Maintaining A Storagegrid Webscale Appliance; Upgrading Santricity Os Software For The E2800 Controller - NetApp StorageGRID Webscale SG5700 Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

Maintaining a StorageGRID Webscale appliance

You might need to upgrade the SANtricity OS Software on the E2800 controller, replace the E2800
controller or the E5700SG controller, or replace specific components. The procedures in this section
assume that the appliance has already been deployed as a Storage Node in a StorageGRID Webscale
grid.
Steps
1.

Upgrading SANtricity OS Software for the E2800 controller

2. Replacing the E2800 controller
3. Replacing the E5700SG controller
4. Replacing other hardware components
Upgrading SANtricity OS Software for the E2800 controller
You might need to upgrade the E-Series SANtricity OS Software on the E2800 controller if the
controller is not functioning optimally.
Before you begin
You have contacted technical support and have obtained SANtricity OS Software and NVSRAM files
that are compatible with your StorageGRID Webscale appliance.
Attention: Do not upgrade the SANtricity OS Software or NVSRAM in the E2800 controller
unless directed to do so by technical support. Contact technical support with any upgrade-related
questions.
About this task
You must shut down the E5700SG controller to upgrade the SANtricity OS Software and NVSRAM
on the E2800 controller.
Steps
1. From a service laptop or management client, access SANtricity System Manager, and sign in.
2. Download the new SANtricity OS Software file and NVSRAM file to the management client.
3. If the StorageGRID Webscale appliance is running in a StorageGRID Webscale system, shut
down the E5700SG controller.
a. From the service laptop, log in to the grid node:
i. Enter the following command:
ii. Enter the password listed in the
iii. Enter the following command to switch to root:
iv. Enter the password listed in the
When you are logged in as root, the prompt changes from
b. Stop all StorageGRID Webscale services:
/etc/init.d/servermanager stop
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ssh admin@grid_node_IP
Passwords.txt
su -
Passwords.txt
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file.
file.
to .
$ #
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