Update Storage And Firmware - ATTO Technology FastStream VT 5300 Installation And Operation Manual

5.0 Update storage and firmware

You can update the ATTO FastStream VT at any time. Refer to
information.
Several methods are available to update the
ATTO FastStream firmware and to re-initialize
unattached storage. Be sure all data is backed up
Clean RAID configuration information
This feature only works with drives that belong
to RAID groups and drives that had once been
part of a RAID Group and are now flagged
Replaced.
CAUTION CAUTION
Data is erased during this process. Back
up your data before selecting Commit.
These operations have a negative impact
on the performance of normal operations;
all activity should be stopped.
1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV
interface, type the IP address of your appliance,
as found in Use the ExpressNAV interface
page 27, in a standard browser, click Enter
Here and type in your user name and
password.
2 Click the Diagnostics button
3 Click the Clean RAID Configuration Data
Update firmware
The ATTO FastStream VT has several processors
which control the flow of data. The firmware to
control these processors can be upgraded in the
field using the command from an FTP
PUT
connection or the zModem utility over an RS-232
serial connection.
CAUTION CAUTION
Ensure that all I/O to the ATTO FastStream
VT has stopped.
During this procedure, do not interrupt the
flash process. Do not power down the host
or the ATTO FastStream VT until the
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before using any of these procedures to prevent
data loss.
button
4 Click Next
5 Click on the drive you wish to process; the drive
is highlighted.
6 Click Commit.
7 A warning message displays; choose yes to
on
continue.
8 The Health and Status Monitor screen
appears
Note
To clean Hot Spare information from a drive,
use the Add/Delete Hot Spares feature to
delete the Hot Spare. Refer to
Spares
display returns the Ready prompt.
Interrupting the flash process makes your
ATTO FastStream VT inoperable and you
must return it to ATTO for repair.
Preliminary steps
1 The ATTO FastStream VT firmware is
distributed as a compressed .zip file.
Uncompress the .zip file into an image file
(.ima). Note the filename. The .zip file can be
uncompressed using any utility that supports
the zip format.
2 Decide whether to use FTP over Ethernet or a
terminal program using the RS-232 serial link,
for complete
Use Hot
on page 11.