6.2.4 HP StoreAll Storage Release Notes (AW549-96071, April 2013)

Installation and network configuration
• On X9720 systems with G6 blades, the Quick Restore installation reports that the G6 Ethernet
firmware must be upgraded. The Ethernet device (eth0) must be up when you upgrade the
firmware. Use the following command to bring up eth0 and then upgrade the firmware:
# ifup eth0
The following document provides additional detail for HP Support personnel:
http://saw.cce.hp.com/km/saw/view.do?docId=emr_na-c03466768
• When creating a user NIC with a VLAN tag on a bond, running the ibrix_nic -c command
causes the parent bond to become degraded. The workaround is to determine the device that is
down and then bring up that device manually. For example, if bond0 is made up of eth4 and
eth5, use ifcfg to determine which device is down. Then use ifup to bring up the device,
such as ifup eth4.
Upgrades
• The supported upgrade path from 5.6 or earlier is to first upgrade to 6.1. Before upgrading from
5.6 or earlier to 6.1, ensure that the NFS exports option subtree_check is the default export
option for every NFS export. The no_subtree_check option is not compatible with the StoreAll
OS software.
To add the subtree_check option, perform the following steps:
1. Unexport NFS exports:
ibrix_exportfs –h <HOSTLIST> -p <CLIENT1:PATHNAME1>
2. Create NFS exports with the subtree_check option:
ibrix_exportfs –f <FSNAME> -p <CLIENT1:PATHNAME1> -o “subtree_check”
NOTE: Multiple options can be specified using the –o parameter by separating each option
by a comma (for example, -o rw,subtree_check).
3. Complete steps 1 and 2 for every NFS export.
4. Verify that all NFS exports have the subtree_check option set:
ibrix_exportfs –l
• If you plan to do an online upgrade, I/O must be occurring on a user virtual interface (VIF). Online
upgrades are only supported when I/O to shares is exclusively through User VIFs. When a VIF
is used, the server failover process sends the VIF to the running/active node. If I/O has occurred
through a non-virtual IP for the server, this I/O might need to be halted, and you might need to
reboot the server to proceed with an online upgrade.
• After upgrading to 6.2.4, use the Firmware Management Tool (FMT) by entering the hpsp_fmt
-fr server) command to determine if any firmware upgrades are required. If you are shown
the following message, proceed with the workaround:
ERROR: Could not recommend any flash action for one or more devices of
the following component type(s):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Device :NIC
Code :0x1A0E
ERROR :Discovery failed for HP Embedded Network Adapter using
CP017785.scexe. Check log file
/var/log/hp/platform/fmt/firmware.log for more information
14 Workarounds