penguinpunk.net upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 revision 0.1 synopsis The following is a simple document providing visual guidance on the process required upgrade the FLARE code on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 array.

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

table of contents introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 process ...................................................................................................................................... 4 part 4 - installing the Recovery Image ....................................................................................... 4 installing the Utility Partition ..................................................................................................... 10

table of figures Figure 1 - Custom Install ........................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2 - Software Selection .................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3 - Select Recovery Image ............................................................................................. 6 Figure 4 - File has been transferred .......................................................................................... 6 Figure 5 - Express Install Information Verification ..................................................................... 7 Figure 6 - Express Install Progress ........................................................................................... 8 Figure 7 - Express Install Progress ........................................................................................... 8 Figure 8 - Complete ................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 9 - Finish ......................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 10 - Select Utility Partition ............................................................................................ 10 Figure 11 - Express Install Information Verification ................................................................. 11 Figure 12 - Complete ............................................................................................................... 11 Figure 13 - Finish ..................................................................................................................... 12

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

introduction The following is part 4 in a series of simple documents aimed at providing visual guidance on the process required upgrade the FLARE code on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 array. These documents assume that a version of FLARE 30 is already installed on the array, although the steps for FLARE 29 and below are not significantly different. These documents assume that you have access to EMC’s Unisphere Service Manager (USM) on a Windows platform, and that you have downloaded copies of the FLARE code, Recovery Image and Utility Partition Image. These documents are not intended as a replacement for EMC’s official procedure guides, but rather should be used in conjunction with documentation available from Powerlink (http://powerlink.emc.com). You should also refer to http://www.emc.com/cx4support for customized documentation. The normal warnings and caveats apply when upgrading firmware on an array, particularly if it has data on it that is valuable to you. Backup first, and don’t come crying to me if you break something.

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

process There are 4 basic steps to upgrading FLARE code on a CX4 array:

• Installing / upgrading Unisphere Service Manager (covered in part 1); • Preparing for Installation (covered in part 2) • Upgrading FLARE code (covered in part 3); • Upgrading the Recovery Image (covered in part 4); and • Upgrading the Utility Partition (covered in part 4).

part 4 - installing the Recovery Image After all of the excitement of upgrading the FLARE, installing new versions of the Recovery Image and Utility Partition seems almost anti-climactic. But that’s okay, just go with it, because it’s important that you do it. To start, click on Install Software. Note that, as you have done the Prepare for Installation steps, you won’t have the option to do an Express Install. Click Next to continue.

Figure 1 - Custom Install

This is basically the same process that you followed for installing the CX4 Bundle, the only difference is that you’ll be selecting different packages. Click on Browse to browse for the Recovery Image software.

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

Figure 2 - Software Selection

In this example I’ve selected version 506 of the Recovery Image. When I was doing this document, version 524 of the Recovery Image wasn’t available as a pbu file, only in mif format. For those of you playing at home, the mif format Recovery Image is used when you’re trying to reload an array image from the Utility Partition. One way to transfer the mif file to the array is via ftp, but that’s a story for another time.

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

Figure 3 - Select Recovery Image

Once the file has been transferred, click on Next to continue.

Figure 4 - File has been transferred

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

The installation of the Recovery Image and the Utility Partition doesn’t involve any reboots of the SPs, so you’ll find there aren’t quite as many steps to go through. In fact, just verify that you’ve loaded up the right version of the Image and click on Next to continue.

Figure 5 - Express Install Information Verification

Once you’ve clicked on Next, USM does what it does, and loads up the Recovery Image in 12 steps.

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

Figure 6 - Express Install Progress

Grab a beverage, go for a walk, this might take a little time.

Figure 7 - Express Install Progress

Once that’s done you can click on Next to finish.

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

Figure 8 - Complete

At the Finish screen you’ll get confirmation from USM that the software was installed successfully.

Figure 9 - Finish

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

installing the Utility Partition Installing the Utility Partition is roughly the same process as installing the Recovery Image. Select the appropriate version of the software to install.

Figure 10 - Select Utility Partition

Verify that this software is the one you want to install and click Next.

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Figure 11 - Express Install Information Verificatio n

This won’t take quite as long as the other software items took. I think you’ll still have time for a coffee though.

Figure 12 - Complete

penguinpunk.net – upgrading FLARE on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 – part 4 - revision 0.1

Once it’s done, you’ll get confirmation from USM. Click on Next to finish and you’re all done. Congratulations.

Figure 13 - Finish

At this point, if you’re running Unisphere agents on your hosts, you should look at updating them.