Test design for Cumulus OS Upgrade Support

The original test environment and resources:

xCAT version: 2.13.8

xCAT MN: briggs01, OS version is Pegas Beta

Cumulus switch: mid05tor25, OS version is 3.2.1

Cumulus switch OS binary: The binaries are saved in c910gpfs02:/gpfs/cnfs01/data/xcat/iso/cumulus

Reference links:

Test Case 1

Reinstall Cumulus switch by image

save one physical information about mid05tor25, such like mother board Serial Number

root@mid05tor25:/usr/cumulus/bin# dmidecode
        ......
	Serial Number: 11S01FT690YA50YD775ACN
        ......

Leverage mid05tor25 original dhcp configuration in briggs01

[root@briggs01 ~]# cat /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases
.....
host mid05tor25 {
  dynamic;
  hardware ethernet a8:2b:b5:59:ac:40;
  fixed-address 172.11.205.25;
        supersede server.ddns-hostname = "mid05tor25";
        supersede host-name = "mid05tor25";
}
....

reinstall mid05tor25 by cumulus-linux-3.4.1-bcm-armel.bin

[root@briggs01 ~]# mkdir -p /install/onie/
[root@briggs01 ~]# cp cumulus-linux-3.4.1-bcm-armel.bin /install/onie/
[root@briggs01 ~]# xdsh mid05tor25 "/usr/cumulus/bin/onie-install -a -f -i http://172.11.253.27/install/onie/cumulus-linux-3.4.1-bcm-armel.bin && reboot"

After 30 minutes, check if the ip 172.11.205.25 pingable and it is `mid05tor25``

[root@briggs01 ~]#ping 172.11.205.25
[root@briggs01 ~]#ssh 172.11.205.25 -l <usrid> 

[root@172.11.205.25 ~]dmidecode
# To check the SN is 11S01FT690YA50YD775ACN

[root@172.11.205.25 ~]cat /etc/*release*
# To check VERSION="Cumulus Linux 3.4.1"

[root@172.11.205.25 ~] cat /etc/network/interfaces
#The ip should come from DHCP

Test Case 2

Switch discovery and configuration base on 3.4.1

Based on the result of Test Case 1 to do follow test
Do switch based switch discovery and setup against mid05tor25 which OS was 3.4.1.

# predefine mid05tor25 for discovery
[root@briggs01 ~]# lsdef mid05tor25
Object name: mid05tor25
    groups=switch,edge_switch
    ip=172.11.205.25
    mgt=switch
    nodetype=switch
    switch=mgmtsw01
    switchport=25 
    snmpauth=sha 
    snmppassword=xcatpassw0rd 
    snmpprivacy=DES 
    snmpusername=xcatadmin
    snmpversion=3 
    usercomment=Edgecore Networks Switch

[root@briggs01 ~]# makehosts mid05tor25

[root@briggs01 ~]# switchdiscover --range 172.11.205.25 -w --setup

[root@briggs01 ~]# lsdef mid05tor25
Object name: mid05tor25
    groups=switch,edge_switch
    ip=172.11.205.25
    mac=A8:2B:B5:59:AC:40
    mgt=switch
    nodetype=switch
    postbootscripts=otherpkgs
    postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
    snmpauth=sha 
    snmppassword=xcatpassw0rd 
    snmpprivacy=DES 
    snmpusername=xcatadmin
    snmpversion=3 
    status=configured
    switch=mgmtsw01
    switchport=25
    switchtype=onie
    updatestatus=synced
    updatestatustime=10-17-2017 17:03:07
    usercomment=Edgecore Networks Switch

Check the ip, login without password

[root@briggs01 ~]# ping 172.11.205.25
PING 172.11.205.25 (172.11.205.25) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 172.11.205.25: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.195 ms
--- 172.11.205.25 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.189/0.192/0.195/0.003 ms

[root@172.11.205.25 ~] cat /etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.intf
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 172.11.205.25
    netmask 255.255.0.0
    broadcast 172.11.255.255


[root@briggs01 ~]# makehosts
[root@briggs01 ~]# makedhcp

[root@briggs01 ~]# ssh mid05tor25
# can login without passwd

check SNMP V3

[root@briggs01 ~] snmpwalk -v 3 -u xcatadmin -l authPriv -a sha -x DES -A xcatpassw0rd -X xcatpassw0rd mid05tor25 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1

Activate the License

[root@briggs01 ~] xdsh mid05tor25 /usr/cumulus/bin/cl-license
# record output as A
[root@briggs01 ~] xdcp mid05tor25 /install/custom/sw_os/cumulus/licensefile.txt /root/
[root@briggs01 ~] xdsh mid05tor25 "/usr/cumulus/bin/cl-license -i /root/licensefile.txt"
[root@briggs01 ~] xdsh mid05tor25 /usr/cumulus/bin/cl-license
# record output as B
# A != B
[root@briggs01 ~] xdsh mid05tor25 reboot

Check switch_macmap

[root@briggs01 ~]# xcatprobe switch_macmap mid05tor25
#should work

Test Case 3

Upgrade Cumulus switch on line.

Download OS repo to MN briggs01.
install mid05tor25 by binary image which version is 3.2.1.
Discover and configure mid05tor25. The step refer to Test Case2
Make sure mid05tor25 work as expect

[root@briggs01 ~]# ping mid05tor25
#should pingable

[root@briggs01 ~]# ssh mid05tor25
#should login without password

[root@mid05tor25 ~] cat /etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.intf
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 172.11.205.25
    netmask 255.255.0.0
    broadcast 172.11.255.255

[root@briggs01 ~]# snmpwalk -v 3 -u xcatadmin -l authPriv -a sha -x DES -A xcatpassw0rd -X xcatpassw0rd mid05tor25 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1 

[root@briggs01 ~]# xdsh mid05tor25 "cat /etc/*release*"
#should be 3.2.1

[root@briggs01 cumulus_test]# xdsh mid05tor25 "/usr/cumulus/bin/cl-license"
#license is A

Follow the first method of Cumulus OS upgrade to upgrade mid05tor25
check mid05tor25 os, should not be 3.2.1

[root@briggs01 ~]# xdsh mid05tor25 "cat /etc/*release*"
#should not be 3.2.1

original settings(specific ip/login without password/enable SNMP v3) should still work.

[root@briggs01 ~]# ping mid05tor25
#should pingable

[root@briggs01 ~]# ssh mid05tor25
#should login without password

[root@mid05tor25 ~] cat /etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.intf
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 172.11.205.25
    netmask 255.255.0.0
    broadcast 172.11.255.255

[root@briggs01 ~]# snmpwalk -v 3 -u xcatadmin -l authPriv -a sha -x DES -A xcatpassw0rd -X xcatpassw0rd mid05tor25 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1 
#should get result

[root@briggs01 cumulus_test]# xdsh mid05tor25 "/usr/cumulus/bin/cl-license"
#license should also be A

News

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