How to replace a Gen2 Front Panel on Oracle Fabric Interconnects (Xsigo)

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Update Date:	2018-03-01
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Solution 1663431.1 : How to replace a Gen2 Front Panel on Oracle Fabric Interconnects (Xsigo)

Applies to:

Private Cloud Appliance X5-2 Hardware - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X3-2 Hardware - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X4-2 Hardware - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-4 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Provides instructions on how to replace a failed Gen2 Front Panel in Oracle Fabric Interconnects.

Solution

DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT SKILLS DOES THE FIELD ENGINEER/ADMINISTRATOR NEED?: Basic Oracle Fabric Interconnect product familiarity and skills.

TIME ESTIMATE: 45 minutes

TASK COMPLEXITY: 2

FIELD ENGINEER/ADMINISTRATOR INSTRUCTIONS:

PROBLEM OVERVIEW: Replacing a defective Gen2 Front Panel

WHAT STATE SHOULD THE SYSTEM BE IN TO BE READY TO PERFORM THE RESOLUTION ACTIVITY?: Fabric Interconnect needs to be powered off prior to removing the Front Panel. Prior to shutting down the Fabric Interconnect export the current Fabric Interconnect running configuration and move saved config XML file off to another local system for safekeeping to move back onto the Fabric Interconnect once the Front Panel has been replaced so that the saved running configuration can be imported onto the new Front Panel harddrive. Instructions for exporting the current working configuration:

When replacing a Front Panel, whether it be replacing a Gen1 Front Panel that has separate SCP with a new Gen2 Front Panel where the SCP and Front Panel are integrated or replacing an existing Gen2 with another Gen2 Front Panel, this is the process:

On the Fabric Interconnect that is going to have the Front Panel replaced, login as user 'admin' and run this command:

system export <chassisname-date>

The command above will create an XML file.　 See output below:

admin@f1-f15-sca11-d[xsigo] system export f1-f15-sca11-d-04112014.xml

admin@f1-f15-sca11-d[xsigo] ls -la

-rw-rw-r-- 1 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　 459131 Thu Sep 13 09:50:36 PDT 2012 -cores.gz

-rw-rw-r-- 1 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　　 18252 Fri Apr 11 15:12:47 PDT 2014 .xsigohistory

-rw-r--r-- 1 root　　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　 651000 Wed Sep 19 16:33:13 PDT 2012 8_25_config_backup_bala_Xavier's.xml

-rw-rw-r-- 1 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　 114024 Wed Sep 19 16:33:15 PDT 2012 9_19_xavier_backup.xml

drwxrwxr-x 2 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　　　 4096 Fri Sep 13 09:12:29 PDT 2013 Xgos

-rw-rw-r-- 1 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　 192084 Fri Apr 11 15:10:16 PDT 2014 f1-f15-sca11-d-04112014

-rw-rw-r-- 1 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　 192084 Fri Apr 11 15:12:45 PDT 2014 f1-f15-sca11-d-04112014.xml

-rw-rw-r-- 1 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　 184089 Wed Jun　 5 09:04:28 PDT 2013 f1-f15-sca11-d-06052013-gino-backup.xml

-rw-rw-r-- 1 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　 186035 Mon Jul　 1 10:54:49 PDT 2013 file

drwxr-xr-x 2 root　　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　　　 4096 Thu Oct 25 16:33:04 PDT 2012 install

drwxrwxr-x 2 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　　　 4096 Wed Aug　 7 14:50:33 PDT 2013 logdump.1840141176

drwxrwxr-x 2 admin　　　 users　　　　　　　　　　　　 4096 Wed Jan　 8 09:53:07 PST 2014 logdump.1871441262

You can SCP this file off to a local system for safekeeping:

file copy f1-f15-sca11-d-04112014.xml scp://<user>@<FQDN or IP>:/<path>/

Or use your favorite FTP /SCP utility like Filezilla and connect directly to the Fabric Interconnect as user 'root' and traverse to the /var/fsroot/admin folder where you can then pull off the saved running configuration XML file to a local system for safekeeping.

Next step is to set server-profiles down and then power off the Fabric Interconnect to remove the failed Front Panel:

Can push the power button on the front of the Fabric Interconnect to power it off or or perform as user 'admin' from Fabric Interconnect CLI:

It is important for all connected hosts to have set the server-profiles down prior to powering off the Fabric Interconnect that has the failed Front Panel:

From Fabric Interconnect CLI as user 'admin'

set server-profile * down

After the server-profiles are set down, shutdown the Fabric Interconnect:

system shutdown

Instructions for physically replacing a Front Panel are in the document below:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E38500_01/pdf/E54532.pdf-- Start on page 8

Specifically, need to configure the Gen2 Front Panel using the customer's IP information (get 'show system info' command).

8. Complete the Fi Enter Boot (XgOS Configuration Wizard) by entering the system network configuration information; IP address, netmask, DNS servers, phone home settings if desired, and so on.

OBTAIN CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE

WHAT ACTION DOES THE FIELD ENGINEER/ADMINISTRATOR NEED TO TAKE TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO AN OPERATIONAL STATE?: Push the button on the front of the Fabric Interconnect to power up the system.

Once the Front Panel has been physically replaced, power up the Fabric Interconnect by pushing the button on the Front of the Fabric Interconnect.

After the Fabric Interconnect has been powered up and is fully up, display the XgOS version installed on the replacement Front Panel with this command when logged into the Fabric Interconnect CLI as user 'admin'

show system version

Note the version and continue on. If finding that the Fabric Interconnect system version (XgOS) does *NOT* match the version that was running before the Front Panel failed, perform XgOS upgrade *BEFORE* importing the saved config file to keep the system from coming online with the wrong XgOS version. To perform XgOS upgrade put the correct version of the XgOS .xpf file into /var/fsroot/admin as user 'root' via SCP/FTP client, and then as user 'admin' run the command:

system upgrade <XgOS .xpf file>

NOTE: Recently Gen2 Front Panels have been arriving at customer's sites and when powered on and configuring the Gen2 Front Panel with applicable IP information for customer's network, upon completion of the configuration wizard, customer sees that the "ethmgmt" interface is being named "ethfabric" and consequently cannot connect via SSH. This information is covered in the KB below. When installing different XgOS version in order to match the version customer was originally using, or reinstalling the XgOS that shipped with the Gen2 Front Panel because 'ethmgmt' interface won't come up, the fix is to install the XgOS using the 'forcebaseos' option.

Fabric Interconnect (Xsigo) After XgOS Install or Upgrade 'ethmgmt' Network Interface Will Not Come up, Cannot Configure Networking (Doc ID 2089322.1)

How to Upgrade the Oracle Fabric Interconnect Chassis Operating System (Doc ID 1519027.1)

The Fabric Interconnect will reboot as part of the XgOS upgrade.

Next, put the saved configuration file back onto the Fabric Interconnect in the same directory /var/fsroot/admin folder using your favorite FTP/SCP client as 'root' user or use SCP from your local system command line to SCP the file back to the Fabric Interconnect as user 'root' to the /var/fsroot/admin folder.

After the file is placed onto the Fabric Interconnect, import the saved running config:

system import <filename>

Example using filename created above:

system import f1-f15-sca11-d-04112014.xml

Next to get hosts back up need to manually set the server-profiles back up:

From Fabric Interconnect CLI as user 'admin":

set server-profile * up

After the configuration has been imported, devices should come fully up (server-profiles, vnics, vhbas).

Run these commands to show that all IO Cards, server-profiles and vnics/vhbas are fully up:

show iocards

show server-profiles

show vnics

show vhbas

It has been observed that sometimes an additional 'system cold-restart' needs to be performed from the Fabric Interconnect CLI as user 'admin' to get all devices to come fully up after replacing a Front Panel and importing a saved running configuration file.

For ESXi hosts, set the server-profiles down prior to shutting down the Fabric Interconnect to replace the Front Pane. For complete instructions on Gen2 Front Panel replacement, see this document: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E38500_01/pdf/E54532.pdf - start on page 8

References

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E38500_01/pdf/E54532.pdf
<NOTE:2089322.1> - Fabric Interconnect (Xsigo) After XgOS Install or Upgrade 'ethmgmt' Network Interface Will Not Come up, Cannot Configure Networking
<NOTE:1519027.1> - How to Upgrade the Oracle Fabric Interconnect Chassis Operating System

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