958-000288-010, August 2005)

Element M anager user guide for more information. Embedded Web Server (EWS)

also provides an option to print or save product conﬁguration to a ﬁle. Refer to the

HP StorageWorks Embedded We b Server User Guide for more information.

All products must b e running ﬁrmware 06.00.00 or later b efore upgrading to

07.00.00-84. If a switch is operating with a ﬁ rmware level earlier than 06.00.00, you

must upgrade to 06.xx.xx before installing 07.00.00-84.

Upgrades and downgrades are supported only from one major release to the next, such

as from 06.xx.xx to 07.00.00-84. If EWS is used for upgrades and downgrades, and

this rule is not followed, errors o ccur and there m ay be a disruption to attached devices.

If upgrading to ﬁrmware 06.02 .00-22 requires you to upgrade from 04.xx.xx to

05.xx.xx in the process, there are special considerations:

• For directors, refer to Upgrading ﬁrmware on a director from 04.xx.xx to

05.xx.xx

• For edge switches, refer to Upgrading ﬁrmware on an edge switch from 04.xx.xx

to 05.xx.xx

A s ma ll number of early-shipped Surestore Director FC-64 units may receive one of the

following messages when they upgrade to ﬁrmware 05.02.00-13:

• HAFM—Firmware cannot be loaded due to insufﬁcient CTP memory.

• EWS—File System E rror: Insufﬁcient m em ory for new ﬁrmware version.

This occurs only in cer tain units with CTP cards. Units with CTP2 cards do not have

this issue.

If you get one of these messages during the upgrade, the ﬁrmware upgrade failed, but

the unit continues working with the existing ﬁrmware without a n interruption in service.

The upgrade process checks for sufﬁcient memory before activating the new ﬁrmware

image. The ﬁrmware upgrade does not complete without sufﬁcient m emory. Please

contact HP Customer Support if you receive this message.

Some customer environments use application or host software that is affected by the

restart of the director CTP during a HotCAT download operation. Applications that rely

on inband management servers are especially prone to problems caused by processor

restart. For example, an application may be conﬁgured to poll the director or switch

at regular intervals. The polling process could occur d uring a restart period, causing

the application software to react adversely. As a solution, shut d own those applications

driving inband requests during a ﬁrmware upgrade, then restar t the applications after

upgrade completion.

Upg

rading ﬁrmware on an edge switch from 04.xx.xx to 05.xx.xx

An i

ssue has been identiﬁed in release 04.xx.xx if the contents of the nonvolatile storage

(NV

RAM) on the CTP become corrupted. Once the conﬁguration has been loaded,

is corruption is not detected until an IPL/IML, power cycle, or ﬁrmware code load.

If the N VRAM in the CTP has corrupted contents, the ﬁrmware load can cause the

conﬁguration to reset to factory defaults, which could cause a system outage.

HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Mana g er release notes