Note On Server Maintenance In A Multipath I/O Environment - Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX924 S3 Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

5.1.9 Note on server maintenance in a Multipath I/O
environment
When booting your server blade offline from the ServerView Suite DVD 1 to
perform an offline driver update using the ServerView Update DVD or collect
diagnostic data using PrimeCollect in a Multipath I/O environment, there is a risk
of damaging the system configuration which may leave the system unable to
boot.
This is a known restriction of Windows PE with Multipath drivers.
Before using the ServerView Update DVD or PrimeCollect in an offline
environment, it is necessary to disconnect FC connections from the system.
Ê Ask the system administrator to disable the FC/iSCSI connections to the
server blade via FC/LAN connection blade command.
After executing work, do the reconnection. Ask the system administrator.
Continue as follows:
Ê If performing an offline driver update, first of all prepare the ServerView
Update DVD:
Ê Download the latest ServerView Update DVD image from the Fujitsu
FTP server at ftp://ftp.ts.fujitsu.com/images/serverview.
Ê Burn the image to a DVD.
For the Japanese market:
Ê Locate, download and burn the ServerView Update DVD image available
from the following URL:
http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/products/note/svsdvd/dvd/
Ê Ensure that all external I/O connections have been removed from the server
blade.
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Ensure that all external I/O connections are uniquely identified so that
you can reconnect them into their original locations after concluding
the task.
Ê Switch on the server blade.
Ê Right after switching on the server blade, insert the ServerView Suite DVD
1 into the DVD drive and close the drive tray.
The server blade will now boot from the DVD.
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