6.0 HP X9720 Network Storage System Administrator Guide (AW549-96034, December 2011)

Viewing network interface information..................................................................................77
11 Migrating to an agile management console configuration.............................78
Backing up the configuration....................................................................................................78
Performing the migration..........................................................................................................78
Testing failover and failback of the agile management console.....................................................80
Converting the original management console node to a file serving node hosting the agile management
console.................................................................................................................................81
12 Upgrading the X9000 Software................................................................82
Offline upgrades for X9000 Software 5.6.x to 6.0......................................................................82
Preparing for the upgrade...................................................................................................82
Performing the upgrade......................................................................................................83
After the upgrade..............................................................................................................84
Offline upgrades for X9000 Software 5.5.x to 6.0......................................................................85
Automatic upgrade procedure.............................................................................................85
Performing the upgrade..................................................................................................85
After the upgrade..........................................................................................................87
Manual upgrade procedure................................................................................................88
Preparing for the upgrade..............................................................................................88
Saving the node configuration........................................................................................89
Performing the upgrade..................................................................................................89
Restoring the node configuration.....................................................................................90
Completing the upgrade................................................................................................90
Upgrading Linux X9000 clients.................................................................................................91
Installing a minor kernel update on Linux clients.....................................................................92
Troubleshooting upgrade issues................................................................................................92
Automatic upgrade............................................................................................................92
Manual upgrade...............................................................................................................93
Node is not registered with the cluster network .....................................................................93
File system unmount issues...................................................................................................94
Moving the management console VIF to bond1.....................................................................94
13 Licensing...............................................................................................96
Viewing license terms..............................................................................................................96
Retrieving a license key...........................................................................................................96
Using AutoPass to retrieve and install permanent license keys........................................................96
14 Upgrading the X9720 Network Storage System hardware and firmware........97
Upgrading firmware................................................................................................................97
Adding new server blades.......................................................................................................97
Adding capacity blocks...........................................................................................................98
Where to install the capacity blocks.....................................................................................99
Installation procedure.......................................................................................................100
Enabling monitoring for the new storage.............................................................................104
Setting the chassis name of the new capacity block..............................................................105
Removing server blades.........................................................................................................105
Removing capacity blocks......................................................................................................105
15 Troubleshooting....................................................................................107
Collecting information for HP Support with Ibrix Collect.............................................................107
Collecting logs................................................................................................................107
Deleting the archive file....................................................................................................108
Downloading the archive file.............................................................................................108
Configuring Ibrix Collect...................................................................................................109
Viewing data collection information....................................................................................110
Viewing data collection configuration information................................................................110
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