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Content Creation Date 2011/4/12

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Content Creation Date 2011/4/12

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Upgrading a Base System to an Expansion System

This document describes how to upgrade your base dual-SP storage system to an expansion dual-SP system by installing the expansion pack enabler. Once the expansion pack enabler is installed, you can: Connect a maximum of 64 servers (hosts) to the storage system Add one to four DAE-AXs to the DPE-AXs back-end bus Install SAS disks in the DPE-AX and/or DAE-AXs in a storage system running FLARE OE version 02.23.050.5.5xx or lower.
If the storage system is running FLARE version 02.23.050.5.7xx or higher, you can use SAS disks in your storage system without installing the expansion pack enabler. This means that if your storage system is running FLARE version 02.23.050.5xx or lower and you want to use SAS disks in the DPE-AX and do not want to connect more than 20 servers and do not want to add DAE-AXs, all you need to do is upgrade the FLARE OE on your storage system to version 02.23.050.5.7xx or higher.

If the storage system is running Navisphere Express, install the expansion pack enabler with either the upgrade software feature of Navisphere Express or the Software Assistant in the Navisphere Service Taskbar (NST). Topics in this document include: Before you start ............................................................................. Installing the expansion pack enabler using Navisphere Express ........................................................................................ Installing a enabler with the Software Assistant ............................... Verifying the system software has been successfully installed ........... 2 3 5 8

Before you start

To complete the upgrade procedure, you need the expansion pack CD from the expansion pack option kit. Any Microsoft Windows 2000 servers are connected to the storage system, it should have Service Pack 4 or higher installed on it. While this is not a requirement, we strongly recommend it.

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Installing the expansion pack enabler using Navisphere Express

CAUTION During the software installation procedure: You must not power down or reboot the storage system, power down an SP, or remove any components. Doing so may put the storage system in a state from which it cannot be restarted. For a dual-SP system: The software installation procedure reboots SP A, and then after the reboot of SP A completes, it reboots SP B. This causes any connected servers that are not configured for high availability (not connected to each SP) to lose access to the storage system until the operation is completed.

1. Start Navisphere Express on the storage system. 2. Make sure that the storage system does not have any faulted or transitioning components before continuing. You can view the current state of storage-system components on the Navisphere Express View Components page. 3. In the Navisphere Express navigation pane under System, click Software. 4. On the System Software page, click Upgrade Software. 5. Insert the expansion pack CD into the drive on the host from which you are running Navisphere Express. 6. Browse the CD for the expansion tier enabler software file (.ena file), and click Upgrade. Prior to installing the software on the storage system, Navisphere Express performs a series of pre-installation checks to ensure that the storage system is in a ready state. If problems exist, the software will ask you to fix them so it can continue the installation.
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7. Monitor the status of the installation in the Software Upgrade Status window. After the installation is complete, the storage system reboots automatically. On a dual-SP system, one SP reboots, and when it has finished, the other SP reboots. You cannot start Navisphere Express on the storage system until the reboot is complete, which could take several minutes. When the reboot is complete, the power button on each SP remains solid/steady green. Wait until the reboot is complete before continuing.

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Installing a enabler with the Software Assistant

CAUTION During the software installation procedure: You must not power down or reboot the storage system, power down an SP, or remove any components. Doing so may put the storage system in a state from which it cannot be restarted. For a dual-SP system: The software installation procedure reboots SP A, and then after the reboot of SP A completes, it reboots SP B. This causes any connected servers that are not configured for high availability (not connected to each SP) to lose access to the storage system until the operation is completed.

1. Make sure that the storage system does not have any faulted or transitioning components before continuing. You can view the current state of storage-system components on the Navisphere Express View Components page. 2. Insert the expansion pack CD into the drive on the Windows server or host from which you will install the expansion pack enabler. 3. On the Powerlink website, navigate to the CLARiiON Tools page and select your CLARiiON system.
To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down menu at the top right of the Powerlink home page.

4. In the navigation pane, click CLARiiON Software Update tools and then CLARiiON Software Update (Standard). 5. On the CLARiiON Software Update (Standard) page: a. Complete step 1 to determine if you can use the update process.

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b. If the storage system is a dual-SP system with one or more servers connected to its data ports, complete step 2 to validate the server environment; otherwise, skip this step. c. Complete step 3 to install the Navisphere Service Taskbar (NST) on the Windows server or host from which you will install the storage-system software. After you accept the NST license agreement, the installation wizard verifies that the server is running the supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version. If the server is running an earlier version of the JRE, select Yes when asked if you want to continue with the installation. The installation wizard prompts you to download and install the later version of the JRE from the Sun website. If the server is running a later version of the JRE, the installation wizard asks if you want to continue with the installation. Select Yes to continue or No to quit the installation.
Important: If you select Yes, the NST may not work properly with a later JRE version. If you select No, and manually remove the later version of the JRE, other applications that require this version may not work properly.

6. Start the Navisphere Service Taskbar by doing either one of the following: Click the Navisphere Service Taskbar icon on your desktop, or Select Start > All Programs or Programs > EMC > Navisphere > Navisphere Service Taskbar version > Navisphere Service Taskbar version 7. In the NST click the Software Assistant tab, select the Prepare for Installation wizard. 8. If the Navisphere Connection screen opens: a. Enter the IP address for an SP in the storage system. b. Click Connect.
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c. Enter your Navisphere login username, password, and scope (global, local, or LDAP) and click OK.
Once you connect to a storage system, you do not need to reconnect to it again during the NST session. To connect to a different storage system, you must disconnect the current storage system by selecting File > Disconnect.

9. Follow the recommended steps, being sure to do the following in the Prepare for Installation wizard: For a dual-SP system If I/O between the servers and the storage system is shut down, on the Server readiness for software update page, select the checkbox in the Override HA Status column for each server listed. 10. When the Prepare for Installation wizard is finished, start the Install Software wizard and use it to install the desired software packages. You have to browse the expansion pack CD for the expansion tier enabler software file (.ena file). 11. When the installation is complete, select Notify your service provider with updated storage system configuration information, and click Finish. After the installation is complete, the storage system reboots automatically. On a dual-SP system, one SP reboots, and when it has finished, the other SP reboots. You cannot start Navisphere Express on the storage system until the reboot is complete, which could take several minutes. When the reboot is complete, the power button on each SP remains solid/steady green. Wait until the reboot is complete before continuing.

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Verifying the system software has been successfully installed

Use Navisphere Express to verify that the software was successfully installed.

Verifying the software installation with Navisphere Express

1. Start Navisphere Express for the storage system, if it is not already running. 2. From the navigation pane, under System, select Software. 3. From the System Software page, click Last Installation Status. 4. Verify that the list of software contains an entry for each software package that you installed and that the status of the installation was successful.
The entry for the expansion pack enabler is named ExpansionTier.

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