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Spidey_29396
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Feb 09, 2014

replacing Viprion blade with different Firmware version

I have a concern regarding our F5 Viprion, we have 2 Viprion each have 2 blades. We are using vcmp and 1 guest is using multiple slots. One blade went down and RMA arrives, is it ok to have the blade swap even if they have different firmware version, one is 11.2.1 HF 3 and the RMA unit has 11.3.0. We don;t have a chassis to downgrade the RMA unit.

 

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  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Feb 09, 2014

    One blade went down and RMA arrives, is it ok to have the blade swap even if they have different firmware version, one is 11.2.1 HF 3 and the RMA unit has 11.3.0. We don;t have a chassis to downgrade the RMA unit.

     

    i understand primary blade will take care of it.

     

    sol13965: Overview of the automated process of joining a newly-installed VIPRION blade to the cluster

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/900/sol13965.html

     

  • Spidey_29396's avatar
    Spidey_29396
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    Feb 09, 2014

    HI Nitas,

     

    I will be shutting down all the guests. Do i need to shutdown the good blade before inserting the RMA?

     

    Thanks! Ferdz

     

  • Spidey_29396's avatar
    Spidey_29396
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    Feb 09, 2014

    HI Nitas,

     

    I will be shutting down all the guests. Do i need to shutdown the good blade before inserting the RMA?

     

    Thanks! Ferdz

     

  • nitass's avatar
    nitass
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    Feb 10, 2014

    I will be shutting down all the guests. Do i need to shutdown the good blade before inserting the RMA?

     

    i never tested but i think if you change vcmp guest to all slots, vcmp guest shutdown may not be needed. when finishing the replacement, you can change it back to single slot.