6.2.1 HP IBRIX 9000 Storage Release Notes (TA768-96074, December 2012)

create custom metadata entries for a file, replace values of existing entries, and delete entries.
The API extends the existing HTTP Shares feature that was introduced in IBRIX version 6.0.
◦ Express Query — Express Query provides a per file system database of system and custom
metadata, and audit histories of system and file activity. When Express Query is enabled on
the file system, you can manage the metadata service, configure auditing, create reports
from the audit history, assign custom metadata and certain system metadata to files and
directories, and query for selected metadata from files.
• Installation Enhancements
Installation wizard for 9730◦
◦ Firmware version verification
◦ Storage provisioning verification for 9320
• Support Enhancements
Server hardware monitoring support for the IBRIX 9300 Network Storage Gateway platform.◦
◦ Firmware Management Tool for the IBRIX 9320 and 9720 Storage platforms.
◦ Server and Storage hardware monitoring support for the IBRIX 9320 Storage platform.
◦ Failed node crash capture management — Failed Node iLO Crash Management enables
customer to collect the core dump of the failed node (Segment Server) when Fusion Manager
initiates the failover. This functionality is not enabled by default.
◦ Troubleshooting Guide enhancements
• Manageability
Scheduling for antivirus scans◦
◦ New or revised wizards:
– Expansion wizard
– High availability wizard
– Quota management wizard
– Rebalancing wizard
– Segment evacuation wizard
– Data tiering wizard
– Replication wizard and health checks
Implementation changes in the 6.2.1 release
The following implementation changes occurred with hardware monitoring:
• During an upgrade, user must now run the Firmware Management Tool and perform a set of
manual steps to update the firmware.
• All of the logical (volumes) and physical (controllers, ports, drive enclosures, drives, etc.) objects
that are under the control of a storage controller or pair of storage controllers are grouped together
within a new logical STORAGE_CLUSTER component in the storage health report to describe their
relationship in the storage topology.
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