Upgrade A Fabric Interconnect F1-15 To A Qdr Fabric Board - Oracle Fabric Interconnect Series User Manual

Upgrade a Fabric Interconnect F1-15 to a QDR
Fabric Board
Upgrading to a QDR Fabric Board requires removing the existing Fabric Board, then installing
the QDR Fabric Board.
This procedure documents the physical procedure of removing a non-QDR Fabric Board,
Note -
and inserting a QDR Fabric Board. However, there are additional considerations such as: *
reconnecting servers that were on a 24-port DDR Fabric Board the QDR Fabric Board, which
has 20 ports. * considerations for using QDR cables (and their cable lengths) when the DDR
Fabric Board you will be replacing was using DDR cables. * Bringing the Fabric Interconnect
with the new QDR Fabric Board online in a data center managed by Oracle Fabric Manager.
These additional considerations are addressed in the QDR Fabric Board Upgrade Guide,
Release XgOS 3.0.0. For full documentation about the entire procedure of bringing the Fabric
Interconnect and hosts back online after the QDR Fabric Board Upgrade, consult the QDR
Fabric Board Upgrade Guide.
To replace the fabric board, follow this procedure:
1. If the Fabric Interconnect is not running XgOS 3.0 or later, upgrade your XgOS
version to 3.0 or greater for Fabric Interconnects with InfiniBand server ports.
2. Move or stop all traffic going through the Fabric Interconnect in either of the
following ways:
In an HA Fabric Interconnect environment, move all traffic to the other
■
Fabric Interconnect for the duration of the Fabric Board upgrade on the
first Fabric Interconnect. When the first Fabric Interconnect boots up with a
QDR Fabric Board, move all traffic off of the second Fabric Interconnect and
upgrade that Fabric Interconnect to a QDR Fabric board.
■ In a single Fabric Interconnect environment, stop all traffic going through
the chassis. For example, scheduled traffic, such as backups, can be halted.
You can also turn down vNICs, vHBAs, or Server Profiles. Or, live traffic will
be halted when you power off the Fabric Interconnect.
3. Remove the InfiniBand cables from your DDR Fabric Board, and disconnect the
Fabric Interconnect from facility power by unplugging the power cables.
Using a screwdriver, loosen the captive screws in the release levers by turning
4.
them counterclockwise (1) as shown in
Board from a Fabric Interconnect F1-15," on page

Upgrade a Fabric Interconnect F1-15 to a QDR Fabric Board

Figure 83, "Unlocking the DDR Fabric
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