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Upgrading the firmware on all disks, The Initialized Storage Systems Properties window opens.

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proceed after such a pause, review the controller logs to establish where you are in the upgrade process and relaunch the online upgrade. The upgrade will start where it left off. CAUTION: Observe the following cautions when upgrading disk drive firmware: • Do not power off any components or perform controller resynchronizations or reboots during an upgrade. • Ensure that you upgrade the disk drive firmware after you upgrade the storage system software. • Perform your upgrade during times of low, non-replicated I/O to minimize the time it takes to revert information back onto the drive after the upgrade. • If an error occurs during the upgrade, the process stops and must be restarted to upgrade disks that have not yet been upgraded. Any disks that were upgraded before the error occurred do not have to be upgraded again. Check the logs to verify status. When you restart the process, it starts at the next disk that needs the upgrade. Upgrading the firmware on all disks Upgrade the disk drive firmware after you upgrade the system software. 1. Validate that adequate free space is available to manage disk failures that might occur after the disk firmware upgrade. 2. Reduce EVA maintenance overhead by setting the disk replacement timer to five minutes. Reset the value to the default (60 seconds) once the upgrade process is complete. The longer setting prevents triggering migration and revert processes as disks are upgraded. 3. If you have not already done so, download the disk drive firmware file from the following website: http://www.hp.com/support/evadiskfirmware a. Store the file to a known local directory. If you are running HP Command View EVA 9.x or later, continue with step 4. NOTE: It is recommended that you use the default directory of C:\Program Files\ Hewlett-Packard\Sanworks\CodeLoad. If you use a different directory, you will have to enter the complete path when identifying the location of the firmware files. b. If you are running HP Command View EVA 8.x or earlier, unzip the bundled image file and place the files in a directory where HP Command View EVA resides (HP recommends that you use the default directory noted in Step 3a.) Continue with step 4. 4. Open HP Command View EVA. 5. In the Navigation pane, select the array for which you want to update hard disk drive firmware. The Initialized Storage Systems Properties window opens. 6. Select System Options. The System Options window opens. 7. Click Code load. The Code Load Selection window opens. 48 Upgrading the Enterprise Virtual Array

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proceed after such a pause, review the controller logs to establish where you are in the upgrade
process and relaunch the online upgrade. The upgrade will start where it left off.
CAUTION:
Observe the following cautions when upgrading disk drive firmware:
•
Do not power off any components or perform controller resynchronizations or reboots during
an upgrade.
•
Ensure that you upgrade the disk drive firmware after you upgrade the storage system software.
•
Perform your upgrade during times of low, non-replicated I/O to minimize the time it takes to
revert information back onto the drive after the upgrade.
•
If an error occurs during the upgrade, the process stops and must be restarted to upgrade
disks that have not yet been upgraded. Any disks that were upgraded before the error occurred
do not have to be upgraded again. Check the logs to verify status. When you restart the
process, it starts at the next disk that needs the upgrade.
Upgrading the firmware on all disks
Upgrade the disk drive firmware after you upgrade the system software.
1.
Validate that adequate free space is available to manage disk failures that might occur after
the disk firmware upgrade.
2.
Reduce EVA maintenance overhead by setting the disk replacement timer to five minutes. Reset
the value to the default (60 seconds) once the upgrade process is complete. The longer setting
prevents triggering migration and revert processes as disks are upgraded.
3.
If you have not already done so, download the disk drive firmware file from the following
website:
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tp://w
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w
.hp
.co
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a.
Store the file to a known local directory. If you are running HP Command View EVA 9.x
or later, continue with step 4.
NOTE:
It is recommended that you use the default directory of
C:\Program Files\
Hewlett-Packard\Sanworks\CodeLoad
. If you use a different directory, you will
have to enter the complete path when identifying the location of the firmware files.
b.
If you are running HP Command View EVA 8.x or earlier, unzip the bundled image file
and place the files in a directory where HP Command View EVA resides (HP recommends
that you use the default directory noted in Step 3a.)
Continue with step 4.
4.
Open HP Command View EVA.
5.
In the Navigation pane, select the array for which you want to update hard disk drive firmware.
The Initialized Storage Systems Properties window opens.
6.
Select
System Options
.
The System Options window opens.
7.
Click
Code load
.
The Code Load Selection window opens.
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