HSG80 Enterprise/Modular Storage RAID Array Fibre Channel Solution Software V8.7A for Windows Release Notes (AA-RH0QL-TE, July 2003)

Saving Your Configuration

Release Notes – HSG80 Enterprise/Modular Storage RAID Array Fibre Channel Solution

Software Version 8.7A for Windows

If the other controller did not restart, follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the Reset button on the other controller.

2. Remove and re-insert the program card for the other controller.

3. Release the Reset button.

NOTE: Whenever you are running FRUTIL you must quiesce all I/O.

FRUTIL Limitation

This limitation applies to users of ACS Version 8.7P with DRM only.

FRUTIL cannot be run in remote copy set environments on the target side specifically

when I/O is in progress.

If the host load was stopped, you can run FRUTIL on the initiator or target. If the host

load is not quiesced and FRUTIL is run while remote copy I/O is running, the

normalization process is reset.

Saving Your Configuration

When enabled, the SAVE_CONFIGURATION function allows you to do the following

(supported on single controller configurations only):

• Save a configuration to a disk or storageset. The configuration may be retrieved

later and downloaded onto a replacement controller.

• Retain code patches to the ACS software.

Saving a Configuration to Previously Initialized Storagesets

If any storageset within the configuration was previously initialized with the

INITIALIZE container-name SAVE_CONFIGURATION command to save your

configuration to disk, it is not necessary to reconfigure your devices with a new

controller.

SAVE_CONFIGURATION also retains code patch information to the software.

This option is supported on single controller configurations only.

ACS Version 8.7 saves any installed software patches on disks initialized with the

SAVE_CONFIGURATION command. To replace a controller and restore the configuration

from a disk, you do not have to reinstall any software patches.

Configuration information cannot be retrieved from storagesets created on other HSx

controllers (for example, HSD, HSJ, or HSZ controllers). You can only restore a

configuration from a configuration saved on this or another HSG80 array controller.