8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide XCS 6.110 (5697-6782, June 2007)

Figure 21 C ode Load Disk Drives — Page 2 window

8. Click Ne

xt s te p.

The disk drive code load operation begins. A status page opens indicating the progress as each

disk drive is upgraded.

The disk drives are upgraded sequentially. Depending upon the I/O load on the storage system, it

can take 30 seconds to 3.5 minutes per drive to upgrade the ﬁrmware. The status is updated at 45

second i

ntervals, so you must wait to see which disk drives are complete.

CAUTIO

If you s

elect any array in the Navigation pane to manage it, the disk drive upgrade stops.

For exa

mple, if 10 of 27 drives have completed the upgrade when you selected the array,

only th

ose 10 drives will be upgraded. If you run a second disk drive upgrade, the Status

box on

the Status window displays NO for the 10 d rives that have been upgraded and

the remaining 17 drives are not upgraded.

Upgrading the Enterprise Virtual Array