EFA Command Blocking During Firmware Download

Inventory Command Blocking

The following inventory commands are blocked when a firmware download is in progress for a specific device:

• Network Essentials (Native CLIs)
• Device Execute CLI
• Device Delete

Fabric Command Blocking

• The following fabric commands are blocked when at least one of the device is in fwdl-in-progress state:
  • Fabric device add

    Example: [Supposing firmware download is in progress for 10.20.246.1]

    

    efa fabric device add --ip 10.20.246.2 --rack rack1 --name non-clos --username admin --password password
    
    Error:  Device(s) 10.20.246.1 are going through firmware download

  • Fabric device remove

    Example: [Supposing firmware download is in progress for 10.20.246.1]

    

    efa fabric device remove --name non-clos --ip 10.20.246.1,10.20.246.2
             Remove Device(s) [Failed]
             Removal of  device with ip-address =  [Failed]
    
    Reason: Device(s) 10.20.246.1 are going through firmware download

  • Fabric configure

    Example: [Supposing firmware download is in progress for 10.20.246.1]

    

    efa fabric configure --name non-clos
    
    Error :  Device(s) 10.20.246.1 are going through firmware download

• The following fabric commands are allowed even when the devices are in fwdl-in-progress state:
  • Fabric device remove with “no-device-cleanup" flag
  • Fabric delete with “force” option
  • Fabric topology show physical/underlay/overlay to display the output by excluding the devices in fwdl-in-progress-state

Tenant Command Blocking

• If the target device list for a particular tenant operation has at least one device in fwdl-in-progress state, then the entire operation is rejected with an error to the user.

  Example: [Supposing firmware download is in progress for 10.24.80.158]

  

  efa tenant po create --name po1 --tenant t1 --speed 10Gbps --negotiation active --port 10.24.80.158[0/3], 10.24.80.159[0/3]
  
  PortChannel creation failed:      
        Error: Firmware download is in progress for the devices [10.24.80.158]

• If the target device list for a particular tenant operation has no device in fwdl-in-progress state, then the operation proceeds as usual.

  Example: [Supposing firmware download is in progress for 10.24.80.158]

  

  efa tenant po create --name po1 --tenant t1 --speed 10Gbps --negotiation active --port 10.24.80.159[0/3]
  
  PortChannel creation succeeded