This past week I attempted an upgrade of a ERS 8600 from 5.1.3.1 to 7.1.5.4 to 7.2.11.0. In the process two RS boards, an 8634XGRS and a 8648GTRS failed on upgrade. Thanks to a couple of spare ERS switches, and the 8648GTR that played nice, I lived to tell the tale another day.
The RS blades were in slots 1 and 3. After upgrading the software on the secondary processor which was in slot 6, I rebooted the master and the system hung on boot.
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:04:40] SW INFO RS-Module inserted: Slot=1 Type=8634XGRS, waiting to bootup...
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:04:40] SW INFO RS-Module inserted: Slot=3 Type=8648GTRS, waiting to bootup...
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:05:13] SW INFO dpmTrackWaitFailure: reset slot 1 - No SM Handshake from COP for 33 seconds
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:05:13] SW INFO RS-Module: Slot=1 Type=8634XGRS, powering off for 12 secs...
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:05:13] SW INFO dpmTrackWaitFailure: reset slot 3 - No SM Handshake from COP for 33 seconds
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:05:13] SW INFO RS-Module: Slot=3 Type=8648GTRS, powering off for 12 secs...
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:05:25] SW INFO RS-Module: Slot=1 Type=8634XGRS, powering on...
CPU5 [05/14/14 22:05:25] SW INFO RS-Module: Slot=3 Type=8648GTRS, powering on...
Of course, by the time I called Avaya support, their first thing was roll back to previous code, which I did; still couldn't get the RS blades up.
So ordered replacement RS blades and went to Plan B.
Ended up eventually performing the 5.1.3.1 > 7.1.5.4 > 7.2.11.0 upgrade as originally planned, with no problems with only the R-blade in the system, then individually put the 8648GTRS and 8634XGRS in the system.
Anyone else have this much problems with the RS-blades? I've performed other upgrades on the 8600s before with no problems. But now have that clinched feeling because I have another 8600 to do that has three RS blades and one R blade.
