Verify And Update The System Firmware And Software - IBM Storwize V5100 MTM 2078-424 Quick Installation Manual

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3. If there is more than one control enclosure for your system, go to Monitoring > System > System--
Overview and click Add Enclosure.
Add Enclosure is shown only when a candidate control enclosure exists.
4. Use the System update page of the management GUI to check whether software updates are
available for this system. Use the management GUI to help you install any updates.
During the automatic update process, each node canister in the system is updated one at a time. After
all the nodes in the system are successfully restarted with the new code level, the new level is
automatically committed.
5. Start the wizard to configure drives and pools.
6. Referring to the Call Home and Storage Insights configuration worksheet, use the following URL to
register the new system:
https://call-home.w3ibm.mybluemix.net/activate
7. If you activated an encryption license, click Enable Encryption to complete the encryption setup
wizard.
8. If exactly two control enclosures are in the system, you must set up a quorum disk or application
outside of the system. If the two control enclosures lose communication with each other, the quorum
disk prevents both I/O groups from going offline. For more information, see the "Configuring quorum"
topic in the IBM Knowledge Center.
Results
You completed the initial setup of your system as the final part of installation.
What to do next
You are ready to migrate data from another system and configure your system.

Verify and update the system firmware and software

After the installation and initial configuration of the hardware is complete, IBM strongly suggests that you
check to see whether a later level of firmware and software is available, and update to that level.
To download updated drive firmware, system software, and other applicable software, go to https://
www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral and follow the instructions there.
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