Owner's Manual

Setting Up a SAS Cluster 27

Verifying and Upgrading the Firmware

To verify and upgrade the firmware:

Discover the direct-attached storage of the host system using the MDSM

software that is installed on the host system.

Verify that the firmware for the following storage components is at the

minimum required version:

• RAID controller firmware

•PowerVault MD32

storage system firmware

•PowerVault MD12

expansion enclosure firmware

NOTE: For the minimum firmware version requirements, select the

Dell Validated

Components

link at

dell.com/oracle

Installing the SAS HBA Adapter Driver

Install the SAS HBA driver from the PowerVault MD32xx Resource media.

NOTE: Ensure that the version of the SAS HBA driver is the same or newer than the

version listed in the Solution Deliverable List (SDL) that can be found for each

Dell-validated component at

dell.com/oracle

For assistance in installing drivers on both nodes of the cluster, see the

documentation that came with the PowerVault MD32xx storage enclosure

and the SAS HBAs.

Installing Host-Based Storage Software

Software Installation

The PowerVault MD32xx Series resource media contains software and drivers.

The root of the media contains a readme.txt file covering changes to the

software, updates, fixes, patches, and other important data applicable to

Windows operating systems. The readme.txt file also specifies requirements

for accessing documentation, information regarding versions of the software

on the media, and system requirements for running the software.