13. Put AppCenter channels back online.
14. Restart.
Upgrade disk drive firmware on stand-alone K2 system
Do not do this task if:
•
A K2 system with disk drive firmware already at a compatible version, as listed in compatibility
specifications.
Do this task if:
•
A K2 system with disk drive firmware that you need to upgrade, as listed in compatibility
specifications.
For internal storage K2 Summit/Solo systems, find compatibility specifications at
Compatible K2
Summit/Solo components
on page 31. For a K2 Summit Production Client with direct-connect
storage, find compatibility specifications at
Compatible K2 RAID components
on page 35.
NOTE: The disk drives are upgraded one at a time which can take as long as 2 minutes per drive.
Take this into consideration when scheduling the upgrade.
1. Open AppCenter Workstation, either on the local K2 system or on the control point PC and
logon.
Make sure you logon to AppCenter with appropriate privileges, as this logon is passed to Storage
Utility. Administrator-level permission is necessary for most Storage Utility operations. If you
log in with user-level permissions, the Storage Utility menu item is disabled.
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 a disk drive icon in the Storage Utility tree view, then note the firmware version in drive
properties reported in the right-hand pane. Proceed if you need to download disk drive firmware.
6. Right-click a disk in the tree view, then select
Advanced | Download Disk Firmware
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 the directory and file as listed in compatibility tables
earlier in these release notes. You must select the correct file for the device, storage type, and
drive size/type.
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Upgrading K2 systems
