Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide
- Contents
- Getting started
- New user setup
- Configure and provision a new storage system
- Using the PowerVault Manager interface
- System concepts
- About virtual and linear storage
- About disk groups
- About RAID levels
- About ADAPT
- About SSDs
- About SSD read cache
- About spares
- About pools
- About volumes and volume groups
- About volume cache options
- About thin provisioning
- About automated tiered storage
- About initiators, hosts, and host groups
- About volume mapping
- About operating with a single controller
- About snapshots
- About copying volumes
- About reconstruction
- About quick rebuild
- About performance statistics
- About firmware updates
- About managed logs
- About SupportAssist
- About CloudIQ
- About configuring DNS settings
- About replicating virtual volumes
- About the Full Disk Encryption feature
- About data protection with a single controller
- Working in the Home topic
- Guided setup
- Provisioning disk groups and pools
- Attaching hosts and volumes in the Host Setup wizard
- Overall system status
- Configuring system settings
- Managing scheduled tasks
- Working in the System topic
- Viewing system components
- Systems Settings panel
- Resetting host ports
- Rescanning disk channels
- Clearing disk metadata
- Updating firmware
- Changing FDE settings
- Configuring advanced settings
- Changing disk settings
- Changing system cache settings
- Configuring partner firmware update
- Configuring system utilities
- Using maintenance mode
- Restarting or shutting down controllers
- Working in the Hosts topic
- Working in the Pools topic
- Working in the Volumes topic
- Viewing volumes
- Creating a virtual volume
- Creating a linear volume
- Modifying a volume
- Copying a volume or snapshot
- Abort a volume copy
- Adding volumes to a volume group
- Removing volumes from a volume group
- Renaming a volume group
- Remove volume groups
- Rolling back a virtual volume
- Deleting volumes and snapshots
- Creating snapshots
- Resetting a snapshot
- Creating a replication set from the Volumes topic
- Initiating or scheduling a replication from the Volumes topic
- Manage replication schedules from the Volumes topic
- Working in the Mappings topic
- Working in the Replications topic
- About replicating virtual volumes in the Replications topic
- Replication prerequisites
- Replication process
- Creating a virtual pool for replication
- Setting up snapshot space management in the context of replication
- Replication and empty allocated pages
- Disaster recovery
- Accessing the data while keeping the replication set intact
- Accessing the data from the backup system as if it were the primary system
- Disaster recovery procedures
- Viewing replications
- Querying a peer connection
- Creating a peer connection
- Modifying a peer connection
- Deleting a peer connection
- Creating a replication set from the Replications topic
- Modifying a replication set
- Deleting a replication set
- Initiating or scheduling a replication from the Replications topic
- Stopping a replication
- Suspending a replication
- Resuming a replication
- Manage replication schedules from the Replications topic
- About replicating virtual volumes in the Replications topic
- Working in the Performance topic
- Working in the banner and footer
- Banner and footer overview
- Viewing system information
- Viewing certificate information
- Viewing connection information
- Viewing system date and time information
- Viewing user information
- Viewing health information
- Viewing event information
- Viewing capacity information
- Viewing host information
- Viewing tier information
- Viewing recent system activity
- Other management interfaces
- SNMP reference
- Using FTP and SFTP
- Using SMI-S
- Using SLP
- Administering a log-collection system
- Best practices
- System configuration limits
- Glossary of terms
10. Quit the FTP session.
11. Verify that each updated expansion module has the correct firmware version.
Updating disk firmware
You can update disk firmware by loading a firmware file obtained from your reseller.
Disks can be updated from either controller.
NOTE: Disks of the same model in the storage system must have the same firmware revision.
You can specify to update all disks or only specific disks. If you specify to update all disks and the system contains more than
one type of disk, the update will be attempted on all disks in the system. The update will only succeed for disks whose type
matches the file, and will fail for disks of other types.
Prepare for update
1. Obtain the appropriate firmware file and download it to your computer or network.
2. Check the documentation of the disk manufacturer to determine whether disks must be power cycled after firmware update.
3. If you want to update all disks of the type that the firmware applies to, continue with the next step.
Otherwise, determine the enclosure number and slot number of each disk to update in PowerVault Manager.
4. In the PowerVault Manager, prepare to use FTP/SFTP:
a. Determine the network-port IP addresses of the system’s controllers.
b. Verify that the system’s FTP/SFTP service is enabled.
c. Verify that the user you will log in as has permission to use the FTP interface. The same setting allows a user to transfer
files using both FTP and SFTP.
5. Stop I/O to the storage system. During the update all volumes will be temporarily inaccessible to hosts. If I/O is not stopped,
mapped hosts will report I/O errors. Volume access is restored after the update completes.
Update disk firmware
Perform the following steps to update disk firmware:
1. Obtain the appropriate firmware file, and download it to your computer or network.
2. In the PowerVault Manager, prepare to use FTP:
a. Determine the network-port IP addresses of the system controllers. See Configuring controller network ports.
b. Verify that the FTP/SFTP service is enabled on the system. See Enable or disable system-management settings.
c. Verify that the user you plan to use has manage role permissions and FTP/SFTP interface permissions. See Adding,
modifying, and deleting users.
3. Open a Command Prompt (Windows) or a terminal window (UNIX) and go to the directory containing the firmware file to
load.
4. Type:
sftp -P port controller-network-address or
ftp controller-network-address
For example:
sftp -P 1022 10.235.216.152 or
ftp 10.1.0.9
5. Log in as a user with manage role permissions and FTP/SFTP interface permissions.
6. Perform either of the following tasks:
● To update all disks of the type that the firmware applies to, type:
put firmware-file disk
For example:
put AS10.bin disk
● To update specific disks, type:
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Other management interfaces