Upgrade The Controller; Upgrade Controllers (Alletra 5010, Nimble Storage Hf20) - HPE Nimble Storage HF Series Hardware Manual

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Note: For an SMC installation, a failover --force command is required to override all prechecks. This command

will override all precheck failures incuding those not related to the SCM card, which could lead to unplanned

down time. For assistance, contact HPE Support.

c) When failover is complete, repeat steps 1-10 on the new standby controller.

12. Verify configuration of new PCIe cards.

a) If you are upgrading an HBA, communicate the new Fibre Channel configuration out to the fabric:

fc --update_config

Important: Use this command only when upgrading an HBA, not when replacing a failed HBA. Running the

command outside of an upgrade causes the WWPNs on the HBA to change, triggering an outage.

WWPN values are tied to the physical slot in the system, not the physical HBA. When an HBA is replaced, the same

WWPN values are automatically assigned to the new card that occupies the same physical slot. If a new HBA is added

in a slot that did not previously hold an HBA, WWPN information is not available to the ports on the HBA until the

configuration is updated or setup is run again.

For a quad port HBA, the two WWPNs from the previously installed dual port HBA are reused and two new WWPNs

are generated for the other two ports.

Note: Validate that the new WWPNs shown in the NimbleOS GUI have been added to the switch fabric zoning

configuration. If port zoning is being used, additional configuration is not required. If WWN zoning is being

used, the zoning configuration must be updated with the new WWPNs of the upgraded HBA.

b) In the GUI, click Hardware.

c) Verify that the controllers are in Active and Standby modes. For NICs or HBAs, verify that the ports are connected

(green). For SCM, verify that the icon is blue.

Note: Ports that are not configured for management traffic (NIC ports only) or data traffic (NIC or HBA ports)

report an unconfigured (gray) status. HBA ports cannot be configured for management traffic.