Dell PowerVault MD3660f Deployment Guide - Page 9

Expanding With New PowerVault MD3060e Expansion Enclosures, Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware

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For more information, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. 4. Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD Series resource media. For information about installing the software, see Installing MD Storage Manager. 5. Update the storage array RAID controller module firmware and NVSRAM to the latest versions available at support.dell.com, using Modular Disk Storage Manager. 6. Launch MD Storage Manager. 7. Click Tools → Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware in the Enterprise Management Window (EMW). 8. Stop all I/O to the array and turn off the host systems attached to the storage array. 9. Turn off the storage array. 10. Turn off the expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system. 11. Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array. 12. Turn on the expansion enclosure(s). 13. Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that the unit is ready: - When power is on, the power on indicator lights solid green. - If the Service action required indicator lights amber, there is an error that can be viewed using the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager. 14. When the storage array is online and ready, turn on any attached host systems. 15. After the PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosure is configured as an expansion enclosure of the storage array, restore the data that was backed up in step 1. Expanding With New PowerVault MD3060e Expansion Enclosures Perform the following steps to attach new PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures to a PowerVault MD3660f Series storage array: 1. Before adding the expansion enclosure(s), ensure that the storage array software is installed and is up to date. For more information, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. 2. Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD Series resource media. For information about installing the software, see Installing MD Storage Manager. 3. Using MD Storage Manager, update the RAID controller module and NVSRAM firmware to the latest versions available on support.dell.com. 4. Click Tools → Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware from the Enterprise Management Window (EMW). 5. Stop all I/O to the storage array and turn off affected host systems attached to the storage array. 6. Turn off the storage array. 7. Turn off any expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system. 8. Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array. 9. Turn on the expansion enclosure(s) and wait for the enclosure status LED to turn blue. 10. Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that the unit is ready: - When power is on, the power on indicator lights solid green. - If the Service action required indicator lights amber, there is an error that can be viewed using the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager. 11. After the storage array is online and ready, turn on any attached host systems. 12. Using PowerVault MD Storage Manager, update all attached expansion enclosure firmware if it is out of date. 13. From the EMW, select the enclosure that you want to update and launch the Array Management Window (AMW). 14. Select Upgrade → EMM Firmware. 9

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For more information, see the Support Matrix at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
4.
Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD Series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see
Installing MD Storage Manager
.
5.
Update the storage array RAID controller module firmware and NVSRAM to the latest versions available at
support.dell.com
, using Modular Disk Storage Manager.
6.
Launch
MD Storage Manager
.
7.
Click
Tools
→
Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware
in the
Enterprise Management Window
(EMW).
8.
Stop all I/O to the array and turn off the host systems attached to the storage array.
9.
Turn off the storage array.
10.
Turn off the expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system.
11.
Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array.
12.
Turn on the expansion enclosure(s).
13.
Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that the unit is ready:
–
When power is on, the power on indicator lights solid green.
–
If the Service action required indicator lights amber, there is an error that can be viewed using the
PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager.
14.
When the storage array is online and ready, turn on any attached host systems.
15.
After the PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosure is configured as an expansion enclosure of the storage
array, restore the data that was backed up in step 1.
Expanding With New PowerVault MD3060e Expansion Enclosures
Perform the following steps to attach new PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures to a PowerVault MD3660f Series
storage array:
1.
Before adding the expansion enclosure(s), ensure that the storage array software is installed and is up to date.
For more information, see the Support Matrix at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
2.
Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD Series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see
Installing MD Storage Manager
.
3.
Using
MD Storage Manager
, update the RAID controller module and NVSRAM firmware to the latest versions
available on
support.dell.com
.
4.
Click
Tools
→
Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware
from the
Enterprise Management Window
(EMW).
5.
Stop all I/O to the storage array and turn off affected host systems attached to the storage array.
6.
Turn off the storage array.
7.
Turn off any expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system.
8.
Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array.
9.
Turn on the expansion enclosure(s) and wait for the enclosure status LED to turn blue.
10.
Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that the unit is ready:
–
When power is on, the power on indicator lights solid green.
–
If the Service action required indicator lights amber, there is an error that can be viewed using the
PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager.
11.
After the storage array is online and ready, turn on any attached host systems.
12.
Using
PowerVault MD Storage Manager
, update all attached expansion enclosure firmware if it is out of date.
13.
From the EMW, select the enclosure that you want to update and launch the
Array Management Window
(AMW).
14.
Select
Upgrade
→
EMM Firmware
.
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