A Notes On Connecting External Arrays; Connecting Thunder 9500V Subsystems; System Parameters For Connecting Thunder 9500V Subsystems; System Parameter Settings (Thunder 9500V Subsystems) - HP StorageWorks XP12000 User Manual

A Notes on connecting external arrays
NOTE: If you have an EVA or MSA connected as external storage and you need to perform a firmware
upgrade on the EVA or MSA, you must use the EVA/MSA offline firmware upgrade function. When the
EVA or MSA is connected as XP external storage, online EVA/MSA firmware upgrade is not supported at
this time. Therefore, you must stop host I/O to the arrays in question, and issue the Disconnect Subsystem
command before the upgrade. After performing the upgrade, issue the Check Paths & Restore Vol.
command. See
and resuming external LU operations (Check Paths & Restore
perform these procedures on other external arrays that do not support online firmware upgrade
NOTE: If your application server contains boot devices from external arrays that are EVA or
MSA-resident, and you need to perform a firmware upgrade on the EVA or MSA, you must shut down any
servers that boot from these arrays (through the XP, or otherwise) before the upgrade procedure. Perform
the following steps:
1. Power down the application server containing boot devices from the external array.
2. From XP Remote Web Console, issue the Disconnect Subsystem command. See
arrays or LUs" on page 96 for more information.
3. Perform the external array firmware upgrade as directed in the external array's user documentation.
4. From XP Remote Web Console, issue the Check Paths & Restore Vol. command after the firmware has
been upgraded. See the
Paths & Restore
5. Power on the application server, and resume the applications.
If the boot device is from an external array that does not support online firmware upgrade, you also must
perform this procedures. See the firmware upgrade procedure for the external array for instructions.

Connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems

System parameters for connecting Thunder 9500V subsystems

Table 13 explains whether to specify system parameters when making settings for ports on the Thunder
9500V subsystem.
Table 13

System parameter settings (Thunder 9500V subsystems)

Pane name
System Startup Settings
"Disconnecting external arrays or
"Checking the connection status and resuming external LU operations (Check
Vol.)" on page 98 for more information.
Parameter
Start Attribute
• Single Mode
• Dual Active Mode
• Hot Stand-By Mode
LUs" on page 96 and "Checking the connection status
Vol.)" on page 98 for details. You must also
Parameter setting
Specify this parameter when the Thunder
9500V subsystem is in the one-controller
configuration.
Specify this parameter when the Thunder
9500V subsystem is in the two-controller
configuration.
NOTE: Be sure to specify that Data
Share Mode will be used.
Do not specify this parameter.
External Storage XP user guide 113
"Disconnecting external