8.8.1 Preparing for InfiniBand Network Fabric Switch Firmware Updates
You must follow a specific order when updating the InfiniBand Network Fabric switches.
- If a spine switch is present in the rack, it needs to be updated first.
- If a spine switch is not in the rack, then update the switch running the subnet manager first.
- If the subnet manager is not running on the switches, then perform the update in any order.
To update the InfiniBand Network Fabric switches, the switch firmware must be at release 1.3.3-2 or later. If the switch firmware is at an earlier release, then update the firmware to release 1.3.3-2 using the instructions in My Oracle Support note 888828.1. :
If the output from the command shows overall status is SUCCESS
, then proceed with the upgrade. If the output from the command shows overall status is FAIL
, then review the error summary in the output to determine which checks failed, and then correct the errors. After correcting all the errors, rerun the prerequisite checks until it is successful.