message appeared.
Best Regards,
Matthias
Commands:
show version
Image stamp: /ws/swbuildm/rel_beluru_qaoff/code/build/lvm(swbuildm_rel_beluru_qaoff_rel_beluru)
Jun 10 2024 19:04:19
WC.16.11.0019
746
Boot Image: Primary
Boot ROM Version: WC.16.01.0010
Active Boot ROM: Primary
AR2930F48# show flash
Image Size (bytes) Date Version
----------------- ------------ -------- --------------
Primary Image : 30260738 12/16/24 WC.16.11.0023
Secondary Image : 30257345 09/23/24 WC.16.11.0021
Boot ROM Version
----------------
Primary Boot ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Secondary Boot ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Default Boot Image : Primary
Default Boot ROM : Primary
AR2930F48# verify signature flash primary
Signature is valid
AR2930F48# verify signature flash secondary
Signature is valid
AR2930F48# show vsf
detail Show detailed information related to the current state of the VSF virtual chassis.
link Shows the state of the VSF links for each VSF member.
lldp-mad Display the VSF LLDP MAD (Multi-Active Detection) information.
member Shows the specified VSF virtual chassis members provisioned.
stack-id Displays the unique Stack ID generated for VSF stack.
topology Show information about VSF virtual chassis member connections.
trunk-designated-f... Show the designated forwarders for each trunk.
vlan-mad Show information for the VSF Multi-Active Detection (MAD) VLAN.
<cr>
AR2930F48# show vsf detail
VSF Domain ID : 254
MAC Address : 8c85c1-da0a87
VSF Topology : Chain
VSF Status : Active
AR2930F48# show version
VSF MAD : None
VSF Port Speed : 10G
Software Version : WC.16.11.0019
Name : AR2930F48
Contact : IT-Betrieb
Location : RZ-Access Stack
Member ID : 1
MAC Address : 8c85c1-da0a80
Type : JL254A
Model : Aruba JL254A 2930F-48G-4SFP+ Switch
Priority : 200
Status : Commander
ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Serial Number : TW14HKV0PB
Uptime : 218d 9h 33m
CPU Utilization : 2%
Memory - Total : 333,517,312 bytes
Free : 198,563,192 bytes
VSF Links -
#1 : Active, Peer member 2
#2 : Inactive
Member ID : 2
MAC Address : ec0273-3b01a0
Type : JL253A
Model : Aruba JL253A 2930F-24G-4SFP+ Switch
Priority : 128
Status : Standby
ROM Version : WC.16.01.0010
Serial Number : CN16HKT0F8
Uptime : 218d 9h 31m
CPU Utilization : 0%
Memory - Total : 333,517,312 bytes
Free : 227,769,676 bytes
VSF Links -
#1 : Active, Peer member 1
#2 : Inactive
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ZeitlerMatthiasmz@vfm-gruppe.de
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 12, 2025 11:46 AM
From: parnassus
Subject: Aruba 2930 VSF stack firmware update problems
Hello Matthias, please post the outputs of the commands below:
- show version
- show flash
- verify signature flash primary
- verify signature flash secondary
- show vsf <-- do sanitize/hide the MAC Addresses of VSF Members (the VSF MAC Address is partly generated)
Updating the Software Flash shoud be quite simple (provided that the Switch Commander is able to reach a TFTP Server, as example) - WC.16.11.0024 is the latest:
copy tftp flash <TFTP-Server-IP-Address> WC_16_11_0024.swi primary (to copy into the Primary Flash area)
alternatively:
copy tftp flash <TFTP-Server-IP-Address> WC_16_11_0024.swi secondary (to copy into the Secondary Flash area)
or, if the OoBM port is used to connect to the TFTP Server instead of any of the Frontplane ports, use:
copy tftp flash <TFTP-Server-IP-Address> WC_16_11_0024.swi oobm primary (to copy into the Primary Flash area)
alternatively:
copy tftp flash <TFTP-Server-IP-Address> WC_16_11_0024.swi oobm secondary (to copy into the Secondary Flash area)
Primary or Secondary will be the Flash Area to be booted at next reboot with:
boot system flash primary (if Primary Flash area was flashed with the new SWI software imager)
alternatively:
boot system flash secondary (if Secondary Flash area was flashed with the new SWI software image)
Once the VSF stack reboots perform the post-upgrade checks with the provided set of CLI commands.
If all is good (the VSF Commander election has been executed and the VSF Stack is fully operational and well formed) you can then decide to pair the Primary and Secondary Flash areas with:
copy flash flash secondary (if the Primary Flash area was the one flashed and it is now the one updated, Secondary will be flashed)
alternatively:
copy flash flash primary (if the Secondary Flash area was the one flashed and it is now the one updated, Primary will be flashed)
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 12, 2025 08:22 AM
From: zsentinel
Subject: Aruba 2930 VSF stack firmware update problems
Hello all,
we do have a vsf chain of JL254A (2930F-48) and JL253A (2930F-24).
Flash primary WC.16.11.0023 - flash secondary WC.16.11.0021 - rom WC.16.01.0010
We could not update firmware viea Web (Signature invalid) nor we could not upgrade via tftp (no errors, but "show flash" does not change.
If we look in Web Stack overview and reports Software Version WC.16.11.0019 - so I'm total confused!
How we could successfully upgrade our 2930F vsf Stack upgrade to newest firmware?
Best Regards,
Matthias
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ZeitlerMatthiasmz@vfm-gruppe.de
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