Before the Upgrade

Upgrade Impacts

  • Do not perform other maintenance operations during the upgrade.
  • Services are interrupted during the software upgrade.

Precautions

Table 1 describes the precautions for the upgrade.

Table 1 Precautions for the upgrade

No.

Description

1

Before the upgrade, read this document carefully to ensure that you have learned all the content.

2

To reduce the impact on services, switch services to other nodes or stop services before the upgrade.

3

After the upgrade, ensure that all software versions meet the version mapping requirements.

4

If you need to roll back from a later version to an earlier version, uninstall the later version and install the required version.

5

During the CANN upgrade, the version to which the CANN soft link points in the installation directory is upgraded by default.

Upgrade Process

  • If the driver, firmware, and CANN software are matched, you can upgrade the CANN software separately. For details about the version mapping, see the Release Notes.
  • If the firmware and driver need to be upgraded at the same time, upgrade the firmware first, then the driver, and finally CANN.