8000 Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide XCS 5.031 (5697-5541, December 2005)

The new storage system soft ware is loade d o nto the HSV c ontrollers, and the ﬁrmware on the

associated Fibre Channel drive enclosures is upgraded.

NOTE:

For the XCS 5.031 upgrade, the drive ﬁrmware is located in a separate ﬁle. To upgrade

the drive ﬁrmware, see Up grading drive ﬁrmware and repeat step 3 through step 12 for

the drive ﬁrmware.

During the upgrade, a command in progress message is displayed.

When the upgrade process is complete, the Code Load Storage System-Page 3 opens. The HSV

controllers restart.

Figure 28 Code Load Storage System-Page 3

NOTE:

The software loads in parallel on the drive enclosures. During the software update, the

EMUs on the d rive enclosures might ﬂash red status indicators and sound an alarm.

After the software update completes, the ﬂashing red status indicators and alarm sound

cease. The process of updating the enclosure software continues in the background after

the controller software i s updated.

During the EMU ﬁrmware upgrade, all of the disk drives a re listed in the Unmappable

Hardware folder and all of the disk enclosure b ays disappear from the navigation tree.

The ﬁrmware upgrade can take up to 10 minutes to complete. After the upgrade has

completed, the disk enclosure bays ar e listed under the Disk Enclosure elements.

ThesoftwareloadsontheHSVcontrollers.TheHSVcontrollerssynchronizeusingthenew

software. The Scanning for disks message on the controllers' OCPs indicates that

synchronization is taking place.

14. Click Finish after the HSV controllers have restarted.

The HP Command View EVA client refreshes.

An EMU ﬁrmware update message opens.

Upgrading the Enterprise Virtual Array