Quantum QXS G2 Series, Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

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NOTE: The disk management utility (GUI) provides an option for enabling or disabling Partner
Firmware Update for the partner controller.
• To enable or disable the setting, use the set advanced-settings CLI command, and set the
partner-firmware-upgrade parameter.
• See the QXS G2 CLI Reference Guide for more information about command parameter syntax.
Optionally, you can update firmware using
FTP
or
SFTP
as described in the
QXS G2 Disk Management
Utility User Guide .
See the topic about updating firmware in the QXS G2 Disk Management Utility User Guide before
performing a firmware update. Partner Firmware Update (PFU) is enabled by default on QXS-G2-412,
QXS-G2-424, and QXS-G2-484 systems.
Obtaining IP Values and System Settings
You can manually set static IP values (default method) for each controller, or you can specify that IP
values should be set automatically for both controllers through communication with a Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
See the topic about configuring network ports in the
QXS G2 Disk Management Utility User Guide
.
This section provides the following information:
• Updating System Settings using the Disk Management Utility (DMU) GUI
• Setting Network Port IP Addresses Using DHCP
• Setting Network Port IP Addresses Using CLI Port and Cable
Updating System Settings using the Disk Management Utility (DMU) GUI
Network ports on controller module A and controller module B are configured with the following
default values:
• Network port IP address: 10.0.0.2 (controller A), 10.0.0.3 (controller B)
• IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
• Gateway IP address: 10.0.0.1
NOTE: Refer to the
QXS G2 Disk Management Utility User Guide
for additional information.
Complete only the steps that are needed. You may only need to set up the IP addresses for your
system administrator to access the system and to configure it. You may also need to converse with
your system administrator to complete the applicable steps needed for this system install.
Complete the applicable steps to update the system settings: