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Adding a RAID Controller Module to a Simplex Configuration To upgrade your existing simplex storage array to a duplex storage array, perform the following steps: 1 Start MD Storage Manager. 2 Choose the storage array you are upgrading and click the Support tab. 3 Select Download Firmware. • If both the RAID controller module firmware and NVSRAM need to be applied, select Download RAID Controller Module Firmware. Select the Transfer NVSRAM file with RAID controller module firmware box and use Select File to navigate to the most recent version of the duplex NVSRAM firmware you downloaded from support.dell.com. • If only the RAID controller module NVSRAM needs to be applied, select Download RAID Controller Module NVSRAM and use Select File to navigate to the most recent version of the duplex NVSRAM file you downloaded from support.dell.com. 4 From the command line of the management station you use to manage the storage array, change the array mode from simplex to duplex (where IP_address is the management port address of RAID controller 0): NOTE: The SMcli command is installed under the client directory of the path you selected during installation of management station software for MD Storage Manager. SMcli IP_address -c "set storageArray redundancyMode=duplex;" NOTE: When the SMcli command completes, the array status changes to Needs Attention and the enclosure status LED lights amber. Disregard these indicators and proceed with the next step. 5 Insert the second (new or replacement) RAID controller module in the empty slot (slot 1) of the RAID enclosure. For proper insertion procedures and slot labeling, see the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD 3000i Hardware Owner's Manual.

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Adding a RAID Controller Module to a Simplex
Configuration
To upgrade your existing simplex storage array to a duplex storage array,
perform the following steps:
1
Start MD Storage Manager.
2
Choose the storage array you are upgrading and click the
Support
tab.
3
Select
Download Firmware
.
•
If both the RAID controller module firmware and NVSRAM need
to be applied, select
Download RAID Controller Module Firmware
.
Select the
Transfer NVSRAM file with RAID controller module
firmware
box and use
Select File
to navigate to the most recent
version of the duplex NVSRAM firmware you downloaded from
support.dell.com
.
•
If only the RAID controller module NVSRAM needs to be applied,
select
Download RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
and use
Select
File
to navigate to the most recent version of the duplex NVSRAM file
you downloaded from
support.dell.com
.
4
From the command line of the management station you use to manage
the storage array, change the array mode from simplex to duplex
(where
IP_address
is the management port address of RAID controller 0):
NOTE:
The
SMcli
command is installed under the client directory of
the path you selected during installation of management station software
for MD Storage Manager.
SMcli
IP_address
-c
“
set storageArray redundancyMode=duplex;
”
NOTE:
When the
SMcli
command completes, the array status changes to
Needs Attention
and the enclosure status LED lights amber. Disregard these
indicators and proceed with the next step.
5
Insert the second (new or replacement) RAID controller module in the
empty slot (slot 1) of the RAID enclosure. For proper insertion procedures
and slot labeling, see the
Dell™ PowerVault™ MD 3000i Hardware Owner’s
Manual
.