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Migrate CN1610 cluster switches to BES-53248 cluster switches

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To migrate the CN1610 cluster switches in a cluster to Broadcom-supported BES-53248 cluster switches, review the migration requirements and then follow the migration procedure.

The following cluster switches are supported:

  • CN1610

  • BES-53248

Review requirements

Verify that your configuration meets the following requirements:

  • Some of the ports on BES-53248 switches are configured to run at 10GbE.

  • The 10GbE connectivity from nodes to BES-53248 cluster switches have been planned, migrated, and documented.

  • The cluster is fully functioning (there should be no errors in the logs or similar issues).

  • Initial customization of the BES-53248 switches is complete, so that:

    • BES-53248 switches are running the latest recommended version of EFOS software.

    • Reference Configuration Files (RCFs) have been applied to the switches.

    • Any site customization, such as DNS, NTP, SMTP, SNMP, and SSH, are configured on the new switches.

Node connections

The cluster switches support the following node connections:

  • NetApp CN1610: ports 0/1 through 0/12 (10GbE)

  • BES-53248: ports 0/1-0/16 (10GbE/25GbE)

    Note Additional ports can be activated by purchasing port licenses.

ISL ports

The cluster switches use the following inter-switch link (ISL) ports:

  • NetApp CN1610: ports 0/13 through 0/16 (10GbE)

  • BES-53248: ports 0/55-0/56 (100GbE)

The NetApp Hardware Universe contains information about ONTAP compatibility, supported EFOS firmware, and cabling to BES-53248 cluster switches.

ISL cabling

The appropriate ISL cabling is as follows:

  • Beginning: For CN1610 to CN1610 (SFP+ to SFP+), four SFP+ optical fiber or copper direct-attach cables.

  • Final: For BES-53248 to BES-53248 (QSFP28 to QSFP28), two QSFP28 optical transceivers/fiber or copper direct-attach cables.

Migrate the switches

Follow this procedure to migrate CN1610 cluster switches to BES-53248 cluster switches.

About the examples

The examples in this procedure use the following switch and node nomenclature:

  • The examples use two nodes, each deploying two 10 GbE cluster interconnect ports: e0a and e0b.

  • The command outputs might vary depending on different releases of ONTAP software.

  • The CN1610 switches to be replaced are CL1 and CL2.

  • The BES-53248 switches to replace the CN1610 switches are cs1 and cs2.

  • The nodes are node1 and node2.

  • The switch CL2 is replaced by cs2 first, followed with CL1 by cs1.

  • The BES-53248 switches are pre-loaded with the supported versions of Reference Configuration File (RCF) and Ethernet Fabric OS (EFOS) with ISL cables connected on ports 55 and 56.

  • The cluster LIF names are node1_clus1 and node1_clus2 for node1, and node2_clus1 and node2_clus2 for node2.

About this task

This procedure covers the following scenario:

  • The cluster starts with two nodes connected to two CN1610 cluster switches.

  • CN1610 switch CL2 is replaced by BES-53248 switch cs2:

    • Shut down the ports to the cluster nodes. All ports must be shut down simultaneously to avoid cluster instability.

    • Disconnect the cables from all cluster ports on all nodes connected to CL2, and then use supported cables to reconnect the ports to the new cluster switch cs2.

  • CN1610 switch CL1 is replaced by BES-53248 switch cs1:

    • Shut down the ports to the cluster nodes. All ports must be shut down simultaneously to avoid cluster instability.

    • Disconnect the cables from all cluster ports on all nodes connected to CL1, and then use supported cables to reconnect the ports to the new cluster switch cs1.

Note No operational inter-switch link (ISL) is needed during this procedure. This is by design because RCF version changes can affect ISL connectivity temporarily. To ensure non-disruptive cluster operations, the following procedure migrates all of the cluster LIFs to the operational partner switch while performing the steps on the target switch.

Step 1: Prepare for migration

  1. If AutoSupport is enabled on this cluster, suppress automatic case creation by invoking an AutoSupport message:

    system node autosupport invoke -node * -type all -message MAINT=xh

    where x is the duration of the maintenance window in hours.

    Note The AutoSupport message notifies technical support of this maintenance task so that automatic case creation is suppressed during the maintenance window.

    The following command suppresses automatic case creation for two hours:

    cluster1::*> system node autosupport invoke -node * -type all -message MAINT=2h

  2. Change the privilege level to advanced, entering y when prompted to continue:

    set -privilege advanced

    The advanced prompt (*>) appears.

Step 2: Configure ports and cabling

  1. On the new switches, confirm that the ISL is cabled and healthy between switches cs1 and cs2:

    show port-channel

    Show example

    The following example shows that the ISL ports are up on switch cs1:

    (cs1)# show port-channel 1/1
Local Interface................................ 1/1
Channel Name................................... Cluster-ISL
Link State..................................... Up
Admin Mode..................................... Enabled
Type........................................... Dynamic
Port channel Min-links......................... 1
Load Balance Option............................ 7
(Enhanced hashing mode)

Mbr    Device/       Port       Port
Ports  Timeout       Speed      Active
------ ------------- ---------  -------
0/55   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long
0/56   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long
(cs1) #

    The following example shows that the ISL ports are up on switch cs2:

    (cs2)# show port-channel 1/1
Local Interface................................ 1/1
Channel Name................................... Cluster-ISL
Link State..................................... Up
Admin Mode..................................... Enabled
Type........................................... Dynamic
Port channel Min-links......................... 1
Load Balance Option............................ 7
(Enhanced hashing mode)

Mbr    Device/       Port       Port
Ports  Timeout       Speed      Active
------ ------------- ---------  -------
0/55   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long
0/56   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long

  2. Display the cluster ports on each node that is connected to the existing cluster switches:

    network device-discovery show -protocol cdp

    Show example

    The following example displays how many cluster interconnect interfaces have been configured in each node for each cluster interconnect switch:

    cluster1::*> network device-discovery show -protocol cdp
Node/       Local  Discovered
Protocol    Port   Device (LLDP: ChassisID)  Interface         Platform
----------- ------ ------------------------- ----------------  ----------------
node2      /cdp
            e0a    CL1                       0/2               CN1610
            e0b    CL2                       0/2               CN1610
node1      /cdp
            e0a    CL1                       0/1               CN1610
            e0b    CL2                       0/1               CN1610

  3. Determine the administrative or operational status for each cluster interface.

    1. Verify that all the cluster ports are up with a healthy status:

      network port show -ipspace Cluster

      Show example 
      cluster1::*> network port show -ipspace Cluster

Node: node1
                                                                       Ignore
                                                  Speed(Mbps) Health   Health
Port      IPspace      Broadcast Domain Link MTU  Admin/Oper  Status   Status
--------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ------
e0a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false
e0b       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false

Node: node2
                                                                       Ignore
                                                  Speed(Mbps) Health   Health
Port      IPspace      Broadcast Domain Link MTU  Admin/Oper  Status   Status
--------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ------
e0a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false
e0b       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false

    2. Verify that all the cluster interfaces (LIFs) are on their home ports:

      network interface show -vserver Cluster

      Show example 
      cluster1::*> network interface show -vserver Cluster

            Logical    Status     Network            Current       Current Is
Vserver     Interface  Admin/Oper Address/Mask       Node          Port    Home
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------- ----
Cluster
            node1_clus1  up/up    169.254.209.69/16  node1         e0a     true
            node1_clus2  up/up    169.254.49.125/16  node1         e0b     true
            node2_clus1  up/up    169.254.47.194/16  node2         e0a     true
            node2_clus2  up/up    169.254.19.183/16  node2         e0b     true

  4. Verify that the cluster displays information for both cluster switches:

ONTAP 9.8 and later

Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, use the command: system switch ethernet show -is-monitoring-enabled-operational true

cluster1::*> system switch ethernet show -is-monitoring-enabled-operational true
Switch                        Type             Address       Model
----------------------------- ---------------- ------------- --------
CL1                           cluster-network  10.10.1.101   CN1610
     Serial Number: 01234567
      Is Monitored: true
            Reason:
  Software Version: 1.3.0.3
    Version Source: ISDP

CL2                           cluster-network  10.10.1.102   CN1610
     Serial Number: 01234568
      Is Monitored: true
            Reason:
  Software Version: 1.3.0.3
    Version Source: ISDP
cluster1::*>
ONTAP 9.7 and earlier

For ONTAP 9.7 and earlier, use the command: system cluster-switch show -is-monitoring-enabled-operational true

cluster1::*> system cluster-switch show -is-monitoring-enabled-operational true
Switch                        Type             Address       Model
----------------------------- ---------------- ------------- --------
CL1                           cluster-network  10.10.1.101   CN1610
     Serial Number: 01234567
      Is Monitored: true
            Reason:
  Software Version: 1.3.0.3
    Version Source: ISDP

CL2                           cluster-network  10.10.1.102   CN1610
     Serial Number: 01234568
      Is Monitored: true
            Reason:
  Software Version: 1.3.0.3
    Version Source: ISDP
cluster1::*>

  1. Disable auto-revert on the cluster LIFs.

    cluster1::*> network interface modify -vserver Cluster -lif * -auto-revert false

  2. On cluster switch CL2, shut down the ports connected to the cluster ports of the nodes in order to fail over the cluster LIFs:

    (CL2)# configure
(CL2)(Config)# interface 0/1-0/16
(CL2)(Interface 0/1-0/16)# shutdown
(CL2)(Interface 0/1-0/16)# exit
(CL2)(Config)# exit
(CL2)#

  3. Verify that the cluster LIFs have failed over to the ports hosted on cluster switch CL1. This might take a few seconds.

    network interface show -vserver Cluster

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> network interface show -vserver Cluster
            Logical      Status     Network            Current       Current Is
Vserver     Interface    Admin/Oper Address/Mask       Node          Port    Home
----------- ------------ ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------- ----
Cluster
            node1_clus1  up/up      169.254.209.69/16  node1         e0a     true
            node1_clus2  up/up      169.254.49.125/16  node1         e0a     false
            node2_clus1  up/up      169.254.47.194/16  node2         e0a     true
            node2_clus2  up/up      169.254.19.183/16  node2         e0a     false

  4. Verify that the cluster is healthy:

    cluster show

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> cluster show
Node       Health  Eligibility   Epsilon
---------- ------- ------------- -------
node1      true    true          false
node2      true    true          false

  5. Move all cluster node connection cables from the old CL2 switch to the new cs2 switch.

  6. Confirm the health of the network connections moved to cs2:

    network port show -ipspace Cluster

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> network port show -ipspace Cluster

Node: node1
                                                                       Ignore
                                                  Speed(Mbps) Health   Health
Port      IPspace      Broadcast Domain Link MTU  Admin/Oper  Status   Status
--------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ------
e0a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false
e0b       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false

Node: node2
                                                                       Ignore
                                                  Speed(Mbps) Health   Health
Port      IPspace      Broadcast Domain Link MTU  Admin/Oper  Status   Status
--------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ------
e0a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false
e0b       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false

    All cluster ports that were moved should be up.

  7. Check neighbor information on the cluster ports:

    network device-discovery show -protocol cdp

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> network device-discovery show -protocol cdp
Node/       Local  Discovered
Protocol    Port   Device (LLDP: ChassisID)  Interface         Platform
----------- ------ ------------------------- ----------------  ----------------
node2      /cdp
            e0a    CL1                       0/2               CN1610
            e0b    cs2                       0/2               BES-53248
node1      /cdp
            e0a    CL1                       0/1               CN1610
            e0b    cs2                       0/1               BES-53248

  8. Confirm the switch port connections are healthy from switch cs2's perspective:

    cs2# show interface all
cs2# show isdp neighbors

  9. On cluster switch CL1, shut down the ports connected to the cluster ports of the nodes in order to fail over the cluster LIFs:

    (CL1)# configure
(CL1)(Config)# interface 0/1-0/16
(CL1)(Interface 0/1-0/16)# shutdown
(CL1)(Interface 0/13-0/16)# exit
(CL1)(Config)# exit
(CL1)#

    All cluster LIFs failover to the cs2 switch.

  10. Verify that the cluster LIFs have failed over to the ports hosted on switch cs2. This might take a few seconds:

    network interface show -vserver Cluster

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> network interface show -vserver Cluster
            Logical      Status     Network            Current       Current Is
Vserver     Interface    Admin/Oper Address/Mask       Node          Port    Home
----------- ------------ ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------- ----
Cluster
            node1_clus1  up/up      169.254.209.69/16  node1         e0b     false
            node1_clus2  up/up      169.254.49.125/16  node1         e0b     true
            node2_clus1  up/up      169.254.47.194/16  node2         e0b     false
            node2_clus2  up/up      169.254.19.183/16  node2         e0b     true

  11. Verify that the cluster is healthy:

    cluster show

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> cluster show
Node       Health  Eligibility   Epsilon
---------- ------- ------------- -------
node1      true    true          false
node2      true    true          false

  12. Move the cluster node connection cables from CL1 to the new cs1 switch.

  13. Confirm the health of the network connections moved to cs1:

    network port show -ipspace Cluster

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> network port show -ipspace Cluster

Node: node1
                                                                       Ignore
                                                  Speed(Mbps) Health   Health
Port      IPspace      Broadcast Domain Link MTU  Admin/Oper  Status   Status
--------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ------
e0a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false
e0b       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false

Node: node2
                                                                       Ignore
                                                  Speed(Mbps) Health   Health
Port      IPspace      Broadcast Domain Link MTU  Admin/Oper  Status   Status
--------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ------
e0a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false
e0b       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/10000 healthy  false

    All cluster ports that were moved should be up.

  14. Check neighbor information on the cluster ports:

    network device-discovery show

    Show example 
    cluster1::*> network device-discovery show -protocol cdp
Node/       Local  Discovered
Protocol    Port   Device (LLDP: ChassisID)  Interface         Platform
----------- ------ ------------------------- ----------------  ----------------
node1      /cdp
            e0a    cs1                       0/1               BES-53248
            e0b    cs2                       0/1               BES-53248
node2      /cdp
            e0a    cs1                       0/2               BES-53248
            e0b    cs2                       0/2               BES-53248

  15. Confirm the switch port connections are healthy from switch cs1's perspective:

    cs1# show interface all
cs1# show isdp neighbors

  16. Verify that the ISL between cs1 and cs2 is still operational:

    show port-channel

    Show example

    The following example shows that the ISL ports are up on switch cs1:

    (cs1)# show port-channel 1/1
Local Interface................................ 1/1
Channel Name................................... Cluster-ISL
Link State..................................... Up
Admin Mode..................................... Enabled
Type........................................... Dynamic
Port channel Min-links......................... 1
Load Balance Option............................ 7
(Enhanced hashing mode)

Mbr    Device/       Port       Port
Ports  Timeout       Speed      Active
------ ------------- ---------  -------
0/55   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long
0/56   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long
(cs1) #

    The following example shows that the ISL ports are up on switch cs2:

    (cs2)# show port-channel 1/1
Local Interface................................ 1/1
Channel Name................................... Cluster-ISL
Link State..................................... Up
Admin Mode..................................... Enabled
Type........................................... Dynamic
Port channel Min-links......................... 1
Load Balance Option............................ 7
(Enhanced hashing mode)

Mbr    Device/       Port       Port
Ports  Timeout       Speed      Active
------ ------------- ---------  -------
0/55   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long
0/56   actor/long    100G Full  True
       partner/long

  17. Delete the replaced CN1610 switches from the cluster's switch table, if they are not automatically removed:

ONTAP 9.8 and later

Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, use the command: system switch ethernet delete -device device-name

cluster::*> system switch ethernet delete -device CL1
cluster::*> system switch ethernet delete -device CL2
ONTAP 9.7 and earlier

For ONTAP 9.7 and earlier, use the command: system cluster-switch delete -device device-name

cluster::*> system cluster-switch delete -device CL1
cluster::*> system cluster-switch delete -device CL2

Step 3: Verify the configuration

  1. Enable auto-revert on the cluster LIFs.

    cluster1::*> network interface modify -vserver Cluster -lif * -auto-revert true

  2. Verify that the cluster LIFs have reverted to their home ports (this might take a minute):

    network interface show -vserver Cluster

    If the cluster LIFs have not reverted to their home port, manually revert them:

    network interface revert -vserver Cluster -lif *

  3. Verify that the cluster is healthy:

    cluster show

  4. Verify the connectivity of the remote cluster interfaces:

ONTAP 9.9.1 and later

You can use the network interface check cluster-connectivity command to start an accessibility check for cluster connectivity and then display the details:

network interface check cluster-connectivity start and network interface check cluster-connectivity show

cluster1::*> network interface check cluster-connectivity start

NOTE: Wait for a number of seconds before running the show command to display the details.

cluster1::*> network interface check cluster-connectivity show
                                  Source          Destination       Packet
Node   Date                       LIF             LIF               Loss
------ -------------------------- --------------- ----------------- -----------
node1
       3/5/2022 19:21:18 -06:00   node1_clus2      node2_clus1      none
       3/5/2022 19:21:20 -06:00   node1_clus2      node2_clus2      none

node2
       3/5/2022 19:21:18 -06:00   node2_clus2      node1_clus1      none
       3/5/2022 19:21:20 -06:00   node2_clus2      node1_clus2      none
All ONTAP releases

For all ONTAP releases, you can also use the cluster ping-cluster -node <name> command to check the connectivity:

cluster ping-cluster -node <name>

cluster1::*> cluster ping-cluster -node node2
Host is node2
Getting addresses from network interface table...
Cluster node1_clus1 169.254.209.69 node1     e0a
Cluster node1_clus2 169.254.49.125 node1     e0b
Cluster node2_clus1 169.254.47.194 node2     e0a
Cluster node2_clus2 169.254.19.183 node2     e0b
Local = 169.254.47.194 169.254.19.183
Remote = 169.254.209.69 169.254.49.125
Cluster Vserver Id = 4294967293
Ping status:....
Basic connectivity succeeds on 4 path(s)
Basic connectivity fails on 0 path(s)
................
Detected 9000 byte MTU on 4 path(s):
    Local 169.254.19.183 to Remote 169.254.209.69
    Local 169.254.19.183 to Remote 169.254.49.125
    Local 169.254.47.194 to Remote 169.254.209.69
    Local 169.254.47.194 to Remote 169.254.49.125
Larger than PMTU communication succeeds on 4 path(s)
RPC status:
2 paths up, 0 paths down (tcp check)
2 paths up, 0 paths down (udp check)

  1. If you suppressed automatic case creation, re-enable it by invoking an AutoSupport message:

    system node autosupport invoke -node * -type all -message MAINT=END

    cluster::*> system node autosupport invoke -node * -type all -message MAINT=END
What's next?

After you've migrated your switches, you can configure switch health monitoring.