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6.3 HP StoreAll Storage Installation Guide (TA768-96085, April 2013)

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8 Completing the 9730 Performance Module installation
This chapter describes how to complete the installation of an 9730 Performance Module after
installing the module hardware as described in the HP StoreAll 9730 Storage Performance Module
Installation Instructions.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites must be met before starting the 9730 Performance Module installation:
• The blades in the performance module must be seated and the storage must be cabled and
powered on as described in the HP StoreAll 9730 Storage Performance Module Installation
Instructions.
• The latest StoreAll release must be installed on each blade, as described in the next section.
Installing the latest StoreAll OS software release
StoreAll OS version 6.3 is only available through the registered release process. To obtain the
ISO image, contact HP Support to register for the release and obtain access to the software dropbox.
Use a DVD
1. Burn the ISO image to a DVD.
2. Insert the Quick Restore DVD into a USB DVD drive cabled to the Onboard Administrator or
to the Dongle connecting the drive to the front of the blade.
IMPORTANT:
• Use an external USB drive that has external power; do not rely on the USB bus for power
to drive the device.
• Do not plug the KVM dongle directly into the OA until after the 9730 is installed and the
blade iLOs have IPs; otherwise, you cannot access the blades.
3. Restart the server to boot from the DVD-ROM.
4. When the HP Storage screen appears, enter qr to install the software.
5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 on each server.
Use a USB key
1. Copy the ISO to a Linux system.
2. Insert a USB key into the Linux system.
3. Execute cat /proc/partitions to find the USB device partition, which is displayed as
dev/sdX. For example:
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
8 128 15633408 sdi
4. Execute the following dd command to make USB the QR installer:
dd if=<ISO file name with path> of=/dev/sdi oflag=direct bs=1M
For example:
dd if=X9000-QRDVD-6.3.72-1.x86_64.signed.iso of=/dev/sdi oflag=direct bs=1M
4491+0 records in
4491+0 records out
4709154816 bytes (4.7 GB) copied, 957.784 seconds, 4.9 MB/s
5. Insert the USB key into the server to be installed.
6. Restart the server to boot from the USB key. (Press F11 and use option 3 ).
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