9-2 Dell PowerVault SAN Administrator’sGuide
NOTICES: To prevent loss of data during an upgrade, back up all data on
the storage systems to tape media or media that can be taken off line.
Before beginning any upgrade or installation, stop all SAN input/output
(I/O) activity. If you are upgrading a Microsoft cluster server, you must stop
the cluster service on both servers in the cluster.
You should update the following components, as required, in the following sequence:
1. Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000 servers firmware and software, if
applicable:
• QLogic Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) nonvolatile random-access
memory (NVRAM) and BIOS firmware
• QLogic Fibre Channel HBA software driver
• QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility
• Dell OpenManage Application Transparent Failover (ATF)
NOTE: You must uninstall QLDirect before you can update Dell OpenManage
ATF.
• QLogic QLDirect
• Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation
• Dell OpenManage Hardware Instrumentation Package (HIP)
• Dell OpenManage Array Manager
• Dell OpenManage Data Managed Node Data Agent
• Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor or Dell OpenManage Data Administrator
2. Novell NetWare servers, if applicable
• QLogic Fibre Channel HBA NVRAM and BIOS firmware
• QLogic Fibre Channel HBA software driver
• QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility
• Dell OpenManage Data Managed Node for NetWare
• Dell OpenManage ATF for NetWare
3. Dell PowerVault 650F/651F/630F hard-disk drive firmware
4. Dell PowerVault 650F and 651F LIC
5. Dell PowerVault 660F storage system firmware and 660F and 224F drive
firmware
6. Dell PowerVault 50F/51F/56F firmware
7. Dell PowerVault 35F firmware
8. Dell PowerVault 120T/130T firmware
9. Dell PowerVault 530F SAN appliance software and firmware