GRASS VALLEY PROFILE XP PVS Series, System Manual

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Performing PFR700 maintenance tasks
23 July 2004 Profile XP System Guide
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Performing PFR 700 maintenance tasks
PFR700 maintenance tasks include:
• “Downloading PFR700 disk drive firmware” on page 113
• “Replacing a failed disk module” on page 114
• “Disabling a PFR700 RAID controller for removal” on page 114
• “Disabling a PFR700 disk module for removal” on page 115
• “Configuring PFR700 network and SNMP settings” on page 116
Downloading PFR700 disk drive firmware
When upgrading your Profile XP System Software, you may be instructed in the
software release notes to upgrade the PFR700 disk drive firmware. This allows you to
take advantage of the disk drive enhancements and benefit from improved performance
and reliability.
To determine your disk drive type and current firmware version, select a disk drive icon
in the GVG Disk Utility tree view, then note the drive properties reported in the
right-hand pane. Use the following procedure if you need to download disk drive
firmware.
NOTE: The disk drives on each controller are upgraded one at a time which can
take as long as 2 minutes per drive. Also, the Disk Utility allows selecting multiple
controllers for disk firmware upgrades, however, upgrades are handled one
controller at a time. Take this into consideration when scheduling the upgrade.
To download disk drive firmware:
1. In the GVG Disk Utility, right-click a controller in the tree view, then select
Advanced | Download Firmware
in the context menu.
NOTE: You can download firmware to a single disk by right-clicking a disk icon in
the tree view.
2. In the Open dialog box, locate the c:\profile\microcode directory, then select the
latest file for your disk drive type.
To determine drive type and current firmware version, select a drive in the tree
view, then note the drive properties reported in the right-hand pane.