HP EVA P6000 driver and firmware
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HP Disk Drive Replacement Instructions (652989-001, June 2011) - Page 5
... the following website: http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Disk Storage Systems under Storage, and then select the appropriate product under P6000/EVA Disk Arrays. If the disk is running an unsupported version of firmware, download the correct firmware from the following website and install it using the instructions included with the firmware file. Do not add the disk to a disk group if it is...
HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Disk Drive Firmware Support (5697-1869, April 2012) - Page 8
... or later
Supported controller software version
10000000 or later 10000000 or later
Downloading disk drive firmware
You can download the disk drive firmware bundled image and installation instructions from:
www.hp.com/support/evadiskfirmware
• For the EVA3000/5000, EVA4000/6000/8000, EVA4100/6100/8100 and EVA4400/6400/8400 families, select the HP EVA FC Hard Disk Drive Firmware Bundle, and...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array Expansion Rack Reference Guide (593081-001, June 2011) - Page 17
... will display Not installed for the overall operational state and Not available for each port operational state. NOTE: If the newly added disk enclosure is at a different I/O module firmware version, the overall operational state will display Loading firmware. The state will remain as Loading firmware until the other I/O module is connected. At that point, the I/O module firmware will be upgraded...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array Expansion Rack Reference Guide (593081-001, June 2011) - Page 20
... will display Not installed for the overall operational state and Not available for each port operational state.
NOTE: If the newly added disk enclosure is at a different I/O module firmware version, the overall operational state will display Loading firmware. The state will remain as Loading firmware until the other I/O module is connected. At that point, the I/O module firmware will be upgraded...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array Expansion Rack Reference Guide (593081-001, June 2011) - Page 22
... version, the overall operational state will display Loading firmware. The state will remain as Loading firmware until the other I/O module is connected. At that point, the I/O module firmware will be upgraded.
7. Complete the connections to I/O module B on the expansion rack disk enclosure: a. In the group of disk enclosures below the controller enclosure in the main rack, remove the cable...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 4
... 68
Upgrading the disk drive firmware 68 Selecting an array ...69 Disabling DR group failsafe mode 70 Downloading the controller software file 70
Invalid firmware image file (Status code 21006 70 Bad image header (Status code 65 71 Offline array ...71 Multiple resynchronizations ...71
5 Support and other resources 73
Contacting HP...73 HP technical support...73 Subscription service...73...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 8
...Software
Current version
Minimum required Locating version information1 version
Upgrade procedure
HP P6000
9.4
Command
View
(required)
1. Open HP P6000 Command "Upgrading HP P6000 Command
View.
View" (page 30)
2. Click Help in the Session pane. The HP P6000 Command View Online Help window opens and the version is displayed.
HP P6000
5.3
Replication
Solutions
Manager
(if installed...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 31
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TIP: To help ensure fast recovery from the upgrade, it may be useful to remove a disk from the management server.
For supported upgrade paths, see Table 2.1, HP P6000 Command View upgrade support, in the HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference. For more information on HP P6000 Command View and to download the HP P6000 Command View Installation Guide and the release notes, go to...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 32
... and correct status. (Select
each storage array to view the Properties window.) • Previous disk groups, hosts, virtual disks, and other resources appear in the navigation
pane. If the information is not displayed properly, you may need to configure your browser settings. See the HP P6000 Command View Installation Guide for more information.
Upgrading the management module
Estimated time to...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 33
... module (initial setup)" in the HP P6000 Control Panel User Guide.
The P6000 Control Panel login window appears. 4. Log in as an HP EVA administrator (user name admin and the password).
The P6000 Control Panel GUI appears. 5. In the navigation pane, select Update management module firmware.
The Update Management Module Firmware window opens. 6. Click Browse and browse to the installation DVD...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 37
... EVA being upgraded to determine if the disk grouping policy is set to automatic. If it is set to automatic, you must change it to manual before continuing with the upgrade.
NOTE: If you are running HP P6000 Command View 10.0 or later, a warning message may appear during the controller software upgrade if the Device Addition policy is set to automatic.
To perform the upgrade...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 46
... using HP P6000 Command View and wait until they are complete before proceeding with the upgrade. • The XCS 10001000 controller software image contains an update to the System Data Collector for upgrades from XCS 09522000. If you perform the upgrade on an EVA6400/8400 during heavy I/O load, the upgrade process may exceed the expected upgrade interval, perhaps generating an error message...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 56
... visible, click EVA Storage Network in the navigation pane, and then click Discover in the content pane to allow HP P6000 Command View to discover the array.
d. Verify the status of each host before enabling access.
Step 6. Upgrading the disk drive firmware
Estimated time to complete: Varies depending on the number of disk drives that require upgrading and the I/O load on the array...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 57
... as disks are upgraded.
3. If you have not already done so, download the HP Hard Disk Drive Bundle zip file from the following website: http://www.hp.com/support/evadiskfirmware Store the file in a local directory.
4. Open and log in to HP P6000 Command View. 5. In the navigation pane, select the array whose disk drive firmware you want to update.
The Initialized Storage System Properties window...
HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-1229, October 2011) - Page 61
Figure 33 Code Load Disk Drives On Line - Page 3 window
11. Click Finish.
Upgrading firmware on a single disk
If you need to upgrade the firmware on a single disk, download the firmware and installation instructions from the following website: http://www.hp.com/support/evadiskfirmware IMPORTANT: Upgrading firmware on a single disk can be performed online or offline, unless the disk is a member of ...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide (5697-1170, October 2011) - Page 54
... is a driver loaded in memory that lists the driver version in /proc/scsi/qla2xxx but no driver RPM has been installed, then the driver RPM loads the driver in the failover mode that the driver in memory currently uses.
Installing a QLogic driver
NOTE: The HP Emulex driver kit performs in a similar manner; use ./INSTALL -h to list all supported arguments.
1. Download the appropriate driver kit for...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide (5697-1170, October 2011) - Page 70
... a blade server other than a ProLiant blade server: 1. Download the supported FCA BIOS update, available on http://www.hp.com/support/ downloads. 2. Unzip the file. 3. Follow the instructions in the readme file to load the NVRAM configuration onto each FCA.
Setting the multipathing policy You can set the multipathing policy for each LUN or logical drive on the SAN to one of the...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide (5697-1170, October 2011) - Page 91
... reboot is required to get the devices MPIO-ed.
Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2003
For Windows Server 2003, if you are installing the initiator for the first time, check all the installation option checkboxes and then click Next to continue (Figure 35 (page 91)). Figure 35 Software update installation wizard
To add or remove specific MS...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide (5697-1170, October 2011) - Page 113
... in a multipath Windows configuration that is used in conjunction with Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Services and Microsoft MPIO. Because the iSCSI driver resides on board the QLogic iSCSI HBA, it is not necessary to install the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. Installing the QLogic iSCSI HBA Install the QLogic iSCSI HBA hardware and software following the instructions in the QLogic installation manual. The...
HP P6300/P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide (5697-1170, October 2011) - Page 296
installing, 89 installing for Windows Server 2003, 91 options, 89 properties page, 90 with QLogic iSCSI HBA, 113 MPxIO enabling for EVA, 106 multipath devices, monitoring, 110 multipathing, 88 accessing, 49 ESX server, 70 Solaris 10, 105
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network port down notification, 263 network port table, 252 no FC port, 163 no image, 163 no logical disk for Vdisk, 165 no more events...