Dell 651F manual

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV a ult Fibre Ch annel Sof twar e and Fir mware 9-1 CH APTE R 9 Upgrading Y our Dell Power V ault F ibre Chann el Softwa re and F irmware Thi s c hapter p r o vides inst ru ct ions f or updating th e storage ar ea network (S AN) sof t - w are and fi rmware i n exist ing equipm ent or in a pre-e xist[...]

9-2 Dell P owe rV ault S AN Admi nist rator ’ sG u i d e NOT I CE S : T o prevent lo ss of dat a dur ing an u pgrade, back up a ll data o n the st orage sy stems to tape med ia or med ia that can be taken off lin e. Before beginn ing any u pgrade or insta llati o n, s top al l SAN input /outpu t (I /O ) a ct ivi ty . If yo u ar e up gr a din g a [...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9-3 P reparin g the SAN for an Upgrade NO TE: P erf orm this proced ure when all users ha ve cl osed their a pplication pr ograms an d ha ve logg ed of f the syst em. B efore r unning al l SAN upgra des, you mus t perfor m t he fol lowi ng st e ps: [...]

9-4 Dell P owe rV ault S AN Admi nist rator ’ sG u i d e Bef ore y ou r un th e sof tware upgrad e from th e latest Dell P ower V ault Fibre Channe l Ut ili ties C D or Dell P ower V ault Fibr e Channel Upda te CD , you mu st p erfo rm th e fo l- lowi ng steps: 1 . Bac k up y our confi guration data in t he regist r y so tha t it i s a vaila ble [...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9-5 5. R eboot the sy stem. Y ou can no w perf orm the sof t w are upgrade as des cribed in the f ollo wing sect i on . I nsta lling t he So ftwar e Up grade on Wind ows NT or Win dow s 2000 Sys tem s Thi s procedu re explai ns how to upda te or ins[...]

9-6 Dell P owe rV ault S AN Admi nist rator ’ sG u i d e 8. If appl i cabl e, install the opt ional Dell Ope nManage Hardw ar e Inst rumenta tion Pac kage (HIP) or HP OpenV iew Networ k Node M a nager Special Edi tion (NMM SE). See Chapter 1 6, “ Config uring SAN M a nagement Applications “ f or in st alla - tion i nstruct ions. 9. Instal l D[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9-7 T o up da te t he N VR AM an d t he B IOS, p erfo rm th e sam e st e ps as i n “ Configur ing the HBA ” in Chap ter 1 0 . T o updat e t he HB A driver s in NetW are, perf orm the f ollowi ng steps: 1. I n s e r t t h e Dell P ow erV ault Fib[...]

9-8 Dell P owe rV ault S AN Admi nist rator ’ sG u i d e NO TE: T o obtain the sl ot number , perfor m the fol l o wing steps: a. P r es s <Alt>< Esc> until y ou get a console pro m p t. b. T ype load ql 22 00 or loa d ql21 00 , and pr e ss <E nt er > to di spl a y th e av aila ble slot s. Mak e a not e of t he dis play ed slo t[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9-9 QL ogic F iber Ch ann el Conf igurat ion Util ity F or inst ructi ons, see “ QL ogic Fibre Channel Confi gurati on Utility ” in Ch apt er 1 2. De ll Open Manage Da ta Mana ged Nod e for NetW are F or instruc tions, see “ Inst allin g , C o[...]

9 - 10 D e l l Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m in i s tr a t o r ’ sG u i d e 7 . Obtain the updated dr i v e firmwa re from the Dell P ow erV ault Fi br e Cha nnel Ut ili ties CD or from the F i le Libr ary at ht t p:// suppor t.dell.com . 8. Copy the dr ive fi r mwa re file ont o you r C driv e. 9. Close al l appli cation pr ograms t hat access t [...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9-1 1 Upd ati ng the D el l Pow er V au lt 650F /651F / 630F Dr iv e Fi rm w ar e o n N e tWa re Use the Del l OpenManage Comman d Line I nterfa ce (CLI) to update the ha rd-disk dri ve firmw are in yo ur Dell P ow erV ault 650F , 651F , or 630F sy [...]

9 - 12 D e l l Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t o r ’ sG u i d e database di sks. Ha ving mult i ple cop ies of the LI C o ff ers high er av ailabi lity if a disk module f ails. T he database di sk m o dules hav e disk IDs of 00, 0 1, and 02. A stora ge proces sor with v ersion 1 . 03 PROM code does n ot recog nize Fl are 5.1 1 . xx a[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9-1 3 2. In the Ar ray Conf igurati on w indo w , clic k Ar ray , and then cli ck Fir mwa re Downlo ad . The F i rm wa re D o w n l o a d w indo w displ ay s t he na m e of the stora ge syst em on whic h the LIC will be upd ated. 3. In the Ent er Fu[...]

9 - 14 D e l l Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t o r ’ sG u i d e and you m ust downgrade t o the pre vious ver sion of the LIC. Af ter yo u ha ve do wngraded to the p revi ous LIC ver sion, yo u can deconf igure the ca c he and then upgrade t he L I C. Upda tin g th e L IC on a 6 50F an d 651F in a Ne tWare En viro nm ent When do w nl[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9-1 5 Updati ng the Del l PowerV ault 660F RAID C ontro ller Firm w are o n Wi nd ows N T or Win do ws 20 00 Use the do wnload firmw are functi on in Dell OpenManage Ar ray Mana ger to updat e the RAID con troller fi r mwa re as new v ersions become[...]

9 - 16 D e l l Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t o r ’ sG u i d e 3. Using Ar ray Manage r , take your hot spares of f li ne, see yo ur Dell OpenM anage Arra y Manag er User ’ s Guide . 4. If a reset does not o ccur , pow er cycl e the RAID cont roller . Insta lling F lash- It! Softwa re Flash- It! is an appli catio n that u pgrades [...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om Upgrad ing Y our Del l P ow erV ault F ibre Channe l So f t wa re a nd Fir mware 9- 1 7 4. Selec t a device or mul tiple de vices on the Device Li st T r ee , and then cli c k F i rm w a re . 5. Selec t t he Fir mwar e Upgrade pag e. NO TICE : Do not power down the serv er , storage sy s tem, or drive du ring the upgra de pro c [...]

9 - 18 D e l l Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t o r ’ sG u i d e For inst ructio ns o n i ns ta lling t he fir mw are , see you r De ll P o werVault 5 xF Fi bre Channel S witc h Installati on and T rouble shooting Guid e or Dell P owe rV au lt S wit c h Manager User ’ sG u i d e ,o rc l i c k Star t — > Progr ams — > Dell [...]