6.3 HP StoreAll 9300/9320 Storage Administrator Guide (AW549-96072, June 2013)

Contents
1 Upgrading the StoreAll software to the 6.3 release.........................................9
Online upgrades for StoreAll software.......................................................................................11
Preparing for the upgrade...................................................................................................11
Performing the upgrade......................................................................................................12
After the upgrade..............................................................................................................12
Automated offline upgrades for StoreAll software 6.x to 6.3.........................................................13
Preparing for the upgrade...................................................................................................13
Performing the upgrade......................................................................................................13
After the upgrade..............................................................................................................13
Manual offline upgrades for StoreAll software 6.x to 6.3.............................................................14
Preparing for the upgrade...................................................................................................14
Performing the upgrade manually.........................................................................................15
After the upgrade..............................................................................................................16
Upgrading Linux StoreAll clients................................................................................................17
Installing a minor kernel update on Linux clients.....................................................................17
Upgrading Windows StoreAll clients.........................................................................................17
Upgrading pre-6.3 Express Query enabled file systems...............................................................18
Required steps before the StoreAll Upgrade for pre-6.3 Express Query enabled file systems.........18
Required steps after the StoreAll Upgrade for pre-6.3 Express Query enabled file systems...........19
Troubleshooting upgrade issues................................................................................................20
Automatic upgrade............................................................................................................20
Manual upgrade...............................................................................................................20
Offline upgrade fails because iLO firmware is out of date........................................................21
Node is not registered with the cluster network .....................................................................21
File system unmount issues...................................................................................................22
File system in MIF state after StoreAll software 6.3 upgrade.....................................................22
2 Product description...................................................................................24
9300 Storage Gateway .........................................................................................................24
9320 Storage System..............................................................................................................24
System Components................................................................................................................24
HP StoreAll software features....................................................................................................24
High availability and redundancy.............................................................................................25
3 Getting started.........................................................................................26
Setting up the system...............................................................................................................26
Installation steps................................................................................................................26
Additional configuration steps.............................................................................................26
Management interfaces...........................................................................................................27
Using the StoreAll Management Console..............................................................................28
Customizing the GUI..........................................................................................................30
Adding user accounts for Management Console access..........................................................31
Using the CLI.....................................................................................................................31
Starting the array management software...............................................................................31
StoreAll client interfaces......................................................................................................32
StoreAll software manpages.....................................................................................................32
Changing passwords..............................................................................................................32
Configuring ports for a firewall.................................................................................................33
Configuring NTP servers..........................................................................................................34
Configuring HP Insight Remote Support on StoreAll systems..........................................................34
Configuring the StoreAll cluster for Insight Remote Support......................................................36
Configuring Insight Remote Support for HP SIM 7.1 and IRS 5.7...............................................38
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