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Prerequisites, Important notes and service considerations, Windows: Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.08

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• Fixed popup message when changing hostname or non-ip fields on management setting screen to warn of session loss. • Fixed incorrect display of Logical LUNs after forcwfirstwrite. • Fixed controller reboot if portal added/deleted from other controller. Prerequisites MSA1510i firmware 2.02 requires the following components on the server: • Windows: Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.08, MPIO software, and Microsoft Device Specific Module (DSM) IMPORTANT: Before installing and using 2.02 active/active firmware, any previous version of the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator and MPIO software and HP DSM must be uninstalled from the server. While this can be done manually, HP recommends using the MSA1510i Support CD version 2.02 to manage this process. An ISO image of the CD is available on the MSA1510i Support page: http://www.hp.com/support. • VMware: VMware initiator that is native with ESX 3.0.x or 3.5 Important notes and service considerations To install the firmware, use the procedures and instructions provided in these instructions and on the MSA1510i Support CD version 2.02. An ISO image of the CD is available on the MSA1510i support page:http://www.hp.com/support. Please note the following: • MSA1510i firmware 2.02 is backward compatible with all previous firmware versions. • MSA1510i firmware version 2.02 requires that the MPIO Device Specific Module (DSM) supplied by HP for all previous releases be uninstalled on every Windows Server connecting to the MSA1510i. Version 2.02 firmware uses the generic Microsoft-supplied DSM during the installation of the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.08. Failure to do this results in conflicting ownership of Storage and loss of connectivity to LUNs during path loss. • Before installing new firmware, save existing configuration records and stop all I/O. • Prior to updating firmware on the MSA1510i or MSA20, ensure that all controller shelves, storage enclosures, switches, and other devices in the SAN are powered up and functioning correctly. • Updating the MSA1510i or MSA20 requires the controller batteries to be fully charged. This only concerns controllers that have been sitting on the shelf for an extended period of days and put into a system where it needs to be updated. In such case, leave the system powered on for a few hours before trying a firmware update. • If currently-installed firmware is version 1.30 or earlier, use Internet Explorer 6.0 to do the update. IE7.0 is not supported for use with firmware versions 1.30 or earlier. • After installing 2.02 firmware, in dual-controller configurations, you must configure a management port on the second controller. • After installing 2.02 firmware, in dual-controller configurations, the system assigns LUN ownership off all LUNs to one of the two controllers. Over time, the system implicitly manages the optimal paths of the LUNs to the controllers, reassigning LUN ownership as needed. For more information, see the MSA1510i installation and user guide or the MSA1510i iSCSI concepts and deployment guide. HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array firmware 2.02 release notes 5

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Fixed popup message when changing hostname or non-ip fields on management setting screen
to warn of session loss.
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Fixed incorrect display of Logical LUNs after forcwfirstwrite.
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Fixed controller reboot if portal added/deleted from other controller.
Prerequisites
MSA1510i firmware 2.02 requires the following components on the server:
•
Windows: Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.08, MPIO software, and Microsoft Device Specific Module
(DSM)
IMPORTANT:
Before installing and using 2.02 active/active firmware, any previous version of the Microsoft
iSCSI Initiator and MPIO software and HP DSM must be uninstalled from the server. While this
can be done manually, HP recommends using the MSA1510i Support CD version 2.02 to manage
this process. An ISO image of the CD is available on the MSA1510i Support page:
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t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
p
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rt
.
•
VMware: VMware initiator that is native with ESX 3.0.x or 3.5
Important notes and service considerations
To install the firmware, use the procedures and instructions provided in these instructions and on the
MSA1510i Support CD version 2.02. An ISO image of the CD is available on the MSA1510i support
page:
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t
.
Please note the following:
•
MSA1510i firmware 2.02 is backward compatible with all previous firmware versions.
•
MSA1510i firmware version 2.02 requires that the MPIO Device Specific Module (DSM) supplied
by HP for all previous releases be uninstalled on every Windows Server connecting to the
MSA1510i. Version 2.02 firmware uses the generic Microsoft-supplied DSM during the installation
of the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.08. Failure to do this results in conflicting ownership of Storage
and loss of connectivity to LUNs during path loss.
•
Before installing new firmware, save existing configuration records and stop all I/O.
•
Prior to updating firmware on the MSA1510i or MSA20, ensure that all controller shelves, storage
enclosures, switches, and other devices in the SAN are powered up and functioning correctly.
•
Updating the MSA1510i or MSA20 requires the controller batteries to be fully charged. This only
concerns controllers that have been sitting on the shelf for an extended period of days and put
into a system where it needs to be updated. In such case, leave the system powered on for a few
hours before trying a firmware update.
•
If currently-installed firmware is version 1.30 or earlier, use Internet Explorer 6.0 to do the update.
IE7.0 is not supported for use with firmware versions 1.30 or earlier.
•
After installing 2.02 firmware, in dual-controller configurations, you must configure a management
port on the second controller.
•
After installing 2.02 firmware, in dual-controller configurations, the system assigns LUN ownership
off all LUNs to one of the two controllers. Over time, the system implicitly manages the optimal
paths of the LUNs to the controllers, reassigning LUN ownership as needed. For more information,
see the MSA1510i installation and user guide or the MSA1510i iSCSI concepts and deployment
guide.
HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array firmware 2.02 release notes
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