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D UAL C ONT ROLL ER D URA S TOR 6200S/ 7200S C ONFIGURATION G UIDE DuraStor 6200S and 7200S.book Page 1 Tuesday, July 9, 2002 3:25 PM[...]
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R DuraStor 6200S/7200 S External RAID Contr oller Dual Contr oller Config uration Gu ide DuraStor 6200S and 7200S.bo ok Page i Tuesday, J uly 9, 20 02 3:25 PM[...]
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ii Copyr ight © 2001- 2002 Ada ptec, I nc. Al l r ights r eserved. No part o f this public ation m a y be re produc ed, s tor ed in a r etri eval system , or transmit ted in a ny form or by any mean s, elec tronic, me chani cal, phot ocopy ing, recording or o therw ise, wi thout th e prio r wri tten c onsent of A daptec, Inc., 6 91 S outh Mi lpita[...]
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iii Adaptec Cu stomer Suppor t If yo u have ques tions abou t instal ling o r using your Ada ptec pr oduct, check this document f irst —you will find a nswers t o mo st of your quest ions he re. If you need further assis tance, us e the s upport opti ons li sted below . T echnic al Suppor t I dentific ation (TSID) Number ■ Bef ore contac tin g [...]
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1 Installation and Configuration In this Guide This do cumen t descri bes ho w to instal l the 6 200S S C SI an d the 7200 S Fibr e Channel R AID con tr ollers into a DuraS t or Ext ernal RAID subsy stem to create a dual-contr oller conf iguration. System Requ irem ents 2 Instal latio n Ov er v iew 2 Upgrading the C ontrolle r Fir mware 3 Changi ng[...]
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2 DuraStor 620 0S/7200S Dual Co ntr oller Configur ation Guide System R equire ments T o work in a dual-con tr oller environment, both con tr o llers must have the same: ■ am ount of memor y insta lled. ■ firmware version. See U pgrad ing the Controller F irmware on page 3. In stal lati on Ov er view Follow the installa tion pr ocess in this gu[...]
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3 Upg radin g th e Cont roller Fi rmw are Upgr adi ng th e Cont r oll er Fi rmwa re This section describes how to upgrade the firmware of your DuraStor RAID contr o ller . Adaptec r e commends that you use the latest version of the firmwar e for both of your controllers. Y ou can visit www .adaptec.com to download the latest firmware r elease. Befo[...]
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4 DuraStor 620 0S/7200S Dual Co ntr oller Configur ation Guide 6 Select Utiliti es Menu and press Enter . 7 Select Hard ware Info rmation . The Base Level in dicates the firmware version of th e contro ller . If the f irmware version is not the l atest version i dentified on th e Adaptec web sit e, be sure to download the curr ent version befor e p[...]
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5 Upg radin g th e Cont roller Fi rmw are Upgrading t he Firmware T o upgrade the firmwar e on both the primary and secondary controllers: 1 Fr om the System Menu, se lect Shutdown/Resta rt . 2 Select Ye s and then pr es s Ent er to confi rm the shutdown . 3 Pr ess Enter again to r estart the sy ste m. 4 After the restart, hold down the Space Bar w[...]
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6 DuraStor 620 0S/7200S Dual Co ntr oller Configur ation Guide 6 From the terminal menu , sele ct T ransfer , then Send File . 7 Click Bro wse to navigate to th e firmware file and click Open. Note: If you down loaded a new er version of the firmware fro m w ww .a dapt ec. com , naviga te to the dir e ctory where you sav ed the fi le. An exam ple o[...]
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7 Upg radin g th e Cont roller Fi rmw are The controller automatica lly restarts to enable the new firmware. The activity status an d firmware versio n is displayed in the termina l window on the secon d line after the restart. 9 Fr om th e Sy st em Me nu , select Shutdown/Restart to shutdown the syste m. 10 Remove the primary contr oller from the [...]
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8 DuraStor 620 0S/7200S Dual Co ntr oller Configur ation Guide Changing the Contr oller’ s Operating Mode T o set u p a dual-controller envir onment, change the mode of the primary con tr oller to your preferr ed dual-controller configura tion, reboot the contr oller , and then instal l the second contr o ller . Note: If you need to upgrade the f[...]
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9 Changing t he Controller’ s Op erating Mode 6 Select Oper ati ng Mo de and pr ess En te r . 7 Select the operating mode type and pr ess Enter . 8 Exit out of the A daptec Disk Array Admin istrator and shut down the contro ller . 9 Remove the front bezel from the DuraStor storag e subsystem and r emove the contr oller . Refer to the DuraStor Ins[...]
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10 DuraStor 620 0S/7200S Dual Co ntr oller Configur ation Guide 11 Powe r ON the storage s ubsystem. 12 Repeat Steps 1 thr ough 7 for the s econd contr oller . 13 Powe r OF F the storage subsystem. 14 Remove the second contr oller from the Contr ol ler 1 bay and reinstall it in the Controller 2 bay . 15 Install the first controller into the Cont r [...]
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R Ad a p te c , I nc . 691 South Milpitas Bou levard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2001-2002 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are tr ademark s of Adap tec , Inc . whic h may be regist ered in so me jurisd ictions. P a r t N u mb e r : 513228 - 0 6 , V e r . A A R F 07 / 02 DuraStor 6200S and 7200S.book Page 2 Tuesday, July[...]