Upgrading Host Adapters; Upgrading A Host Interface Card In The Ce7900 Controller Tray - Silicon Graphics InfiniteStorage 4000 Series System Upgrade Manual

Upgrading Host
Adapters
Upgrading a Host
Interface Card in the
CE7900 Controller
Tray
Chapter 2: Upgrading Trays in the Storage Array
9. Remove the antistatic protection.
10. Gather support data about your updated storage array by using one of these
methods:
SANtricity ES
Command line interface
The following types of host interface cards (HICs) are supported:
4-Gb/s Fibre Channel and 8-Gb/s Fibre Channel
1-Gb/s iSCSI and 10-Gb/s iSCSI
NOTE If you are upgrading from 4-Gb/s HICs to 8-Gb/s HICs, you must upgrade the
controller firmware to controller firmware version 7.50 before you perform this
procedure.
NOTE If you mix HICs, such as 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel and 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel, both
controllers in a storage array must have exactly the same configuration.
If you are changing your current configuration, you might need to replace these items
in addition to the host interface card:
Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers – The 4-Gb/s Fibre Channel host
interface card uses one type of SFP transceiver and both the 8-Gb/s host interface
card and the 10-Gb/s iSCSI host interface cards use a different type of SFP
transceiver.
Host adapters.
From the Array Management Window toolbar, select
Monitor >> Health >> Collect Support Data. Then
name and specify a location on your system where
you want to store the support bundle.
Enter the following command on the command line:
save storageArray supportData
This command gathers comprehensive support data
about the storage array. For more information about
this command, refer to Command Line Interface and
Script Commands Programming Guide. Running this
command can temporarily impact performance on
your storage array.
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