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in NAS environments, Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) for VMware vSphere (previously known as HIT/VMware) recognizes Dell EqualLogic FS Series appliances and allows provisioning, resizing, and deletion of NFS datastores. SAN HQ enables you to centrally monitor alerts from your EqualLogic environment, obtain historical performance reporting, and analyze trends for capacity planning and troubleshooting. With SAN HQ, you can centrally monitor multiple EqualLogic groups from a single graphical interface. SAN HQ also enables the collection of diagnostic data and alerts that can be, at your discretion, automatically transmitted to Dell support to expedite resolution of issues. Whenever SAN HQ is not monitoring the group, Group Manager displays an Action alarm in the Alarms and Operations panel. This alarm is also displayed if you are not running version 3.0 or later of SAN HQ with PS Series firmware version 7.0.x or later. As a best practice, Dell recommends that you install or update to SAN HQ version 3.1.x or later and enable SupportAssist before updating to PS Series firmware version 10.x. For more information about SAN HQ and SupportAssist, visit the Dell website at dell.com. You can download the Host Integration Tools from eqlsupport.dell.com. 8 Overview

Section	Page
Updating Firmware for Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays and FS Series Appliances	3
About This Manual	5
Audience	5
Related Documentation	5
Dell Online Services	5
Dell EqualLogic Storage Solutions	5
Technical Support and Customer Service	5
Overview	6
Release Type Definitions	6
PS Series Array and FS Series Appliance Compatibility	6
About Dell Storage Update Manager	7
Features and Benefits	7
EqualLogic Host Software	7
Enhancements	9
32-Bit and 64-Bit Update Files	9
Language Packs	9
PS Series Arrays – Planning and Prerequisites	10
PS Group Health Check	10
Disabling Email Home During Updates	11
PS Series Array Preparation — Known Limitations and Recommendations	12
Minimizing Host Disruption	12
Supported Update Paths	12
General Rules	13
Known Limitations and Recommendations	13
Pause Collection Replications Before Updating Firmware	13
GUI Firmware Update Does Not Work in an Environment Running Only IPv6	14
Use the CLI to Update Firmware in a Single Controller Environment	14
Updating Firmware Not Allowed from GUI when FTP is Disabled	14
Working With Multimember Groups	14
Add a New Array to an Existing Group	14
Update Across Multiple Releases	14
Important Information About Dell EqualLogic Firmware Updates and Microsoft Windows Clusters	14
PS Series Array Firmware Update Procedure	15
Update the Firmware Using Dell Storage Update Manager	15
Update the Firmware Without Using Dell Storage Update Manager	15
Download the Firmware Update Kit	15
Identify the Controller Type in the Group Manager GUI	15
Update the PS Series Firmware Using the GUI	15
Update the PS Series Firmware Using the CLI	17
Constraints and Prerequisites for Using the CLI	17
Update the Firmware Using the CLI	17
FS Series Appliances — Planning and Prerequisites	19
FS Series Appliances Health Check	19
NAS Reserved Names	20
NAS Volumes (Containers)	20
NAS Snapshots	20
Supported Update Paths	20
FS Series Firmware Update Procedure for NAS Controllers	22
Update the Firmware Using Dell Storage Update Manager	22
Update the Firmware Without Using Dell Storage Update Manager	22
Before You Begin — Determine the NAS Cluster Management IP Address	22
Updating NAS Controllers Running FS Series Firmware Versions Earlier Than 3.0	23
Updating NAS Controllers Running FS Series Firmware Version 3.0 and Later	23
PS Series Array CLI Output Examples	25
Output Displayed When Firmware Is Copied to an Array Using FTP	25
Output Displayed When Firmware Is Copied to an Array Using SCP	25
Output Displayed When Update Command Is Entered	26
Output Displayed When Firmware Version Is Confirmed	26
FS Series Appliance CLI Output Examples	28
Output Displayed When Firmware Is Copied to an Appliance Using FTP	28
Output from the Update Process	29

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in NAS environments, Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) for VMware vSphere (previously known as HIT/VMware) recognizes Dell

EqualLogic FS Series appliances and allows provisioning, resizing, and deletion of NFS datastores.

SAN HQ enables you to centrally monitor alerts from your EqualLogic environment, obtain historical performance reporting, and

analyze trends for capacity planning and troubleshooting. With SAN HQ, you can centrally monitor multiple EqualLogic groups from a

single graphical interface. SAN HQ also enables the collection of diagnostic data and alerts that can be, at your discretion,

automatically transmitted to Dell support to expedite resolution of issues.

Whenever SAN HQ is not monitoring the group, Group Manager displays an Action alarm in the Alarms and Operations panel. This

alarm is also displayed if you are not running version 3.0 or later of SAN HQ with PS Series

ﬁrmware

version 7.0.x or later.

As a best practice, Dell recommends that you install or update to SAN HQ version 3.1.x or later and enable SupportAssist before

updating to PS Series

ﬁrmware

version 10.x. For more information about SAN HQ and SupportAssist, visit the Dell website at

dell.com

You can download the Host Integration Tools from

eqlsupport.dell.com

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