Dell poweredge VRTX - Upgrading Poweredge VRTX to Support Shared Storage Expansion

SAS expander firmware
2.0
Shared PERC 8 firmware
23.13.16-0013
Shared PERC driver - Linux
6.903.05.00
Shared PERC driver - Windows
6.805.01.00
Shared PERC driver - VMware
6.805.56.00
MD1200 or MD1220 firmware
1.06
2. Download the latest firmware and driver version from Dell.com/support/home.
3.1 Upgrading PowerEdge VRTX to support shared storage expansion
Follow the steps in this section to upgrade PowerEdge VRTX to support storage expansion.
Note: Ensure DUPs (Dell Update Packages) for the required storage components are downloaded.
1. Follow the operating system (OS) procedure to back up all data from the shared storage drives.
2. Document your virtual drive configuration and mapping information by performing the following
steps:
a. Open CLI terminal and run the command racadm raid get vdisks –o to get the virtual disk
configuration and server node mapping.
Take a screenshot of the results page and save the captured screenshot to a location of
choice, or write down the information and store it in a safe, secure location.
b. Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Assign to view the virtual disk mapping
by the CMC GUI.
Take a screenshot of the results page and save the captured screenshot to a location of
choice, or write down the information and store it in a safe, secure location.
c. Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks to get the virtual disk configuration
information by the CMC GUI.
Take a screenshot of the results page and save the captured screenshot to a location of
choice, or write down the information and store it in a safe, secure location.
3. Update the OS specific Shared PERC 8 driver to the required minimum baseline by performing the
following steps:
Note: For the correct driver version, see Dell PowerEdge VRTX Storage Subsystem Compatibility Matrix at
Dell.com/poweredgemanuals and Table 2 in this document.
a. Download the drivers from Dell.com/drivers.
b. Install or update Shared PERC 8 driver on all server blades in the VRTX chassis. For instructions
on installing and updating Shared PERC 8 driver, see
Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller 8
Cards for Dell PowerEdge VRTX Systems User’s Guide
at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Note: Only one software driver per OS is required for both Internal and External Shared PERC 8 cards.
8 Upgrading PowerEdge VRTX to Support Shared Storage Expansion