Upgrading firmware in a cluster

From: Edgardo Safranchik <esafran_at_aluar.com.ar>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:44:05 -0300

Has anybody done a firmware upgrade in a cluster environment without putting the whole cluster offline?
The problem is to continue offering a 7x24 service, so I want to have one node providing service while I make the upgrade into the other.
I have a 2-node AS4100 cluster with Digital Unix 4.0D + TruCluster 1.5 + PK3 and firmware rev. 5.1 and I don't want to stop the services that the cluster is offering.
I understand that an OS software upgrade requires to stop the cluster, but I suppose that a firmware upgrade doesn't.

Has anybody have experience with this? What are your opinions?

Thanks in advance

Edgardo

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Received on Wed Jan 05 2000 - 11:45:49 NZDT

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