Deployment Guide

Upgrade an Appliance to the Latest FluidFS 6.0

Version

If an FS8600 appliance was imaged with FluidFS v5.0 or an early version of FluidFS v6.0 at the factory and will be deployed running

FluidFS v6.0, upgrade the standby controllers to the latest version before conguring them as part of a FluidFS v6.0 cluster.

NOTE: This procedure does not update the internal USB drive in the FS8600 controllers.

Upgrade Prerequisites

Make sure the following prerequisites are met before beginning the upgrade procedure.

■ Prerequisite

□ Both controllers in the FS8600 appliance must be powered on in standby mode.

□ You must have the following materials:

• FluidFS 6.0 service pack ISO le

• USB ash drive with at least 4 GB of free space to hold the service pack le

• USB keyboard and VGA monitor

Upgrade Standby Controllers to the Latest Version of FluidFS v6.0

About this task

NOTE: FS8600 controllers are shipping from the factory pre-imaged with FluidFS 6.0, so it is unlikely that you will

encounter a standby controller running FluidFS 5.0. Therefore, the procedure provided in this section will rarely be used.

The only time this procedure is needed is if a replacement controller was ordered to replace a faulty controller before

deployment.

Steps

1. Connect KVM to controller 0 and log in.

a. Connect a KVM device to controller 0. This controller is on the left when you are looking from the back.

b. Type cli at the login as prompt.

c. Type Administrator at the login as prompt.

d. Type Stor@ge! at the password prompt.

You are logged in to the CLI.

2. Congure FTP on controller 0.

a. Congure a network subnet.

CLI> environment network subnets add 24 -PrivateIPs 192.168.1.10,192.168.1.11

NOTE: The subnet will be wiped away by the FluidFS upgrade and must be recongured at the start of

deployment.

b. Enable FTP.

CLI> maintenance support security FTP configuration enable

3. Upload the new ISO image via FTP.

a. Connect to FluidFS FTP server on controller 0 using the IP address of the controller, not the VIP.

ftp://Administrator@192.168.1.10:44421/servicepack. Type Stor@ge when a dialog box opens asking for credentials.

Upgrade an Appliance to the Latest FluidFS 6.0 Version