Dell Unity 300 EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software
Dell Unity 300 Manual
View all Dell Unity 300 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Dell Unity 300 manual content summary:
- Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 1
Dell EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software Version 5.x Part Number: H14977 September 2021 Rev. 10 - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 2
system software...8 Automatically reboot storage processors...9 Update drive firmware...9 Update language packs...10 Chapter 4: Unisphere CLI commands Associated CLI commands...16 The show action command...16 Chapter 5: Troubleshooting upgrade issues 19 Unable to upload the upgrade file...19 Verify - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 3
of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2016 - 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 4
feature documentation or release notes, go to Unity Technical Documentation at: dell.com/unitydocs. Troubleshooting For information about products, software updates, licensing, and service, go to Support (registration required) at: dell.com/ support. After logging in, locate the appropriate product - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 5
troubleshooting procedures. For more information about performing a Unity Data-in-Place conversion to upgrade hardware, refer to the Unity Data-in-Place Conversion Guide include system firmware and drive firmware upgrades. Such version. ● Drive firmware versions do not match instructions or considerations for - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 6
an upgrade. This check ensures that you have time to resolve underlying problems that may prevent a successful update. ● Attempt to reduce the I/O firmware is available for your system drives, you receive an alert in Unisphere that updated firmware is available. When upgrading from Unity releases - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 7
settings. This includes the IP addresses you configured for the system (static or dynamic). NOTE: OE software updates sometimes include system firmware updates. In such cases, the upgrade may take a bit longer to complete. I/O activities during an upgrade Unisphere may be temporarily disconnected - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 8
support or from your service provider. If you have ESRS enabled, you can contact support and request that they automatically push down the latest software or firmware , you must resolve the problem before performing an update. 4. If you downloaded the software manually, save the upgrade file to the - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 9
firmware is available for your system. This task applies to physical deployments only. NOTE: With Unity releases 5.0 and later, drive firmware the drive firmware file you want to upload, or one that was automatically pushed to your system by Support. 6. Select Upload. The drive firmware file is - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 10
Update language packs Steps 1. Select the Settings icon, and then select Software and Licenses > Language Packs. 2. Select Obtain Language Pack Online and download a language pack file to your local system. 3. Select Install Language Pack to launch the Install Language Pack wizard. 4. Select the - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 11
sessions. The upgrade session installs an upgrade candidate file that was uploaded to the system. Download the latest upgrade candidate from the support website. Use the -upload switch to upload it to the system before creating the upgrade session. The latest software upgrade candidate contains - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 12
pushed to the system by support. Example The following command displays Unity-Drive-Firmware-V2-Dec-19-2016.tgz.bin.gpg Perform a system health check Perform a health check of the entire system. A health check is a series of checks on the state of your system to ensure that no underlying problems - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 13
bypassed during the upgrade procedure. Upload an upgrade candidate To upgrade the system software, upload an upgrade candidate file that you download from the support website and use the -upload qualifier. Once you upload the candidate file to the system, use an upgrade session to start the upgrade - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 14
an offline storage processor upgrade rather than an online (default) storage processor upgrade. -pauseBetweenReboots Optional parameter for SP is upgraded. This will allow you to suspend the upgrade until you manually resume the upgrade using /sys/upgrade resume. Example 1 The following command - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 15
Example 2 The following command creates a session to upgrade the storage processor: uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /sys/upgrade create -type sp -newSPModel SP500 Storage system address: 10.0.0.1 Storage system port: 443 HTTPS connection Operation completed successfully. Example 3 - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 16
website for available support options. [Error Code: platform::check_boot_control_status_2]","Error: One or more LUNs are in degraded state. Record the error code and contact your service provider. [Error Code: flr::check_if_lun_recovery_is_required_2]" Associated CLI commands The show action - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 17
. Name-value pair format provides an example of the NVP format. ● table - The table format displays output as a table, with column headers and rows. By default, values that are too long to fit in a column are cut off. Add -wrap after the table qualifier, separated by a space, so that the values - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 18
ID = la_0 ID = la_0 uemcli /net/nas/server show -filter "ID, SP, Health state, ID, Name" Filter format Storage system address: 10.0.0.1 Storage system port: 443 HTTPS connection 1: ID = nas_1 SP = SPA Health state = OK (5) ID = nas_1 Name = Mynas1 2: ID = nas_2 SP = SPA Health state - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 19
software by doing the following: ○ In Unisphere, go to System > Service. Under Storage System, select Restart Management Software. Verify that the upgrade start-A corrupted upgrade image may have caused this problem. Download a new image from Online Support and run the upgrade again. ● If your - Dell Unity 300 | EMC Unity™ Family Upgrading Unity Software - Page 20
up, during the power-on self test, it will check for new firmware images and update all or any parts to latest images as required, self Support > Contact Us > Chat to chat with support personnel. If this option is not available, contact your service provider. 20 Troubleshooting upgrade issues
Dell EMC Unity™ Family
Upgrading Unity Software
Version 5.x
Part Number: H14977
September 2021
Rev. 10