Installation Notes And Best Practices - HP MSA 2040 Firmware Release Notes

"Installation notes and best practices" (page 4)
"Installing firmware using Smart Components—Windows environments" (page 5)
"Installing firmware using Smart Components—Linux environments" (page 6)
"Installing firmware using the Storage Management Utility (SMU)" (page 7)
"Installing firmware using FTP" (page 8)

Installation notes and best practices

WARNING!
interrupted or there is a power failure, the module could become inoperative. If this occurs, contact
technical support. The module may need to be returned to the factory for reprogramming.
CAUTION: Before upgrading firmware, ensure that the system is stable and is not being reconfigured
or changed in any way. If changes are in progress, monitor them and wait until they are completed
before proceeding with the upgrade.
IMPORTANT:
firmware version installed. Running different firmware versions on installed modules may cause
unexpected results.
Before installing this firmware:
If updating using a Smart Component, ensure that FTP and telnet are enabled on the arrays being
updated.
Create a full backup of system data. (Strongly recommended.)
Schedule an appropriate time to install the firmware:
◦
For single domain systems, I/O must be halted.
◦
For dual domain systems, because the online firmware upgrade is performed while host I/Os
are being processed, I/O load can impact the upgrade process. Select a period of low I/O
activity to ensure the upgrade completes as quickly as possible and avoid disruptions to hosts
and applications due to timeouts.
Allocate sufficient time for the update:
It takes approximately 10 minutes for the firmware to load and for the automatic restart to complete
on the first I/O module. When dual modules are installed, the full process time is approximately
25 minutes.
During the installation process:
Monitor the system display to determine update status and see when the update is complete.
After the installation process is complete and all systems have automatically restarted:
Verify system status in the system's management utility and confirm that the new firmware version
is listed as installed.
Review system event logs.
The Smart Component update process logs messages to \CPQSYSTEM\Log\cpqsetup.log
on the system drive in Windows and /var/cpq/Component.log in Linux.
4 Installation instructions
Do not cycle power or restart devices during a firmware update. If the update is
In dual-module enclosures, both controllers or both I/O modules must have the same