2. If you are running AppCenter from a control point PC and you have channels from multiple K2
systems in your channel suite, select a channel from the stand-alone K2 system whose storage
you intend to configure with Storage Utility. This is important as Storage Utility automatically
connects to the K2 system that hosts the currently selected channel.
NOTE: Make sure you are connecting to a stand-alone K2 system. You should never connect
Storage Utility directly to a K2 system that uses shared (SAN) storage.
3. From the AppCenter
System
menu, select
Storage Utility
.
Storage Utility opens.
4. If you are connecting from a control point PC, you should verify that you are connected to the
correct K2 system. To verify this, use the Identify feature to flash the disks on the K2 system.
5. Select the controller in the Storage Utility tree view, then in the properties reported in the
right-hand pane, note the controller microcode version. Proceed if you need to upgrade the
controller microcode.
6. Right-click the controller in the tree view and do one of the following:
•
For internal storage, select
Load Controller Microcode
in the context menu.
•
For direct-connect storage, select
Advanced | Load Controller Microcode
in the context menu.
7. If online, messages appear “…offline mode now?” and “…continue?”. Click
Yes
to put the K2
system in offline mode.
AppCenter channels go offline. The Open File dialog box opens.
8. In the Open File dialog box, browse to and select the microcode file for the required version.
Refer to the following for locations and filenames:
•
For internal-storage, refer to
Compatible K2 Summit/Solo components
on page 31.
•
For direct-connect storage, refer to
Compatible K2 RAID components
on page 35.
9. Click
OK.
The Progress Report window appears showing the microcode download task and the percentage
completion.
10. If direct-connect storage and upgrading expansion chassis microcode, do the following:
a) Right-click the controller in the tree view, then select
Advanced | Load Disk Enclosure
Microcode
in the context menu.
b) In the Open File dialog box, browse to the directory and file as listed in K2 RAID compatibility
specifications earlier in these release notes.
c) Click
OK.
The Progress Report window appears showing the microcode download task and the percentage
completion.
11. When finished, exit Storage Utility.
12. If direct-connect storage, on 100% completion, proceed as follows:
•
If the RAID controller chassis has redundant controllers, no power cycle is required. The
microcode download is complete.
•
If the RAID controller chassis does not have redundant controllers, power cycle the RAID
controller chassis.
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