Procedure; Overview - HPE AlphaServer 8200 Upgrade Manual

1 Overview

The upgrade procedure has 10 steps:
1. Check all materials.
2. Prepare the site.
3. Power down the 8200 system
4. Remove the modules from the 8200 TLSB card cage.
5. Remove the clock card from the 8200 TLSB card cage.
6. Install the clock card in the 8400 TLSB card cage.
7. Insert I/O, memory, and terminator modules in the 8400 TLSB card cage.
8. Insert processor modules in the 8400 TLSB card cage.
9. Repeat the next four substeps until all PCI modules and StorageWorks units
have been moved from the 8200 to the 8400.
a. Remove PCI modules from their 8200 PCI shelves.
b. Install PCI modules in 8400 DWLPA/B plug-in units (PIU).
c. Remove StorageWorks devices from their shelves in the 8200.
d. Insert StorageWorks devices in the 8400, and connect hoses and cables
between TLSB I/O modules and PCI buses or StorageWorks devices. Move
and connect other I/O devices.
10. Update device firmware and verify the system.
Before You Begin
You might need to install other equipment not included in this upgrade procedure.
For KFE70–AA and PCI installation, see the DLWPA/DWLPB PCI PIU Installation
Guide, EK–DWL84–IN.

Procedure

Procedure 1