Dell 650F, 630F, 651F User Manual

CHAPTER 9

Upgrading Your Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Software and Firmware

This chapter provides instructions for updating the storage area network (SAN) software and firmware in existing equipment or in a pre-existing SAN. If you are installing a new device, you should verify that the new device has the latest firmware and software installed. The instructions for updating the following software and firmware are provided in this chapter:

• Software on Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems

• Software on NetWare systems

• PowerVault 650F, 651F, and 630F drive firmware

• PowerVault 650F, 651F, and 630F licensed internal code (LIC)

• PowerVault 660F firmware

• PowerVault 660F and 224F drive firmware

• PowerVault 50F, 51F, and 56F switch firmware

• PowerVault 35F bridge firmware

• PowerVault 120T and 130T firmware

• PowerVault 530F software and firmware

NOTES: If you are installing a new SAN, skip this chapter and go to Chapter 10, “Installing and Configuring Hardware Devices in a Windows SAN.”

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If you are adding components to a pre-existing SAN, see the component’s readme on the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities CD Version 4.0 or the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Update CD Version 4.0 to determine which SAN components need to be updated.

Before starting an upgrade, always check the File Library on the Dell Web site at http://support.dell.com for the latest drivers and BIOS revisions for your servers and SAN components.

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NOTICES: To prevent loss of data during an upgrade, back up all data on the storage systems to tape media or media that can be taken off line.

Before beginning any upgrade or installation, stop all SAN input/output (I/O) activity. If you are upgrading a Microsoft cluster server, you must stop the cluster service on both servers in the cluster.

You should update the following components, as required, in the following sequence:

1. Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000 servers firmware and software, if applicable:

• QLogic Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) nonvolatile random-access

memory (NVRAM) and BIOS firmware

• QLogic Fibre Channel HBA software driver

• QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility

• Dell OpenManage Application Transparent Failover (ATF)

NOTE: You must uninstall QLDirect before you can update Dell OpenManage ATF.

• QLogic QLDirect

• Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation

• Dell OpenManage Hardware Instrumentation Package (HIP)

• Dell OpenManage Array Manager

• Dell OpenManage Data Managed Node Data Agent

• Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor or Dell OpenManage Data Administrator

2. Novell NetWare ser vers, if applicable

• QLogic Fibre Channel HBA NVRAM and BIOS firmware

• QLogic Fibre Channel HBA software driver

• QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility

• Dell OpenManage Data Managed Node for NetWare

• Dell OpenManage ATF for NetWare

3. Dell PowerVault 650F/651F/630F hard-disk drive firmware

4. Dell PowerVault 650F and 651F LIC

5. Dell PowerVault 660F storage system firmware and 660F and 224F drive firmware

6. Dell PowerVault 50F/51F/56F firmware

7. Dell PowerVault 35F firmware

8. Dell PowerVault 120T/130T firmware

9. Dell PowerVault 530F SAN appliance software and firmware

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Preparing the SAN for an Upgrade

NOTE: Perform this procedure when all users have closed their application programs and have logged off the system.

Before running all SAN upgrades, you must perform the following steps:

1. Prepare the SAN for an upgrade by backing up all data on the SAN storage systems to tape media or media that can be taken off line. Do not simply back up your data by copying it from one SAN storage device to another. Ensure that both the backup job and the backup operator have the authority to back up all of the data. You should use the verify feature of your backup software to verify that the files and directories counts are correct as reported by the backup job. You may want to make a second copy of your data for off-site storage.

2. Close all application programs, including all Dell OpenManage programs, and stop all Dell OpenManage services including:

• Dell OpenManage Data Event Monitor

• Dell OpenManage Data Agent

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

NOTE: When you stop SNMP, you may see indicators advising that other services need to be stopped. Stop all other services of which you are advised.

3. If you are running Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) clusters, stop the cluster services on both cluster servers.

4. Ensure that all hard-disk drive I/O activity on the SAN has stopped.

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Upgrading Software on Windows NT and Windows 2000

The following sections describe how to install the software upgrade from the latest version of the

Channel CD

Before You Install the Software Upgrade on Windows NT or Windows 2000

NOTICES: To save your Storage Consolidation configuration, you must not uninstall Storage Consolidation before executing the installation of the new version of the software. Performing an uninstall will result in the loss of the Storage Consolidation configuration for the server.

Perform this procedure when all users have closed their application programs and have logged off the system you will be updating.

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onto Windows NT or Windows 2000 systems.

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Before you run the software upgrade from the latest

Utilities CD

lowing steps:

1. Back up your configuration data in the registry so that it is available after you com-

2. Uninstall the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility. For instructions, see

Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Update CD

plete this process. Otherwise, it will be lost.

Chapter 11, “Installing, Configuring, and Removing Microsoft Windows SAN Software Components.”

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, you must perform the fol-

3. Uninstall the Dell PowerVault 5

a. Click Start—> Settings—> Control Panel.

b. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.

c. Highlight Dell PowerVault 5

d. Click Add/Remove, and follow the instructions on the screen.

4. Uninstall all of the following software components.

a. Click Start—> Programs—> Dell OpenManage—> PowerVault

Manager—> Data Managed Node—> Data Managed Node Uninstall.

b. Click Start—> Programs—> Dell OpenManage—> PowerVault

Manager—> Data Supervisor—> Data Management Station Uninstall.

c. Click Start—> Programs—> Dell OpenManage—> PowerVault

Manager—> Data Administrator—> Data Administrator Uninstall,if applicable.

d. Click Start—> Programs—> Dell OpenManage—> PowerVault

Manager—>DataAnalyzer—> Data Analyzer Uninstall, if applicable.

e. Click Start—> Programs—> Dell OpenManage—> PowerVault

Manager—> Power Tool—> Data Detective Uninstall, if applicable.

f. Cl ick Start—> Settings—> Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove

Programs, select QLDirect, click Add/Remove, if applicable, and follow the instructions on the screen.

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g. Click Start—> Settings—> Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove

Programs, select Dell OpenManage ATF, click Add/Remove, and follow

the instructions on the screen.

h. Click Start—> Settings—> Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove

Programs, select Dell OpenManage Array Manager, click Add/Remove, and follow the instructions on the screen.

NOTE: If you see error messages during any of the uninstall procedures, record the error message and perform the failed task manually after you reboot the system in step 5. For example, if the uninstall shield reports that files or directories have not been deleted, open Windows Explorer and delete them after rebooting the server.

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5. Reboot the system.

You can now perform the software upgrade as described in the following section.

Installing the Software Upgrade on Windows NT or Windows 2000 Systems

This procedure explains how to update or install the software needed for a SAN on Windows NT or Windows 2000 systems.

1. Verify that Windows NT Server 4.0 and the required Service Pack (as described in the Release Notes on the 2000 Server is installed on the system.

2. Verify that Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor, Data Administrator, Dell OpenManage ATF, and all other Dell OpenManage Manager products OpenManage Storage Consolidation are checking that none of these products appear in the Start—>Programsmenu.

3. Set the screen resolution to 1024 x 768 pixels.

4. Verify that Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is installed on the server.

5. Verify that SNMP is installed on your server.

6. Update the QLogic HBA NVRAM, BIOS and drivers and the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility. For instructions about updating your NVRAM, BIOS and drivers, see Chapter 10, “Installing and Configuring Hardware Devices in a Windows SAN.“ For instructions for installing and configuring the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility, see Chapter 11, “Installing, Configuring, and Removing Microsoft Windows SAN Software Components,” and Chapter 12, “Installing, Configuring, and Uninstalling Components in a Novell NetWare SAN.”

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7. Update the Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation software from the

PowerVault Fibre Channel Update CD Version 4.0

If you already have an earlier version of Storage Consolidation installed on the servers connected to the SAN, you have the option of performing an upgrade installation. This gives you the benefit of being able to update the Storage Consolidation software without losing the assignment configuration of the virtual disks on the SAN.

An upgrade installation is similar to a regular installation except that during the installation, you will be asked if you want to do an upgrade installation. Answering yes will allow the installation software to proceed with the installation. For instructions, see “Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation” in Chapter 11, or refer to the

NOTICE: To save your Storage Consolidation configuration, you must not uninstall Storage Consolidation before executing the installation of the new version of the software. Performing an uninstall will result in the loss of the Storage Consolidation configuration for the server.

Storage Consolidation User's Guide

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8. If applicable, install the optional Dell OpenManage Hardware Instrumentation Package (HIP) or HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition (NMM SE). See Chapter 16, “Configuring SAN Management Applications“ for installation instructions.

9. Install Dell OpenManage ATF, if needed.

10. Install QLogic QLDirect, if needed.

11. Update the following Dell OpenManage software in the following order:

a. Dell OpenManage Data Managed Node

b. Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor or Dell OpenManage Data Administrator

For instructions, see Chapter 11, “Installing, Configuring, and Removing Microsoft Windows SAN Software Components,“ but use the

Vault Fibre Channel Update CD Version 4.0 Fibre Channel Utilities CD Version 4.0

OpenManage Data Supervisor and Data Administrator software.

c. Dell OpenManage Array Manager

12. Install and configure the remaining Dell OpenManage data management software. For instructions, see Chapter 11, “Installing, Configuring, and Removing Microsoft Windows SAN Software Components.“

The remaining Dell OpenManage data management products include Dell OpenManage Data Analyzer and Dell OpenManage Data Detective. See the documentation provided with the application programs for complete installation instructions.

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14. Reboot the system.

The software upgrade on Windows NT or Windows 2000 is completed.

Updating Software on NetWare Systems

The following sections explain how to update or install the software needed for a SAN on NetWare systems.

Updating the QLogic HBA NVRAM, BIOS, and Drivers in NetWare

The drivers for the Novell NetWare operating system are located on the

PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities CD Version 4.0

<drive letter>:\netware directory of driver and firmware diskette 1 that you made from this CD.

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