Chapter 3: Basic System Operations
Upgrading Firmware
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StorNext M660 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide
• Each time the firmware update is done, the secondary node of the
Metadata Appliance is left out of the HA configuration. As a result,
you will need to convert the StorNext M660 to an HA system after
each upgrade in order to regain failover operations. After the HA
conversion, both nodes will reboot, which can take 30 minutes or
longer per node.
• The Storage Manager components will need to be restarted after
the HA conversion is complete by clicking the
Start
button in the
Storage Manager panel of the
Tools > System Control
page.
• All upgrades prior to StorNext 5 are
downtime upgrades
.
Upgrade Procedure
To upgrade the StorNext M660:
1
Download the required firmware file(s) from Quantum CSWeb for
the StorNext release needed.
2
Log into the StorNext GUI.
3
Choose
Tools > Firmware Upgrade
.
The
Firmware Upgrade
page appears.
Figure 28 Firmware Upgrade
Page
4
Do one of the following:
a
Select
Auto Upload
to upload the file immediately after you
select it.
b
Do not select
Auto Upload
.
