Steps for CSM Upgrade with different versions in management and managed

nodes

upgrade/Creating_hybrid_configurations.md

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+# Upgrading management and managed nodes with different CSM versions using IUF
+
+For certain use cases, there may be a need to combine different recipes of CSM to bring up the
+management and managed nodes. For example, if there is need to use a feature supported for specific
+CPU architecture for managed nodes which is present in a different recipe of CSM than the
+version of CSM that will be run on management nodes.
+
+## Procedure
+
+1. Decide the recipes for management and managed nodes. For example, use recipe **`a.b.c`**,
+which contains CSM version `1.5.x` for managed nodes and use recipe **`x.y.z`**, which contains
+CSM version **`1.6.x`**, for management nodes.
+
+1. Ensure that the CSM cluster is operational with the lowest among the selected recipes for both
+management and managed nodes.
+
+Use the [Upgrade CSM and additional products with IUF](../operations/iuf/workflows/upgrade_csm_and_additional_products_with_iuf.md) procedure to upgrade CSM.
+In the above example, the upgrade would be to recipe **`a.b.c`**, which contains
+CSM version **`1.5.x`**, for both management and managed nodes.
+
+1. Go through the `product_vars.yaml` file of both the recipes and come up with a set
+of products and versions across the recipes which have to be upgraded for CSM version **`1.6.x`**.
+
+1. Use the [Upgrade CSM and additional products with IUF](../operations/iuf/workflows/upgrade_csm_and_additional_products_with_iuf.md) procedure to upgrade CSM till
+[step 9, Managed rollout](../operations/iuf/workflows/managed_rollout.md), skip section
+"2.2 Compute Nodes". That is, do not upgrade compute nodes to the recipe `x.y.z`
+with CSM version `1.6.x` in order to keep the compute nodes on the `a.b.c` recipe
+with CSM version `1.5.x`.
+
+## Post install Testing
+
+Execute the `ncn healthchecks` to validate that management nodes are executing correctly.
+
+```bash
+   /opt/cray/tests/install/ncn/automated/ncn-healthcheck-master
+   /opt/cray/tests/install/ncn/automated/ncn-healthcheck-worker
+   /opt/cray/tests/install/ncn/automated/ncn-healthcheck-storage
+   /opt/cray/tests/install/ncn/automated/ncn-kubernetes-checks 
+```
+
+Execute the post install checks to validate that the managed nodes are executing correctly.
+Refer to [Post Install Check](../operations/iuf/stages/post_install_check.md) on
+running post install checks.

upgrade/README.md

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     * [Option 2: Upgrade only additional HPE Cray EX software products](#option-2-upgrade-only-additional-hpe-cray-ex-software-products)
     * [Option 3: Upgrade only CSM](#option-3-upgrade-only-csm)
 * [CSM patch version upgrade](#csm-patch-version-upgrade)
+* [Upgrading management and managed nodes with different CSM versions using IUF](#upgrading-management-and-managed-nodes-with-different-csm-versions-using-iuf)
 
 ## Release Notes
 
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 There are no CSM 1.6 patch versions currently available. When any become available, they will
 be listed here.
+
+## Upgrading management and managed nodes with different CSM versions using IUF
+
+Follow the procedure [Upgrading management and managed nodes with different CSM versions using IUF](Creating_hybrid_configurations.md) when planning to upgrade management and managed nodes with different versions of CSM.