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HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R11 Release Notes HP Part Number: 508849-014 Published: February 2012 Edition: 14 - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 2
© Copyright 2009, 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 3
update to a regular release, S=Special release) yy Major release number. -zz Minor release number. Product models HP MSA2000 G2 controllers: • HP 2312fc G2 Modular Smart Array (MSA2312fc G2) • HP 2312i G2 Modular Smart Array (HP MSA2312i G2) • HP 2312sa G2 Modular Smart Array (HP MSA2312sa G2 - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 4
• HP 2324i G2 Modular Smart Array (HP MSA2324i G2) • HP 2324sa G2 Modular Smart Array (HP MSA2324sa G2) Operating systems Operating systems supported for use with the HP MSA2000 G2 family of products and when installing the binary firmware package: • Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise Editions • HP-UX - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 5
number of a power supply was reported inconsistently in the event logs. • An invalid error message was generated when the expand-snap-pool max command was issued on a vdisk with no remaining space available. • Prevent drive spin-down while rebooting the other controller during a firmware update - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 6
to within range, until the power supply is replaced or power cycled. • The power supply module lost track of the reset state. • Different power supply and I/O module statuses were reporting on the two controllers in a dual-controller system. • After a firmware update, drives in enclosures 1 and - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 7
and user documents. Base Mapping is now Default Mapping. ◦ Enhanced all wizards to provide default responses. • CLI-specific enhancements and fixes: ◦ help show power-supplies command-Added online help information. ◦ set controller-date command-Revised online help information. ◦ clear disk metadata - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 8
event logs. • Updating array controller firmware may result in new event messages that are not described in earlier versions of documentation. For comprehensive event message documentation, see the most current version of the HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Reference Guide. • The Smart Component - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 9
Windows graphical user interface (GUI) or the command line interface (CLI). GUI update method 1. Obtain the firmware package and save it to a temporary directory. Firmware for all HP products is available from the HP Business Support Center website at http://www.hp.com/support/ downloads. 2. Using - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 10
package and save it to a temporary directory. Firmware for all HP products is available from the HP Business Support Center website at http://www.hp.com/support/ downloads. 2. Open a Linux command console. 3. From the directory containing the downloaded file, enable execute access to this model by - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 11
using the Storage Management Utility (SMU) 1. Obtain the firmware package and save it to a temporary directory. Firmware for all HP products is available from the HP Business Support Center website at http://www.hp.com/support/ downloads. 2. If using a Smart Component, extract the contents of - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 12
update. 6. Open a command prompt (Windows) or a terminal window (UNIX), and navigate to the directory containing the firmware file to load. a. Enter a command using the following syntax: ftp . (For example: ftp 10.1.0.9) b. Log in as an FTP user (user = ftp, password - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 13
reestablish communication, cycle power on the system and repeat the show disks command. (Do not restart the controllers; cycle power on the controller enclosure.) • If the show disks command from all controllers is successful, perform the firmware update process again. Installation instructions 13 - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 14
heavy I/O it might be possible for the I/O to not failback correctly when an array controller is restarted. To avoid this situation, HP recommends performing tasks such as replacing failed controllers or updating firmware during periods with light I/O profiles. 14 Known issues and workarounds - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 15
User Guide as an available feature. This function has been removed from the SMU and is only available as an advanced option in the Command Line Interface (CLI). • Issue: Linux Boot from Storage (BFS) configurations can become unresponsive on a controller failure due to incorrect multipathing setup - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 16
SCSI3 reservations are not supported with iSCSI and SAS environments. • Workaround: This issue currently being investigated by HP. An alternative is to use 2-node clusters with SCSI2 reservations in the MSA2000 G2 SAS and iSCSI protocol controllers. The Fibre Channel MSA2000 G2 has full SunCluster - HP MSA2312i | HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Firmware M113R10 Release - Page 17
controller. • Workaround: These messages can be safely ignored. • Issue: During drive firmware upgrade, all volumes are taken offline to preserve data integrity. • Workaround: Plan drive firmware updates during a maintenance window. • Issue: In an HP c-Class BladeSystem environment, VMWare may
HP 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Controller
Firmware M113R11 Release Notes
HP Part Number: 508849-014
Published: February 2012
Edition: 14