HP IBRIX 9300 Administrator's Manual page 7

Related information...............................................................................................................145
HP websites....................................................................................................................146
Rack stability........................................................................................................................146
Product warranties................................................................................................................146
Subscription service..............................................................................................................146
18 Documentation feedback.......................................................................147
A Cascading Upgrades.............................................................................148
Upgrading the IBRIX software to the 6.1 release........................................................................148
Online upgrades for IBRIX software 6.x to 6.1......................................................................148
Preparing for the upgrade............................................................................................148
Performing the upgrade................................................................................................149
After the upgrade........................................................................................................149
Offline upgrades for IBRIX software 5.6.x or 6.0.x to 6.1......................................................150
Preparing for the upgrade............................................................................................150
Performing the upgrade................................................................................................151
After the upgrade........................................................................................................151
Upgrading Linux 9000 clients............................................................................................152
Installing a minor kernel update on Linux clients..............................................................152
Upgrading Windows 9000 clients.....................................................................................153
Upgrading pre-6.0 file systems for software snapshots..........................................................153
Upgrading pre-6.1.1 file systems for data retention features...................................................154
Troubleshooting upgrade issues.........................................................................................154
Automatic upgrade......................................................................................................155
Manual upgrade.........................................................................................................155
Offline upgrade fails because iLO firmware is out of date.................................................155
Node is not registered with the cluster network ...............................................................155
File system unmount issues............................................................................................156
Upgrading the IBRIX software to the 5.6 release.......................................................................157
Automatic upgrades.........................................................................................................157
Manual upgrades............................................................................................................158
Preparing for the upgrade............................................................................................158
Saving the node configuration......................................................................................158
Performing the upgrade................................................................................................158
Restoring the node configuration...................................................................................159
Completing the upgrade..............................................................................................159
Troubleshooting upgrade issues.........................................................................................159
Automatic upgrade......................................................................................................160
Manual upgrade.........................................................................................................160
Upgrading the IBRIX software to the 5.5 release.......................................................................160
Automatic upgrades.........................................................................................................161
Manual upgrades............................................................................................................161
Standard upgrade for clusters with a dedicated Management Server machine or blade........162
Standard online upgrade.........................................................................................162
Standard offline upgrade.........................................................................................164
Agile upgrade for clusters with an agile management console configuration.......................166
Agile online upgrade..............................................................................................166
Agile offline upgrade..............................................................................................169
Troubleshooting upgrade issues.........................................................................................172
B Component diagrams for 9300 systems.....................................................173
Front view of file serving node................................................................................................173
Rear view of file serving node................................................................................................173
C Spare parts list for 9300 systems..............................................................176
1GbE spare parts.................................................................................................................176
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