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b. If the firmware version is correct for all disks, proceed to step 4 to restore disk
settings, otherwise, continue with step 3.
NOTE: In some systems, disk status is reported as “failed” until disk settings are
restored using step 4, which follows. For now, you can safely disregard the failed
status.
3. Download firmware to individual disk drives, as follows:
a. In Disk Utility, right-click a disk icon, then select
Advanced | Download
Firmware
in the context menu.
b. In the Open dialog box, locate the c:\profile\microcode directory, then select the
.lod file for your disk drive type.
For example, use:
Use Ciprico_Seagate73LP_<version #>.lod for 73GB Seagate drives
Use Ciprico_Seagate181HH_<version #>.lod for 180G Seagate drives
Where <version #> specifies the firmware version number. Seagate uses
hexadecimal to specify disk firmware versions.
c. Click
Open.
The Progress Report window appears showing the disk firmware
upgrade task and the percentage completion. (Disk access LED behavior:
flashing green during download; off during disk reboot; flashing green during
disk initialization.)
NOTE: If a disk fails to download, try waiting 3 minutes, then try again.
d. Repeat step a through step c for remaining disks that failed download.
4. After successfully downloading disk firmware, restore disk settings. This is always
required after downloading disk firmware.
a. Right-click the controller in the tree view, then select
Restore Disk Settings
in
the context menu. The hour glass appears while the operation is performed. This
takes several seconds.
b. On receiving “Operation Successful” message, click
OK
.
5. Reboot the RAID storage and Profile XP media platform using the “System reboot
NOTE: If your PFR500 is part of an Open SAN, disregard the previous step, and
refer to the instructions in the Open SAN Instruction Manual for powering-off and
powering-on the Open SAN.
6. Start your control application, and verify access to the media file system.
Summary of Contents for PROFILE XP PVS Series
Page 14: ...Preface 14 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 64: ...Chapter 2 Working with Configuration Manager 64 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 130: ...Chapter 4 Adding or Removing Channels 130 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 144: ...Chapter 4 Adding or Removing Channels 144 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 232: ...Chapter 7 Modifying a Channel Timecode Settings 232 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 238: ...Chapter 8 Modifying a Channel Ancillary Data 238 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 246: ...Chapter 9 Managing Optional Licenses 246 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 288: ...Chapter 11 Setting up a Simple Network 288 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 310: ...Chapter 12 Solving Common Setup Problems 310 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...
Page 344: ...Chapter C 344 Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004 ...