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Reference Document

 

 

 

 

 

4

Storage System

If currently installed

If currently installed

Navisphere Manager

 

Update software

storage-system software is not at

storage-system software is not at

administrator’s guide

 

the required minimum revision,

the required minimum revision,

and online help

 

 

 

 

update it.

update it.

 

 

 

CAUTION During the software

CAUTION During the software

 

 

 

update, hosts connected to the

update, hosts connected to the

 

 

 

storage system will lose access

storage system will lose access

 

 

 

to data if they do not have failover

to data if they do not have failover

 

 

 

software or if all paths to an SP

software or if all paths to an SP

 

 

 

are down.

are down.

 

 

 

For an FC4500 storage system, go to

For an FC4500 storage system, go to

 

 

 

step 6.

step 6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

CX200, CX300,

For new or replacement HBAs

For any HBAs

Navisphere CLI

 

CX400, CX500,

Use the following Navisphere CLI

Use the following Navisphere CLI

reference

 

CX600, CX700,

 

 

or FC4700-Series

command to determine the

command to determine the

 

 

default storage-system type:

default storage-system type:

 

 

Storage System

 

 

navicli -h hostname systemtype

navicli -h hostname systemtype

 

 

Set properties for

 

 

 

 

 

 

PowerPath

where hostname is the IP

where hostname is the IP

 

 

 

address or network name of an

address or network name of an

 

 

 

SP in the storage system.

SP in the storage system.

 

 

 

If the default storage-system

If the default storage-system

 

 

 

system type is not 3 (CLARiiON

system type is not 3 (CLARiiON

 

 

 

Open), use the following

Open), use the following

 

 

 

Navisphere CLI command to set

Navisphere CLI command to set

 

 

 

it to 3:

it to 3:

 

 

 

navicli -h hostname systemtype

navicli -h hostname systemtype

 

 

 

-config 3

-config 3

 

 

 

CAUTION The above command

CAUTION The above command

 

 

 

reboots both SPs at the same

reboots both SPs at the same

 

 

 

time.

time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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