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Steps to Upgrade Your MD3000i System to, Support SATA Physical Disks

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• Latest supported firmware for the SATA physical disks to be used with the MD3000 available from support.dell.com under the Drivers and Downloads section. • Αccess to the MD3000 Support Matrix available at support.dell.com under Products→PowerVault Storage→MD3000 in the Manuals section. Steps to Upgrade Your MD3000i System to Support SATA Physical Disks NOTE: If you have an MD1000 attached to a Dell PERC adapter to use with your MD3000i, you must follow the migration procedure in the following section for the MD1000 before attaching it to your MD3000i system. NOTE: All SATA physical disks to be used with the MD3000i should be upgraded to the latest firmware version as listed in the MD3000i Support Matrix available online at support.dell.com. Physical disk firmware upgrades can be performed in multiple ways. Dell recommends upgrading the SATA drives firmware prior to moving the drives over to an MD3000i. To enable SATA support on your RAID controller module, you must upgrade your controller firmware and NVSRAM. The following sections detail the specific steps you must take to upgrade your MD3000i to support SATA physical disks from a management station or from a host server attached to your storage array controller. Updating Your MD3000i RAID Controller Module Firmware from a Management Station 1 In MD Storage Manager, click the Support tab and choose Gather Support Information to create a support information .zip file. NOTE: Before performing any maintenance or upgrade task, you should create a support information file. Failure to create this file prior to a firmware update may make it difficult to perform a system recovery procedure, if needed. Refer to Modular Disk Storage Manager User's Guide for more information on creating this file. 2 Using the latest version of the MD3000i Resource CD, run a pre-requisite check of your management station for your supported operating systems. Updating to Support SATA II Disks 5

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Updating to Support SATA II Disks
5
•
Latest supported firmware for the SATA physical disks to be used with the
MD3000 available from
support.dell.com
under the Drivers and
Downloads section.
•
Α
ccess to the MD3000 Support Matrix available at
support.dell.com
under
Products
→
PowerVault Storage
→
MD3000
in the
Manuals
section.
Steps to Upgrade Your MD3000i System to
Support SATA Physical Disks
NOTE:
If you have an MD1000 attached to a Dell PERC adapter to use with your
MD3000i, you must follow the migration procedure in the following section for the
MD1000 before attaching it to your MD3000i system.
NOTE:
All SATA physical disks to be used with the MD3000i should be upgraded to
the latest firmware version as listed in the MD3000i Support Matrix available online
at
support.dell.com.
Physical disk firmware upgrades can be performed in multiple
ways. Dell recommends upgrading the SATA drives firmware prior to moving the
drives over to an MD3000i.
To enable SATA support on your RAID controller module, you must upgrade
your controller firmware and NVSRAM. The following sections detail the
specific steps you must take to upgrade your MD3000i to support SATA
physical disks from a management station or from a host server attached to
your storage array controller.
Updating Your MD3000i RAID Controller Module Firmware from a
Management Station
1
In MD Storage Manager, click the
Support
tab and choose
Gather
Support Information
to create a support information .zip file.
NOTE:
Before performing any maintenance or upgrade task, you should create a
support information file. Failure to create this file prior to a firmware update may
make it difficult to perform a system recovery procedure, if needed. Refer to
Modular Disk Storage Manager User’s Guide
for more information on creating
this file.
2
Using the latest version of the MD3000i Resource CD, run a pre-requisite
check of your management station for your supported operating systems.