This README file contains the latest information about the IBM TotalStorage™
FAStT Storage Server Environmental card (ESM) firmware for the DS4000/FAStT EXP100
drive expansion enclosures. This ESM firmware version 9563 in conjunction
with the controller firmware version 06.12.16.00 (DS4100 - all models, DS4300
- Standard and Turbo models, DS4400 - all models and DS4500 - all models) or
06.15.20.05 (DS4800 - all models) is required to provide support for the new
400G SATA drive options and CRUs (P/Ns 39M4570 and 39M4575, respectively) in
addition to the new 250G SATA drive CRUs (P/N 40K6837.) This new 250G SATA
drive CRU is functionally equivalent to the previously-released CRUs (P/N
90P1349.)
Refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Support Web Site or CD for the IBM
TotalStorage™ DS4000/FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1x Installation and Support
Guide for Intel-based Operating System Environments or the IBM TotalStorage
FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1x Installation and Support Guide for AIX,
HP-UX and Solaris. This guide along with the DS4000/FAStT Storage Manager program
Online Help provides the installation and support information. One may
also want to get a copy of the IBM TotalStorage DS4000/FAStT EXP100 Expansion
Unit Installation and User's Guide (P/N GC26-7694-01) for more info
about the EXP100 drive expansion enclosures like component replacement
instructions, troubleshooting hints/instructions and firmware upgrade
procedures.
For other related publications (refer to Related Publications in the
installation and support guide) and the latest information and
updated readme file.
Last Update: 11/21/2005
Products Supported:
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| New Model | Old Model | Machine Type | Model |
|------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
| DS4500 | FAStT 900 | 1742 | 90X, 90U |
|------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
| DS4400 | FAStT 700 | 1742 | 1RX, 1RU |
|------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
| DS4300 | FAStT 600 | 1722 | 6LX, 6LU, 6LJ, 60X |
| | | | 60U, 60J, 60K, 60L |
| Standard | | | (Base or Turbo |
| or Turbo | | | option) |
|------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
| DS4100 | FAStT 100 | 1724 | 100, 1SC |
| Standard or| | | (Base Option) |
| Single | | | 1Sx |
| Controller | | | (SCU Option) |
|------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
| EXP 100 | | 1710 | 10U , 10X |
| | | 1724 | 1Xx |
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Note:
The IBM TotalStorage™ DS4000/FAStT Storage Manager version 9.15 host software
package is required for managing DS4000/FAStT storage servers that are connecting
to the DS4000/FAStT EXP100 drive expansion enclosures. The ESM firmware file that
is part of this web package is for the ESMs in the DS4000/FAStT EXP100
drive enclosures only. Furthermore, it should not be loaded into the ESMs
of the other DS4000/FAStT drive expansion enclosures like the EXP500,
EXP700 and EXP710 ... . Please use the appropriate ESM firmware files for
the other DS4000/FAStT drive expansion enclosures in the IBM TotalStorage™
DS4000 Storage Manager version 9.1x.
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CONTENTS
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1.0 Overview
2.0 Change History
3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions
4.0 Configuration Information
5.0 Unattended Mode
6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number
7.0 Trademarks and Notices
8.0 Disclaimer
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1.0 Overview
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This IBM Storage Manager release includes the IBM DS4000/FAStT EXP100
drive expansion enclosure ESM firmware for the upgrading the following IBM
machine type - 1710 (models 10X/10U) and 1724 (models 1Xx). Please follow
closely the information in the Installation and Setup Instructions section
to properly install this EXP100 ESM firmware version.
The IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and
Support Guide for Windows 2000/Server 2003, Netware, ESX Server, and Linux
or the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Storage Manager version 9 Installation and
Support Guide for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux on Power are available on
IBM's Support Web Site as a downloadable Portable Document Format (PDF)
file. This guide along with the DS4000/FAStT Storage Manager program
Online Help provide the installation and support information. Another
publication that is also useful is the IBM TotalStorage DS4000/FAStT
EXP100 Expansion Unit Installation, User's and Maintenance Guide (P/N
GC26-7694-01).
Refer to the IBM Support Web Site for the latest Firmware and
NVSRAM files for the IBM DS4000/FAStT Storage Subsystems.
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
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1.1 Limitations
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This version 9563 of EXP100 ESM firmware can be used to upgrade the EXP100
drive enclosure ESM with firmware version 9554 only. If the EXP100 ESM
firmware in your setup is of 953x or earlier, you must schedule downtime
to upgrade the EXP100 ESM firmware from 953x to 9554 followed by the
controller firmware upgrade to support the 9554 ESM firmware first. Then,
the ESM firmware can be upgraded to 9563 version.
Please refer to the latest version of the IBM TotalStorage DS4000/FAStT
EXP100 Expansion Unit Installation, User's and Maintenance Guide for an
overview of different released EXP100 ESM firmware versions and their
capability with each other.
Note: If the EXP100 ESM firmware is 953x or earlier, all IOs to the FAStT
storage server must be stopped while the ESM firmware is downloaded
to the EXP100 ESMs. In addition, clustering services such as Microsoft
MSCS must also be stopped if the cluster disks and quorum disks are
defined using the logical drives in the EXP100 enclosures whose ESMs
are being updated with new firmware.
Furthermore, the DS4000/FAStT controller firmware must be at version
05.41.1x.xx in order to upgrade the EXP100 ESM firmware from version
953x and earlier to version 9554. Once the ESM firmware has been
upgraded to version 9554, it will not be possible to downgrade it
back to version 953A and earlier. In addition, the FAStT100 storage
server will not be able to upgrade the EXP100 ESM firmware from
version 953x and earlier to version 955x or later.
DO NOT upgrade your EXP100 ESM firmware until you read the upgrade
instructions provided in Appendix A of the IBM TotalStorage DS4000/FAStT
EXP100 Expansion Unit Installation, User's and Maintenance Guide (P/N
GC26-7694-01).
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1.2 Enhancements
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This ESM firmware version 9563 must be used in conjunction with the
controller firmware version 06.12.16.00 (DS4100 - all models, DS4300 -
Standard and Turbo models, DS4400 - all models and DS4500 - all models)
or 06.15.20.05 (DS4800 - all models) to provide support the new 400G SATA
drive options and CRUs (P/Ns 39M4570 and 39M4575, respectively) in
addition to the new 250G SATA drive CRUs (P/N 40K6837.) This new 250G
SATA drive CRU is functionally equivalent to the previously-released CRUs
(P/N 90P1349).
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1.3 Prerequisites
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N/A
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1.4 Dependencies
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N/A
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2.0 Change History
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2.1 Version history
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- 9563 - 11/21/2005
When using with the controller firmware version 06.12.16.00 (DS4100 -
all models, DS4300 - Standard and Turbo models, DS4400 - all models and
DS4500 - all models) or 06.15.20.05 (DS4800 - all models), the EXP100
drive expansion enclosure supports the new 400G SATA drive options and
CRUs (P/Ns 39M4570 and 39M4575, respectively) in addition to the new
250G SATA drive CRUs (P/N 40K6837.) This new 250G SATA drive CRU is
functionally equivalent to the previously-released CRUs (P/N 90P1349).
- 9554 - 06/18/2004
- Support EXP100 full failover capability in conjunction with the
DS4000/FAStT controller firmware version 05.41.5x.xx and higher.
- Enable EXP100 drive expansion enclosures to connect to FAStT100.
- 953A - 04/08/2004
- Fix Storage Router FW defect that caused the FW to render an
enclosure drive slot unusable. The drive slot would become
unusable in the event a defective drive carrier was inserted.
- Power Supply fault LED control intermittent issue
- Drive failures as a result of Hard Reset
- Increase I2C timeout at SOD to avoid unnecessary reboot
- Integrate 3.35 SR1216 firmware into LHA SATA ESM firmware
- 9534 - 01/12/2004
- fix the erroneous clearing of the pending interrupt bit in the
status/command completion register
- return correct SATA drive error code
- 9532 - 12/22/2004 - initial release
- Support for IBM TotalStorage EXP100 drive expansion enclosures.
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2.2 ESM firmware release level is as follows
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- 9563
1. esm9563.dl
Note: This version of the ESM firmware requires the existing EXP100 ESM
firmware be at version 9554. It can not be used to upgrade EXP100 ESMs
with ESM firmware version 953x or earlier.
Refer to the IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support
web site for the latest released code levels.
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
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3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions
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IMPORTANT:
1. If the current version of the EXP100 ESM firmware is 953X or earlier.
all IOs to the DS4000/FAStT storage server must be stopped while the ESM
firmware is downloaded to the EXP100 ESMs. In addition, clustering
services such as Microsoft MSCS must also be stopped if the cluster
disks and quorum disks are defined using the logical drives in the
EXP100 enclosures whose ESMs are being updated with new firmware.
2. If the current version of the EXP100 ESM firmware is 953X or earlier,
DO NOT upgrade ESM firmware until you read the upgrade instructions
provided in Appendix A of the IBM TotalStorage DS4000/FAStT EXP100
Expansion Unit Installation and User's Guide (P/N GC26-7694-01). You must
upgrade to the ESM firmware version 9554 first before you can upgrade the
ESMs to firmware version 9563.
DS4000/FAStT EXP100 drive expansion ESM firmware is downloaded via a menu
option in the DS4000/FAStT Storage Manager 9 Client program. Please refer
to the IBM DS4000/FAStT Storage Manager version 9.1x Installation and
Support Guides appropriate to your operating systems for instructions to
install and start the DS4000/FAStT Storage Manager 9 Client program. To
download drive expansion ESM firmware, do the following:
a. Open the Subsystem Management window.
b. Click Advanced => Download => Environmental(ESM) Card Firmware.
Follow the online instructions to download the ESM firmware
(esm9563.dl) file. If you select only one EXP100 enclosure for ESM
firmware download at a time, you can download ESM firmware while the
server conducts I/O activity. However, IBM recommends that you suspend
all I/O activity to perform firmware upgrades. You must suspend all
I/O activity while ESM firmware downloads if you select multiple
enclosures for downloading ESM firmware in the Select Enclosure to
download window.
Note: When you specify the file name of the ESM firmware file
to download, you might need to select All Files in the
Files of type pull-down menu to display the correct file
name for the ESM firmware file. If you do, then a warning
window opens. Click OK when the warning window opens to
continue.
Note: After the ESM firmware is updated, consider checking the IBM
TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site
for the latest released SATA hard drive firmware and the FAStT
storage server controller firmware and NVSRAM files.
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3.2 Helpful Hints
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1. The ideal configuration for SATA drives is one drive in each EXP per
array, one logical drive per array and one OS disk partition per logical
drive. This configuration minimizes the random head movements that
increase stress on the SATA drives. As the number of drive locations to
which the heads have to move increases, application performance and
drive reliability may be impacted. If more logical drives are configured
, but not all of them used simultaneously, some of the randomness can be
avoided. SATA drives are best used for long sequential reads and writes.
2. It is recommended to have at lease 1 hot-spare defined per EXP100 enclosure.
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4.0 Configuration Information
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4.1 Configuration Settings
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N/A
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4.2 Unsupported configurations
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N/A
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5.0 Unattended Mode
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N/A
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6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
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6.1 IBM TotalStorage™ Disk Storage Systems Technical Support web site:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
6.2 IBM TotalStorage™ Marketing Web Site:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk
6.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problem
applying the update go to the following HelpCenter World
Telephone Numbers URL:
http://www.ibm.com/planetwide
IMPORTANT:
You should download the latest version of the DS4000 Storage Manager
host software, the DS4000 storage subsystem controller firmware, the DS4000
drive expansion enclosure ESM firmware and the drive firmware at the
time of the initial installation and when product updates become
available. To be notified of important product updates, you must first
register at the IBM Support and Download Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
Perform the following steps to register at the IBM Support and Download
Web site:
1. Click on My Support in the Additional Support box in the right side
of the DS4000 Support web page.
2. The Sign In window displays. Either enter your IBM ID and Password
in the sign in area to sign in and proceed to step 6 or, if you are
not currently registered with the site, click Register Now.
3. The My IBM Registration window Step 1 of 2 opens. Enter the
appropriate information and click Continue to get to the second My
IBM Registration window.
4. In the My IBM Registration window Step 2 of 2, enter the appropriate
information and click Submit to register.
5. The My IBM Registration windows opens with the following message,
“Thank you for registering with ibm.com. Continue to explore ibm.com
as a registered user.” Click Edit Profile in the My IBM box on the
right side of the window.
6. The My Support window opens. Click Add Products to add products to
your profile.
7. Use the pull-down menus to choose the appropriate DS4000 storage
server and expansion enclosures that you want to add to your profile.
To add the product to your profile, select the appropriate box or
boxes next to the product names and click Add Product.
(Storage->Computer Storage->Disk Storage Systems-> TotalStorage DS4000 ...
->TotalStorage DS4000 EXP100 ... (or your particular DS4000 storage
subsystem model))
8. Once the product or products are added to your profile, click
Subscribe to Email folder tab
9. Select Storage in the pull down menu. Select Please send these
documents by weekly email and select Downloads and drivers and
Flashes to receive important information about product updates.
Click Updates.
10. Click Sign Out to log out of My Support.
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7.0 Trademarks and Notices
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7.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation
in the United States or other countries or both:
IBM
FAStT
ToTalStorage™
the e-business logo
xSeries
pSeries
HelpCenter
Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. in the United states, other countries, or both.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the
United States and other countries.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Other company, product, and service names may be
trademarks or service marks of others.
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8.0 Disclaimer
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8.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS
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LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.
8.2 Note to U.S. Government Users -- Documentation related to
restricted rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure is
subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule
Contract with IBM Corporation.
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