topic RE: VDX 6740 active standby problem in Data Center (VDX)

VDX 6740 active standby problem

Riccardo_Verald — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 04:05:00 GMT

Hello,
I have 6 VDX 6740 switches.
on one of them I have this situation.

sw0# sh ver

Network Operating System Software
Network Operating System Version: 6.0.2
Copyright (c) 1995-2015 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Firmware name: 6.0.2h
Build Time: 22:04:56 Apr 12, 2018
Install Time: 18:15:41 Oct 3, 2018
Kernel: 2.6.34.6

BootProm: 1.0.1
Control Processor: e500mc with 4096 MB of memory

Slot Name Primary/Secondary Versions Status
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SW/0 NOS 6.0.2h ACTIVE*
7.0.2b

so SW/1 is not coming up.
is there a way to force it to get up ?
Also there is a secondary image 7.0.2b which I would like to wipe.

on my other switches I have

switch-ana-vdx01# sh ver

Network Operating System Software
Network Operating System Version: 6.0.2
Copyright (c) 1995-2015 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Firmware name: 6.0.2h
Build Time: 22:04:56 Apr 12, 2018
Install Time: 16:28:19 Sep 27, 2018
Kernel: 2.6.34.6

BootProm: 1.0.1
Control Processor: e500mc with 4096 MB of memory

Slot Name Primary/Secondary Versions Status
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SW/0 NOS 6.0.2h ACTIVE*
6.0.2h
SW/1 NOS 6.0.2h STANDBY
6.0.2h

thanks

RE: VDX 6740 active standby problem

Jason_Howlett — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:39:00 GMT

Ha Sync command should be used here

RE: VDX 6740 active standby problem

Jason_Howlett — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:40:00 GMT

Also to restore the second partition you can try a net install
https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Q_A/How-to-perform-netinstall-on-VDX-6740-6940-an...

RE: VDX 6740 active standby problem

Yulia_Abitbul — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:54:00 GMT

Netinstall will install the firmware like a new switch. This can be useful when a switch is experiencing the following issues and it will take too long to fix manually:

One of the GOS partitions (SW/0 or SW/1) is missing
Switch cannot fully boot up due to a software issue (ex:Firmware upgrade or downgradewent wrong and now the switch will not boot, switch is in a reboot loop)
Corrupted file system or CF (compact flash)

RE: VDX 6740 active standby problem

Riccardo_Verald — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:25:00 GMT

the first thing I tried is ha sync and it did not solve the problem.
if I go for Netinstall is there a way to backup the licenses which are now installed and reinstall them back at the end ?

RE: VDX 6740 active standby problem

Yulia_Abitbul — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 01:02:00 GMT

you can find licence string with the following command:
show logging raslog | i license Copy and save the license key *B 7F:l:L5jZZ.......#

then you can added it back as in the article:
https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Q_A/Licensing-on-VDX/