5.6.2 HP IBRIX X9000 Release Notes

Documentation additions and changes
Following are additions and changes to the user documentation.
Upgrades to 5.6
The following information is an addition to the chapter “Upgrading the X9000 Software” in the
administrator guide for your system.
Before performing the upgrade, complete the following steps if necessary:
• Upgrades to the X9000 Software 5.6 release are supported for systems currently running X9000
Software 5.5.x . If your system is running an earlier release, first upgrade to the latest 5.5 release,
and then upgrade to 5.6.
• If your system is using a standard management console and you want to convert to an agile
management console configuration, complete the following steps:
1. Upgrade to the latest 5.5 release if necessary.
2. Migrate to the agile management console (see “Migrating to an agile management console”
in the administrator guide).
3. Test failover and failback of the agile management console:
a. On the node hosting the active management console, place the management console
into maintenance mode. This step fails over the active management console role to the
node currently hosting the passive agile management console.
<ibrixhome>/bin/ibrix_fm –m maintenance
b. Wait approximately 60 seconds for the failover to complete, and then run the following
command on the node that was hosting the passive agile management console:
<ibrixhome>/bin/ibrix_fm –i
The command should report that the agile management console is now Active on this
node.
c. From the node on which you failed over the active management console in step a, change
the status of the management console from maintenance to passive:
<ibrixhome>/bin/ibrix_fm –m passive
d. Verify that the fusion manager database /usr/local/ibrix/.db/ is intact on both
active and passive management console nodes.
e. Repeat steps a through d to return the node originally hosting the active management
console back to active mode.
4. Upgrade to the latest 5.6 release.
Installing a minor kernel update on Linux clients
The X9000 client software is upgraded automatically when you install a compatible Linux minor kernel
update. If you are planning to install a minor kernel update, first run the following command to verify
that the update is compatible with the X9000 client software:
/usr/local/ibrix/bin/verify_client_update <kernel_update_version>
The following example is for a RHEL 4.8 client with kernel version 2.6.9-89.ELsmp:
# /usr/local/ibrix/bin/verify_client_update 2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp
nl
Kernel update 2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp is compatible.
If the minor kernel update is compatible, install the update with the vendor RPM and reboot the system.
The X9000 client software is then automatically updated with the new kernel, and X9000 client services
start automatically. Use the ibrix_version -l -C command to verify the kernel version on the
client.
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