IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 User Manual

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system

documentation

to

make

the

new

logical

drives

accessible

to

the

operating

system.

Do

not

proceed

with

the

configuration

set-up

you

have

completed

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

installation.

Assemble

any

additional

items

in

preparation

for

software

installation.

These

items

might

include:

v

HBA

drivers

v

Controller

firmware

version

05.42.xx.xx

v

IP

addresses

for

RAID

controllers

(for

in-band

management

only)

v

Additional

documentation

for

switches

and

HBAs,

if

needed

v

DS4000

Storage

Manager

Version

9.10

Support

CD,

which

includes

the

IBM

DS4000

Storage

Manager

9.1

software

and

DS4000

storage

server

controller

firmware

05.42.xx.xx.

You

use

this

software

to

configure

the

storage

subsystems.

For

the

latest

controller

firmware,

check

the

IBM

support

web

site

for

DS4000

storage

products.

www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/

Before

any

planned

system

shutdown

or

after

any

system

additions,

removals,

or

modifications

(including

logical

drive

creations,

storage

partitioning

definitions,

hardware

changes,

and

so

on),

save

the

storage

subsystem

profile

as

explained

in

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

guide

for

your

operating

system.

Save

the

profile

in

a

location

other

than

the

logical

drives

created

for

the

DS4100

storage

server.

Important:

Controller

firmware

version

05.42.xx.xx

is

required

for

the

DS4100.

However,

this

version

of

the

controller

firmware

should

be

used

only

for

the

DS4100.

Do

not

use

controller

firmware

version

05.42.xx.xx

for

any

DS4000

storage

servers

other

than

the

DS4100.

This

version

of

the

controller

firmware

does

not

support

intermix

of

fibre-channel

drive

expansion

enclosures.

Please

contact

your

IBM

support

representative

for

information

about

the

availability

of

such

support

in

the

future.

Always

refer

to

the

readme

that

is

included

with

the

DS4100

storage

server

firmware

package

(whether

the

firmware

is

accessed

by

the

Web

or

CD)

for

any

special

requirements

or

restrictions

that

apply

to

that

particular

firmware

version.

Note:

Make

sure

that

you

install

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

event

monitoring

service

to

enable

continuous

monitoring

of

the

status

of

the

storage

server.

For

more

information

about

the

importance

of

this

information,

see

“Monitoring

status

through

software”

on

page

70.

Chapter

3.

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the

storage

server

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