HP StorageWorks 1000/1500 Modular Smart Array application note: Migrating to active/active controllers in Windows environments (400678-002, October 2006)
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24 Migrating multi-path standalone systems
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(For systems with HP Secure Path MPIO software only)
Enable HP Secure Path services and drivers:
• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.
• In the Run window, enter devmgmt.msc and then click OK to open the Device
Manager Utility.
• Select SCSI and RAID controllers, right-click the Compaq Secure Path Disk Bus
device, and then select Enable.
• Close the Device Manager Utility.
• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.
• In the Run window, enter services.msc and then click OK to open the Services
Utility.
• In the right pane, double-click Compaq HS_ Service.
• Change the Startup type from Disabled to Automatic.
• Click OK to close the window.
• In the right pane, double-click Secure Path Agent.
• Change the Startup type from Disabled to Automatic.
• Click OK to close the window.
• If HP Secure Path Manager software is installed, double-click Element Manager for
Secure Path in the right pane to open the Element Manager for Secure Path
Properties window.
• Change the Startup type from Disabled to Automatic.
• Click OK to close the window.
• Close the Services Utility.
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Temporarily disable any applications on the system that have I/O on the MSA disk
array.
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From the back of the system unit, reconnect the Fibre Channel cable to the HBA card.
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Using the MSA1000/1500 firmware updating guide, upgrade the HP StorageWorks
MSA1000/1500 controller firmware from active/passive to active/active.
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When the MSA firmware upgrade is complete, turn the server node off.
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From the back of the system unit, disconnect the Fibre Channel cable from the HBA
card that is connected to the passive MSA controller.
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Notify all system units connected to the MSA disk array that the disk array will
temporarily be offline.
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Restart the disk array.
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Notify all system units connected to the MSA disk array that the disk array is back
online.
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