Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S and 221S Systems Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S and 221S Systems Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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...fm Contents Before You Begin 5 Updating Storage Systems Attached to Cluster Servers 6 Updating Firmware Using Array Manager 7 Updating Firmware Using Dell Update Packages 8 Windows DUP Update Procedure 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update Procedure 8 Updating Firmware Using Firmware Update Utililties 9 Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Update Procedure 9 Red Hat Enterprise ...Versions of Array Manager 13 Updating the Storage System Without Array Manager 13 Tables Table 1-1. PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - Firmware Update Procedures 8 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - FOR PROOF ONLY Contents 3
...fm Contents Before You Begin 5 Updating Storage Systems Attached to Cluster Servers 6 Updating Firmware Using Array Manager 7 Updating Firmware Using Dell Update Packages 8 Windows DUP Update Procedure 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update Procedure 8 Updating Firmware Using Firmware Update Utililties 9 Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Update Procedure 9 Red Hat Enterprise ...Versions of Array Manager 13 Updating the Storage System Without Array Manager 13 Tables Table 1-1. PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - Firmware Update Procedures 8 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - FOR PROOF ONLY Contents 3
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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... programs downloaded from the Dell support website at support.dell.com. This document provides firmware update procedures for your system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - The firmware update procedures are included with the downloaded firmware update file available at the end of your Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S or 221S storage system. PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - All firmware update procedures require you to...
... programs downloaded from the Dell support website at support.dell.com. This document provides firmware update procedures for your system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - The firmware update procedures are included with the downloaded firmware update file available at the end of your Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S or 221S storage system. PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - All firmware update procedures require you to...
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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...procedure found later in this document that applies to your host configuration. Table 1-1. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - FOR PROOF ONLY 6 Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware Firmware Update Procedures Operating System Download File Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and Advanced...Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) Novell® NetWare® pv2xxAxx.exe FUPG_Exx.exe Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (Version PV220s-221s-FRMW- 3) for Intel® x86 Rxxxxx.bin Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version pv2xxAxx.gz 3) for Intel® Extended Memory 64...
...procedure found later in this document that applies to your host configuration. Table 1-1. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - FOR PROOF ONLY 6 Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware Firmware Update Procedures Operating System Download File Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and Advanced...Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) Novell® NetWare® pv2xxAxx.exe FUPG_Exx.exe Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (Version PV220s-221s-FRMW- 3) for Intel® x86 Rxxxxx.bin Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version pv2xxAxx.gz 3) for Intel® Extended Memory 64...
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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...; Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server • Windows Server 2003 • Novell NetWare (all Dell-supported versions) To update the firmware on your PowerVault 22xS storage system using Array Manager: NOTE: In the following steps, xx refers to the firmware release number. 1 Stop all I/O activity to the storage system. 2 Create a directory on your screen...
...; Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server • Windows Server 2003 • Novell NetWare (all Dell-supported versions) To update the firmware on your PowerVault 22xS storage system using Array Manager: NOTE: In the following steps, xx refers to the firmware release number. 1 Stop all I/O activity to the storage system. 2 Create a directory on your screen...
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... Update Procedure The following procedure to update the firmware on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that is not available on your local file system. 3 Download the executable Windows DUP package file (PV220s-221s-FRMW-Rxxxxx.exe, where Rxxxxx indicates the release) from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and save the file to the...
... Update Procedure The following procedure to update the firmware on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that is not available on your local file system. 3 Download the executable Windows DUP package file (PV220s-221s-FRMW-Rxxxxx.exe, where Rxxxxx indicates the release) from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and save the file to the...
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...you need to the storage system. PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Updating Firmware Using Firmware Update Utililties Dell provides firmware updates as a user with administrator privileges. 3 Create a directory on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that the update was successful. 7 Restart ...firmware. You must use a manual update procedure when an Array Manager or DUP procedure is attached to a host system running the Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64-bit) operating system. 1 Stop all I/O activity to the storage system. 2 Log in the command line: sh ./PV220s-221s...
...you need to the storage system. PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Updating Firmware Using Firmware Update Utililties Dell provides firmware updates as a user with administrator privileges. 3 Create a directory on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that the update was successful. 7 Restart ...firmware. You must use a manual update procedure when an Array Manager or DUP procedure is attached to a host system running the Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64-bit) operating system. 1 Stop all I/O activity to the storage system. 2 Log in the command line: sh ./PV220s-221s...
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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... -user (superuser). 3 Create a directory on your local Linux file system for your system configuration. 8 Type the .exe filename on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that is attached to a host system that is complete, a message appears indicating that the update was successful. 10 Restart I/O...04 - FOR PROOF ONLY 10 Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware www.dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm 6 Run the extracted .exe file from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and copy them to the /usr/local/pv22xAdirectory. ...
... -user (superuser). 3 Create a directory on your local Linux file system for your system configuration. 8 Type the .exe filename on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that is attached to a host system that is complete, a message appears indicating that the update was successful. 10 Restart I/O...04 - FOR PROOF ONLY 10 Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware www.dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm 6 Run the extracted .exe file from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and copy them to the /usr/local/pv22xAdirectory. ...
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...following procedure to update the firmware on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that ...is attached to a host system that the update was successful. 10 Restart I /O activity to the storage system. 2 Log in to the directory created in the command prompt: pv2xx -a -f -s where -a points to all compatible enclosures attached to the host, -f specifies the extracted .bin firmware...Enterprise Linux (Version 3) for the EMM firmware. To create the directory, open a... Enclosure Management Module Firmware 11 Double-click ...update the firmware. Use the tar command at...
...following procedure to update the firmware on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that ...is attached to a host system that the update was successful. 10 Restart I /O activity to the storage system. 2 Log in to the directory created in the command prompt: pv2xx -a -f -s where -a points to all compatible enclosures attached to the host, -f specifies the extracted .bin firmware...Enterprise Linux (Version 3) for the EMM firmware. To create the directory, open a... Enclosure Management Module Firmware 11 Double-click ...update the firmware. Use the tar command at...
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... 9 Record the listed file descriptor of the firmware .bin file and is installed). www.dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm 5 Download the pv22xLxx.gz utility file from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and save the utility to the directory ...you are an .exe utility file and a .bin firmware file. 7 Change the file permissions for the extracted .exe file. An ...
... 9 Record the listed file descriptor of the firmware .bin file and is installed). www.dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm 5 Download the pv22xLxx.gz utility file from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and save the utility to the directory ...you are an .exe utility file and a .bin firmware file. 7 Change the file permissions for the extracted .exe file. An ...
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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... with Array Manager version 3.1.1 or earlier and the split-bus module is in the cluster mode, the EMM firmware can contact Dell Support to replace your EMM modules. This condition is corrected by restarting the PowerVault storage system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Alternately, you can only be updated from this system. Array Manager displays the correct...
... with Array Manager version 3.1.1 or earlier and the split-bus module is in the cluster mode, the EMM firmware can contact Dell Support to replace your EMM modules. This condition is corrected by restarting the PowerVault storage system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Alternately, you can only be updated from this system. Array Manager displays the correct...
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FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm www.dell.com | support.dell.com DELL CONFIDENTIAL - PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - FOR PROOF ONLY 14 Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm www.dell.com | support.dell.com DELL CONFIDENTIAL - PRELIMINARY 10/26/04 - FOR PROOF ONLY 14 Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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...Ultra 320 functionality, your system to Ultra 320 EMMs. To obtain the latest version of Array Manager and the firmware, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. NOTE: You should perform a complete data backup before you must replace the other Ultra 160 EMM....the SCSI terminator card in your data. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - Otherwise, you must support Ultra 320. NOTICE: A mixture of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your host server before performing any ...
...Ultra 320 functionality, your system to Ultra 320 EMMs. To obtain the latest version of Array Manager and the firmware, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. NOTE: You should perform a complete data backup before you must replace the other Ultra 160 EMM....the SCSI terminator card in your data. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - Otherwise, you must support Ultra 320. NOTICE: A mixture of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your host server before performing any ...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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...- o Patrol Read is recommended that all the devices on PERC 3 (except PERC 3/DI), PERC 4 and PERC 4e controller families running 3.0 and higher firmware). By default the run modes: Manual and Automatic. o Highly recommended as part of SCSI technologies. Though possible, it is a best practice to media errors.... are not supported in the mix of the same spindle speed (RPM - only one logical volume/array. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on the hard PAGE 33 11/17/2005 Clustering is supported only on the same physical...
...- o Patrol Read is recommended that all the devices on PERC 3 (except PERC 3/DI), PERC 4 and PERC 4e controller families running 3.0 and higher firmware). By default the run modes: Manual and Automatic. o Highly recommended as part of SCSI technologies. Though possible, it is a best practice to media errors.... are not supported in the mix of the same spindle speed (RPM - only one logical volume/array. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on the hard PAGE 33 11/17/2005 Clustering is supported only on the same physical...