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HP StorageWorks
P4000 10GbE SFP+ Hardware
Installation Instructions
© Copyright 2009, 2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company,
L.P.
Second edition: June 2010
The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
Printed in the US
www.hp.com
*AX705-96003*
Overview
This document describes how to upgrade the HP LeftHand P4000 to
10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). Upgrade instructions vary depending on
whether the HP LeftHand P4000 is new and/or whether it is already in
a management group.
Prerequisite
The motherboard BIOS firmware must be up-to-date with the latest version
installed.
Table 1 General upgrade steps for P4000s
Download the software patch
Download software patch 10073. This procedure is the same regard-
less of the state or location of the P4000 storage node.
1.
Go to
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/s
t
o
r
age
.
2.
Select
P4000 SAN Solutions
.
3.
Select
Disk Storage Systems
>
P4000 SAN Solutions
>
HP
LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions.
4.
Select
Download drivers and software
.
5.
Select your product.
6.
Select
Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.)
.
7.
Download the patch version 10073.
P4000 is in a management group
P4000 is new or not in a man-
agement group
Download the
HP StorageWorks
P4000 G1 Series 1GbE to 10GbE
SFP+ Migration Guide.
Follow instructions in the Migration
Guide for planning the upgrade.
Install hardware using the
HP
StorageWorks P4000 10GbE
SFP+ Hardware Installation In-
structions
Shut down the management group
using the instructions in the
Migra-
tion Guide.
Shutting down the
management group places it in
maintenance mode for the upgrade
process, and also powers off the
storage nodes, so that you can re-
move them from the rack.
Open the CMC and install
software patch 10073 onto the
P4000.
Install hardware using the
10GbE
SFP+ Hardware Installation Instruc-
tions.
Following instructions in the
1GbE
to 10GbE SFP+ Migration Guide
Open the CMC and install soft-
ware patch 10073 on the stor-
age node.
Configure network bonding on
the 10GbE ports if desired.
Installing the 10GbE board and RAM
Have the following items ready:
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