HP NetRAID-4M Configuration and Upgrade Guide (Release 5)

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Chapter 1 Documentation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing a NetRAID-4M in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating System Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Matched Set of Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Cable Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Release 4 Issues and Problem Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2 SCSI Devices and Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Controller Position and Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 3 Operating System Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
NetWare 5.X and 6.X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
UnixWare 7.1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 4 NetRAID-4M Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Determining the Installed Software Component Versions . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the FAST Utility With Windows NT or Windows 2000 . . . . . . 7
Using the CLI Utility With All Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Preparing for Upgrading the HP NetRAID-4M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Downloading and Creating Diskettes From the HP Web Site . . . . . 11
Creating Diskettes From the HP NetRAID-4M Release 4
Supplemental CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Update the NetRAID-4M Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Step 1-Back Up the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Step 2-Remove the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Component. . . . . . . 12
Step 3-Remove the HP NetRAID-4M FAST and/or CLI utilities.. . . . 12
Step 4-Update the HP NetRAID-4M driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Step 5-Update the HP NetRAID-4M firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Step 6-Update the HP NetRAID-4M FAST and/or CLI Utilities . . . . 14
Step 7-Update the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Component . . . . . . . 15
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