Comments on: Upgrading DPC FPGA firmware on 8683XLR

By: Michael McNamara

Michael McNamara — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:35:32 +0000

In reply to Jason. I would tend to believe low level functions of the cards are being impacted, not high level protocols. There are quite a few fixes between 5.1.2.0 and 5.1.8.3. Cheers!

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:43:39 +0000

I’ve upgraded from 5.1.2.0 to 5.1.8.3 and didn’t upgrade the FPGA to 194. We’ve 1 or 2 OSPF and/or IGMP issues. Do you know what issues you’ve seen with not upgrading the FPGA? We are planning on going back up upgrading the card FW. (I realize this is old, but found it relavent).

By: Michael McNamara

Michael McNamara — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:10:07 +0000

In reply to Tim.

Hi Tim,

While it’s not required I would strongly suggest you upgrade the FPGA with the latest firmware. I’ve seen all sorts of issues with the earlier FPGA firmware on the 8630GBR and 8648GTR and 8648GTRS.

Thanks for the comment!

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:26:03 +0000

We ran into this exact problem (after confirming with our tech that it wasn’t required for the upgrade). Thanks a bunch for posting this, was really useful.

Tim

By: Upgrading DPC FPGA firmware – Part 2 | Michael McNamara

Upgrading DPC FPGA firmware – Part 2 | Michael McNamara — Sun, 01 May 2011 02:36:02 +0000

[…] and had to upgrade the DPC FPGA firmware on the R modules (8630GBR, 8683XLR) within the chassis. I previously covered how to upgrade the DPC FPGA firmware but in the last few upgrades I noticed a recurring […]

By: Michael McNamara

Michael McNamara — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:20:42 +0000

In reply to thomas. Thanks for pointing that out Thomas! Cheers!

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:13:56 +0000

You dont have to boot the entire switch, it is enough to just reset the card. config slot state reset

.thomas