6.1 HP IBRIX X9000 Network Storage System Installation Guide (TA768-96058, June 2012)

7 Completing the X9730 Performance Module installation
This chapter describes how to complete the installation of an X9730 Performance Module after
installing the module hardware as described in the HP IBRIX X9730 Network Storage System
Performance Module Installation Instructions.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites must be met before starting the X9730 Performance Module installation:
• The blades in the performance module must be seated and the storage must be cabled and
powered on as described in the HP IBRIX X9730 Network Storage System Performance Module
Installation Instructions.
• The latest IBRIX X9000 release must be installed on each blade, as described in the next
section.
Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release
Obtain the latest 6.1 release from the IBRIX X9000 software dropbox. Download the Quick Restore
ISO image and transfer it to a DVD or USB key.
Use a DVD
1. Burn the ISO image to a DVD.
2. Insert the Quick Restore DVD into a USB DVD drive cabled to the Onboard Administrator or
to the Dongle connecting the drive to the front of the blade.
IMPORTANT: Use an external USB drive that has external power; do not rely on the USB
bus for power to drive the device.
3. Restart the server to boot from the DVD-ROM.
4. When the HP Network Storage System screen appears, enter qr to install the software.
Repeat steps 2–4 on each server.
Use a USB key
1. Copy the ISO to a Linux system.
2. Insert a USB key into the Linux system.
3. Execute cat /proc/partitions to find the USB device partition, which is displayed as
dev/sdX. For example:
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
8 128 15633408 sdi
4. Execute the following dd command to make USB the QR installer:
dd if=<ISO file name with path> of=/dev/sdi oflag=direct bs=1M
For example:
dd if=X9000-QRDVD-6.2.96-1.x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdi oflag=direct bs=1M
4491+0 records in
4491+0 records out
4709154816 bytes (4.7 GB) copied, 957.784 seconds, 4.9 MB/s
5. Insert the USB key into the server to be installed.
6. Restart the server to boot from the USB key. (Press F11 and use option 3 ).
7. When the “HP Network Storage System” screen appears, enter qr to install the software.
Repeat steps 5–8 on each server.
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