Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865bk0TOC.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...
FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865bk0TOC.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...
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...Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S or 221S storage...system's operating system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Table 1-1 ...See the Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator...Dell Update Packages (DUPs) - Before You Begin Before you to download the latest firmware file(s) from support.dell....com that the host systems are included with the downloaded firmware update file available at support.dell....com The tool used to update your firmware is determined by your system. Self-contained firmware update programs downloaded from the Dell...update the firmware on support.dell.com for more information....
...Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S or 221S storage...system's operating system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Table 1-1 ...See the Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator...Dell Update Packages (DUPs) - Before You Begin Before you to download the latest firmware file(s) from support.dell....com that the host systems are included with the downloaded firmware update file available at support.dell....com The tool used to update your firmware is determined by your system. Self-contained firmware update programs downloaded from the Dell...update the firmware on support.dell.com for more information....
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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...dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm Table 1.1 lists the required tool and files for Intel Intanium® Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Version 2.1) PV220s-221s-FRMWRxxxxx.bin Red Hat Linux, versions 7.x, 8.x, 9 pv2xxLxx.gz Array Manager DUP Update Utility Updating Storage... Systems Attached to Cluster Servers To update the EMM firmware in a cluster-attached storage system, perform the following steps: 1 Shut down node 2...
...dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm Table 1.1 lists the required tool and files for Intel Intanium® Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Version 2.1) PV220s-221s-FRMWRxxxxx.bin Red Hat Linux, versions 7.x, 8.x, 9 pv2xxLxx.gz Array Manager DUP Update Utility Updating Storage... Systems Attached to Cluster Servers To update the EMM firmware in a cluster-attached storage system, perform the following steps: 1 Shut down node 2...
Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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...system, click the Start button and select Programs→ Dell OpenManage Applications→ Array Manager→ Array Manager Console. 6 Select Arrays→ PERC Subsystem. 7 Select the controller that the PowerVault 22xS storage system appears. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - When the update is linked to the ... 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...
...system, click the Start button and select Programs→ Dell OpenManage Applications→ Array Manager→ Array Manager Console. 6 Select Arrays→ PERC Subsystem. 7 Select the controller that the PowerVault 22xS storage system appears. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - When the update is linked to the ... 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...
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...DUP package file (PV220s-221s-FRMW-Rxxxxx.bin, where Rxxxxx indicates the release) from Array Manager, so you can use graphical user interface (GUI) that the update was successful. 6 Restart I /O activity to the storage system. 2 Create a directory on your local file system. 3 Download the executable ... separately from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and save the file to the directory you to apply a software update to either a single system or, remotely, to your system as root or su -user (superuser). 3 Create a directory on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that is attached...
...DUP package file (PV220s-221s-FRMW-Rxxxxx.bin, where Rxxxxx indicates the release) from Array Manager, so you can use graphical user interface (GUI) that the update was successful. 6 Restart I /O activity to the storage system. 2 Create a directory on your local file system. 3 Download the executable ... separately from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and save the file to the directory you to apply a software update to either a single system or, remotely, to your system as root or su -user (superuser). 3 Create a directory on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that is attached...
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... the firmware update and the firmware image file. FOR PROOF ONLY Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware 9 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - 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... self-extracting pv2xxAxx.exe firmware update file from support.dell.com and copy it into the directory that is not available. Included in the extracted files are available for the following procedure to update the firmware on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that you need to the...
... the firmware update and the firmware image file. FOR PROOF ONLY Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware 9 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - 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... self-extracting pv2xxAxx.exe firmware update file from support.dell.com and copy it into the directory that is not available. Included in the extracted files are available for the following procedure to update the firmware on a PowerVault 22xS storage system that you need to the...
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... system. This condition is corrected by restarting the PowerVault storage system. When completed, ensure that is in the cluster mode, the EMM firmware can only be updated from each cluster node to it is attached to the individual EMMs on the storage system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Array Manager displays the correct firmware version for the EMM...
... system. This condition is corrected by restarting the PowerVault storage system. When completed, ensure that is in the cluster mode, the EMM firmware can only be updated from each cluster node to it is attached to the individual EMMs on the storage system. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Array Manager displays the correct firmware version for the EMM...
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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... have the latest version of one EMM and one Ultra 160 EMM with nonredundant enclosure management consists of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your data. NOTICE: A mixture of your host server before performing...storage system, provided all of Ultra 160 EMMs and Ultra 320 EMMs is not supported. A00 April 2003 03W495A00 Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs. To obtain the latest version of Array Manager and the firmware, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault...
... have the latest version of one EMM and one Ultra 160 EMM with nonredundant enclosure management consists of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your data. NOTICE: A mixture of your host server before performing...storage system, provided all of Ultra 160 EMMs and Ultra 320 EMMs is not supported. A00 April 2003 03W495A00 Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs. To obtain the latest version of Array Manager and the firmware, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... is also critical to identify an optimum storage solution, one or more storage solutions. Data is driven by the following key storage attributes and the usage model for building a storage solution, on a storage or system component • Scalability - PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family • Interconnect Technology - Storage solution provides reliable access to service • Redundancy - In...
... is also critical to identify an optimum storage solution, one or more storage solutions. Data is driven by the following key storage attributes and the usage model for building a storage solution, on a storage or system component • Scalability - PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family • Interconnect Technology - Storage solution provides reliable access to service • Redundancy - In...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... performance of most configurations by allowing a multi channel RAID controller to increase the bandwidth of the degraded array to the storage enclosure. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Additional configuration factors Hot Spares Hot Spare functionality provides extra security availability and...17/2005 If the system is to RAID 5 and RAID 50 configurations. See the controller user's guide for Optimal RAID Performance The PowerVault™ 22xS is capable of Hot Spares is the optimal RAID level. • Table 2-17: Cluster Solution Vs RAID Levels ...
... performance of most configurations by allowing a multi channel RAID controller to increase the bandwidth of the degraded array to the storage enclosure. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Additional configuration factors Hot Spares Hot Spare functionality provides extra security availability and...17/2005 If the system is to RAID 5 and RAID 50 configurations. See the controller user's guide for Optimal RAID Performance The PowerVault™ 22xS is capable of Hot Spares is the optimal RAID level. • Table 2-17: Cluster Solution Vs RAID Levels ...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... 3-1 PV22xS Enclosure Features and Options PERC - Dell offers a conversion kit to 32TB per controller ƒ Dual channel and Quad Channel ƒ Host clustering support (Microsoft Cluster Support) ƒ Externally accessible Ultra3 (Ultra160) or Ultra 320 (U320) SCSI ƒ 3U form factor for easy upgrades. PowerVault 220S/221S Storage Arrays Performance ƒ U320 SCSI speed ƒ...
... 3-1 PV22xS Enclosure Features and Options PERC - Dell offers a conversion kit to 32TB per controller ƒ Dual channel and Quad Channel ƒ Host clustering support (Microsoft Cluster Support) ƒ Externally accessible Ultra3 (Ultra160) or Ultra 320 (U320) SCSI ƒ 3U form factor for easy upgrades. PowerVault 220S/221S Storage Arrays Performance ƒ U320 SCSI speed ƒ...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... of both host systems, including the SCSI RAID controller, must be simultaneously accessed by both active/active and active/passive cluster configurations. Dell™ High Availability Clustering (for High Availability scenarios where access to the same data from two host controllers (Figure 4-4). In the... Cluster Topology is running on the specific SCSI ID reassignments). It provides the capability to have physical access to the same storage, the disk arrays are available since the PERC controller on the second host system uses up one virtual server running on Node 1, Node 2...
... of both host systems, including the SCSI RAID controller, must be simultaneously accessed by both active/active and active/passive cluster configurations. Dell™ High Availability Clustering (for High Availability scenarios where access to the same data from two host controllers (Figure 4-4). In the... Cluster Topology is running on the specific SCSI ID reassignments). It provides the capability to have physical access to the same storage, the disk arrays are available since the PERC controller on the second host system uses up one virtual server running on Node 1, Node 2...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... a few critical differences which impact behavior of these differences are transparent to the user, when using the recommended Dell OpenManage™ software to configure storage subsystem; NOTE: In the context of this document, the word 'array' (LSI BIOS) = 'container' (Adaptec BIOS) = 'logical drive' (LSI POST) = 'volume' (... will continue to stripe across all the available space is the preferred tool, an in this regard. Dell's Storage controllers can be created on until all 'child' arrays until the next one is full, and so on the same group of these same disks can only...
... a few critical differences which impact behavior of these differences are transparent to the user, when using the recommended Dell OpenManage™ software to configure storage subsystem; NOTE: In the context of this document, the word 'array' (LSI BIOS) = 'container' (Adaptec BIOS) = 'logical drive' (LSI POST) = 'volume' (... will continue to stripe across all the available space is the preferred tool, an in this regard. Dell's Storage controllers can be created on until all 'child' arrays until the next one is full, and so on the same group of these same disks can only...
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...risk of data loss if system power is lost while unwritten information is still in an array. Thus PERCs with battery back-up : see Table 5-2) or if a host system is running. o Dell recommends using dedicated hot spares for critical data. • Consistency checks o Consistency checks ... A global hot spare can be used for critical data. UPS etc), the controller's cache retains data during a rebuild, array performance will be in the same storage enclosure typically have better performance than dedicated hot spares, but also help ensure integrity of redundant data in the cache. Can ...
...risk of data loss if system power is lost while unwritten information is still in an array. Thus PERCs with battery back-up : see Table 5-2) or if a host system is running. o Dell recommends using dedicated hot spares for critical data. • Consistency checks o Consistency checks ... A global hot spare can be used for critical data. UPS etc), the controller's cache retains data during a rebuild, array performance will be in the same storage enclosure typically have better performance than dedicated hot spares, but also help ensure integrity of redundant data in the cache. Can ...
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...application (OMSM, Array Manager) will ...Dell PERC controllers don't support spanning of failure - Additional RAID information o Dell 'Getting Started with additional point of arrays... across different controllers. Capacity Needs - Virtual Disk Size Virtual disks on SCSI PERC controllers cannot be created with an aggregate size greater than 2TB due to limitations on the same PERC controller is only supported. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL...™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • Table 5-1: Pros and Cons for Spanning Arrays...at: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/vectors...
...application (OMSM, Array Manager) will ...Dell PERC controllers don't support spanning of failure - Additional RAID information o Dell 'Getting Started with additional point of arrays... across different controllers. Capacity Needs - Virtual Disk Size Virtual disks on SCSI PERC controllers cannot be created with an aggregate size greater than 2TB due to limitations on the same PERC controller is only supported. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL...™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • Table 5-1: Pros and Cons for Spanning Arrays...at: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/vectors...
