Administrator Guide

The Update Storage Center dialog opens. This dialog displays details of the installation process and updates those details
every 30 seconds. This is also displayed as a blue message bar in the Summary tab, and in the update status column of the
Storage Center details. In case of an update failure, click Retry to restart the interrupted process.
7. Click OK.
If the update is service affecting, the connection to the Storage Center will be lost.
Using the Storage Center Update Utility
The Storage Center Update Utility acts as an update server for Storage Centers without an internet connection or with
SupportAssist disabled. To use the Storage Center Update Utility to update Storage Center software, install the utility, load
an update package, and start the service. Then, if the Storage Center is configured to use the Storage Center Update Utility,
manually check for an update and update the Storage Center software. If a Storage Center is configured to use the Storage
Center Update Utility, you must check for updates manually.
For more information on installing and setting up the Storage Center Update Utility, see the Dell Storage Center Update Utility
Administrator’s Guide.
Configure Storage Center to Use the Storage Center Update Utility
If the Storage Center is not connected to the internet, configure it to use the Storage Center Update Utility when checking for
updates. Before Storage Center can receive an update from the Storage Center Update Utility, a Storage Center distro must be
loaded and the Storage Center Update Utility service must be running.
Prerequisites
The Storage Center Update Utility must be setup and running.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. In the Summary tab, click Edit Settings.
The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
3. Click the SupportAssist tab.
4. Disable SupportAssist. Click Turn Off SupportAssist.
5. Under Configure Update Utility, select the Enabled checkbox.
6. In the Update Utility Host or IP Address field, type the IP address of the Storage Center Update Utility.
7. In the Update Utility Port field, type the port of the Storage Center Update Utility.
8. Click OK.
Shutting Down and Restarting a Storage Center
Shutting down or restarting a Storage Center affects all controllers. Controllers can also be shut down or restarted individually.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Shut Down All Controllers in Storage Center
Shutting down a Storage Center creates a system outage, during which time no I/O is processed. Use this process only as
directed, for example to replace hardware, to move the Storage Center to another location, or to shut down for data center
power maintenance.
Prerequisites
● An outage must be scheduled so that halting I/O does not impact your network.
● I/O to the controllers must be halted.
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