FW update for IOM12 in a DS2246 shelf

[sudden badger]

For some reason we got an IOM12 in a DS2246 shelf.
I plan to upgrade the FW to the latest release for IOM12.

I guess it shouldn't be a problem but I just wanted to make sure...

[night warren]

Yeah, this will work without any issues

[bitter trellis]

I don’t know if it works on 9.16 though since sas2(ds2246 shelf) is removed in ONTAP

[night warren]

hm right you might need to set a bootflag so that it works. I think IOM12 in the old shelves should work without, but I'm not sure

[bitter trellis]

The sas2 shelves (4486/ds4246/ds2246) even with the iom12 won’t pass some information (especially tins like shelf environmental info)

[night warren]

yeah, then @sudden badger needs the FPVR to get them supported again (or I can DM you the bootarg, but you are on your own if something breaks and you don't have an active FPVR 😄 )

[sudden badger]

Hmm exciting news... But we are good up to 9.15 atleast?
Appreciate the support on discord, you guys are doing awesome work (y)

[night warren]

yeah, 9.15 is safe, it's only 9.16 that removes the IOM6 support

[sudden badger]

Let me get back to you on that 😉
Maybe time to invest some money...

[bitter trellis]

It’s not just iom6 support. It’s the sas2 protocol that’s removed. Iom12 in an older shelf works but environmental (and more?) aren’t available

[night warren]

but the SAS2 disks still work so not the whole protocol has been removed. All that was removed was the abillity to see/manage the SAS2 based shelves (and even there, "removed" is probably too harsh of a word, I would rather call it "disabled" since you can easily get the functionality back)

and disks in IOM6 based SAS2 shelves also still work in 9.16 🙂