Determining if a firmware upgrade is required
Before you upgrade the firmware, check the current firmware version of the appliance components with the latest supported version. If there is a mismatch in the firmware version of any of the components, you must update the firmware on your nodes.
To check if a firmware upgrade is required using the CLI:
- Check the current firmware version of the components. To check the current firmware version of the appliance components from the node-level CLI, use the following command:
show hardware-health node component=firmware
The current firmware version for the components is listed in the Version column of the output.
- Note the Status column in the output. If the Status column shows Update Available or Unsupported Version you are required to upgrade the firmware.
To check if a firmware upgrade is required using the UI:
- Check the current firmware version of the components. In the NetBackup Flex Scale web UI, navigate to Cluster management > Infrastructure > Nodes. In the Firmware version column, click View details.
The components and their current firmware versions are displayed.
- Check the latest supported firmware version. To check the latest supported firmware version, go to the SORT Appliance Compatibility List site (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup/acl).
On the Appliance Compatibility Page, do the following:
In the Product list, select NetBackup Flex Scale.
In the Hardware list, select the appliance model.
In the Version list, select the latest version. The naming convention is Productversion (spp-yyyymm). Ignore the leading Productversion and select the latest version for the appliance model.
In the Category list, select All.
The components and their latest supported firmware versions are displayed.
- Compare the firmware version listed in the ACL file on SORT with the version installed on your node. If there is a mismatch in the firmware version for any of the components, you need to upgrade the firmware.
To check if you can upgrade directly to the latest firmware version or require a multi-path upgrade, first check the current firmware version of the iLO component that is installed on the appliance and compare the iLO component version on the appliance with the version included in the firmware packages on SORT. To check the current firmware version on the appliance, in the NetBackup Flex Scale web UI, navigate to and in the Firmware version column, click . Note the firmware version of the iLO component, which shows the version and the release date. Go to the SORT Appliance Compatibility List site (https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup/acl) and check which firmware package includes the iLO component with the same version as that on the appliance.