12 Upgrading The Ibrix Software To The 6.2 Release - HP IBRIX 9300 Administrator's Manual

12 Upgrading the IBRIX software to the 6.2 release

This chapter describes how to upgrade to the 6.2 IBRIX software release.
IMPORTANT:
Table 2 Prerequisites checklist for all upgrades
Step Description
1 Verify that the entire cluster is currently running IBRIX 6.0 or later by entering the following
command:
ibrix_version -l
IMPORTANT:
2 Verify that the /local partition contains at least 4 GB for the upgrade by using the
following command:
df -kh /local
3 The 6.2 release requires that nodes hosting the agile Fusion Manager be registered on the
cluster network. Run the following command to verify that nodes hosting the agile Fusion
Manager have IP addresses on the cluster network:
ibrix_fm -l
If a node is configured on the user network, see
network " (page 122)
NOTE:
release at the same time. Do not change the active/passive Fusion Manager configuration
during the upgrade.
4 Modify the crashkernel parameter on all nodes so that is set to 256 MB by modifying the
default boot entry in the /etc/grub.conf file, as shown in the following example:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5 ro root=/dev/vg1/lv1
crashkernel=256M@16M
IMPORTANT:
5 If your cluster includes G6 servers, check the iLO2 firmware version. This issue does not
affect G7 servers. The firmware must be at version 2.05 for HA to function properly. If your
servers have an earlier version of the iLO2 firmware, run the CP014256.scexe script as
described in the following steps:
1.
2.
6 Make sure IBRIX is running the latest firmware. For information on how to find out the
version of firmware that IBRIX is running, see the
Print the following table and check off each step as you complete it.
All the IBRIX nodes must be at the same release.
If you are running a version of IBRIX earlier than 6.0, upgrade the product as described
in "Cascading Upgrades" (page
If you are running IBRIX 6.0 or later, proceed with the upgrade steps in this section.
for a workaround.
The Fusion Manager and all file serving nodes must be upgraded to the new
The /etc/grub.conf might contain multiple instances of the crashkernel parameter.
Make sure you modify each instance that appears in the file.
Each server must be rebooted for this change to take effect.
Mount the ISO image and copy the entire directory structure to the /local/ibrix
directory.
The following is an example of the mount command:
mount -o loop
/local/pkg/ibrix-pkgfull-FS_6.2.374+IAS_6.2.374-x86_64.iso /mnt
Execute the firmware binary at the following location:
/local/ibrix/distrib/firmware/CP014256.scexe
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