Updating Disk Drive Firmware - R/Evolution 2000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

Updating Disk Drive Firmware

You can update disk drive firmware by loading a firmware update file obtained from
the disk drive manufacturer or your reseller.
Note – Updating the firmware of disk drives in a virtual disk risks the loss of data
and causes the drives to be temporarily inaccessible. Before performing a firmware
update, perform the preparation tasks below.
To prepare to update disk drive firmware:
1. Obtain the firmware update file and store it in a network location that RAIDar can
access.
2. If the drive is in a virtual disk, verify that it is not being initialized, expanded, or
reconstructed.
Select Manage > Virtual Disk Config > Vdisk Utility Progress.
For each virtual disk, the virtual disk panel shows a status icon; the name, RAID
level, size, number of disk drives, and number of volumes; and utility status, if any.
For each virtual disk where a utility is running, a Utility Running For Virtual Disk
panel specifies its status.
Note – To stop the Initialize or Verify utility, go to the Abort A Vdisk Utility page.
To stop background scrub of virtual disks, go to the General Config > System
Configuration page. You cannot stop the Expand or Reconstruct utility unless you
delete the virtual disk.
If any of these tasks are in progress, wait for it to complete before performing the
update. Then restart this procedure.
3. Ensure that no other user is performing administrative functions on the storage
system.
4. Verify that background scrub is disabled.
a. Select Manage > General Config > System Configuration.
b. If it's not already set to Disabled, set Background Scrub to Disabled.
c. Click Change System Configuration.
5. Back up the data for the virtual disk that the drive is part of.
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