Important Information; Updating The Storage System In Joined Bus Or Cluster Mode - Dell PowerVault 220S Updating Firmware

FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm
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Download the pv22xLxx.gz utility file from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and
save the utility to the directory you created in step 3.
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Uncompress the .gz file.
For example, in the command prompt, type the following and then press <Enter>:
tar -zxvf pv22xL xx .gz
Included in the extracted files are an .exe utility file and a .bin firmware file.
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Change the file permissions for the extracted .exe file.
In the command prompt, type the following and then press <Enter>:
chmod +x pv22xL
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Run the utility.
In the command prompt, type the following and then press <Enter>:
./pv22xL -i
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Record the listed file descriptor of the enclosure you wish to update. An example descriptor
could be /dev/sg8.
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In the command prompt, type the following and then press <Enter>:
./pv22xL -x < file_name > -d < generic_file_descriptor >
Where < file_name > is the full path name to the location of the firmware .bin file and
< generic_file_descriptor > is the device you are updating.
For example:
./pv22xL -x pv22xs_E17.bin -d /dev/sg8
When the update completes, a message appears indicating that the update was successful.
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Restart I/O activity to the storage system.

Important Information

Updating the Storage System in Joined Bus or Cluster Mode

When the split-bus module is in the joined-bus mode (default) or cluster mode, the EMM
firmware is downloaded to both EMMs automatically (assuming that the second EMM is
installed).
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Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware