RAID operations
• Ensuring that your system is fully working and the RAID hardware is properly configured
• Performing full data backup
• Performing RAID splitting
• Performing an Avaya CallPilot software upgrade
• Performing RAID synching if upgrade successful
• Performing RAID synching if upgrade NOT successful
Verifying the RAID firmware
The minimum requirement for RAID firmware:
firmware: 111U
To verify the RAID firmware version
To determine what the current RAID firmware version is on the RAID LSI Elite 1600 controller,
do the following:
1. Turn on the server and press Ctrl+M when prompted during system bootup.
2. Select Objects menu → Adapter → Other Adapter Information. Or
3. Review the information on the screen. Ensure that Power Console Plus is version
4. If the firmware is not correct, perform a firmware update. For instructions, see
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Note:
The Ctrl+M utility can take up to 1 minute to launch with 111U firmware. The
system may appear frozen. Do not reset.
a. Launch the MegaRAID client using: Start → Programs → Power Console
Plus → Launch Client.
b. From the MegaRAID Power Console Plus - Server Selection window,
select Access Mode → Full Access to view or change configuration
information and click OK.
c. From the MegaRAID console, choose Adapter → Properties.
5.00i or later. The LSI Elite 1600 controller firmware should be 111U.
upgrade or downgrade the RAID firmware
on page 127.
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