Interconnect firmware update activation for logical enclosures

Orchestrated

The orchestrated activation option allows updates to interconnects with minimal traffic disruption in a production ready, properly configured and redundant environment. In an orchestrated update, only one interconnect module of a pair is updated at a time. After the update of the first module is complete, the update of the second module begins. If the components in the logical enclosure are properly configured for redundancy, there is minimal interruption to network traffic and workloads.

A default delay of 8 minutes is set between activating or rebooting interconnect modules.

Parallel

Parallel activation option activates all the interconnect modules at the same time, resulting in disruption of the network and storage connectivity. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends performing parallel activation during a maintenance window when you can better coordinate the downtime.