NOTE: The disk drives are upgraded one at a time which can take as long as 2
minutes per drive. Take this into consideration when scheduling the upgrade.
1. Open AppCenter Workstation, either on the local K2 system or on the control point
PC and logon.
Make sure you logon to AppCenter with appropriate privileges, as this logon is
passed to Storage Utility. Administrator-level permission is necessary for most
Storage Utility operations. If you log in with user-level permissions, the Storage
Utility menu item is disabled.
2. If you are running AppCenter from a control point PC and you have channels from
multiple K2 systems in your channel suite, select a channel from the stand-alone
K2 system whose storage you intend to configure with Storage Utility. This is
important as Storage Utility automatically connects to the K2 system that hosts the
currently selected channel.
NOTE: Make sure you are connecting to a stand-alone K2 system. You should
never connect Storage Utility directly to a K2 system that uses shared (SAN)
storage.
3. From the AppCenter System menu, select Storage Utility.
Storage Utility opens.
4. If you are connecting from a control point PC, you should verify that you are
connected to the correct K2 system. To verify this, use the Identify feature to flash
the disks on the K2 system.
5. Select a disk drive icon in the Storage Utility tree view, then note the firmware
version in drive properties reported in the right-hand pane. Proceed if you need to
download disk drive firmware.
6. Right-click a disk in the tree view, then select Advanced | Download Disk Firmware
in the context menu.
7. If online, messages appear “…offline mode now?” and “…continue?”. Click Yes
to put the K2 system in offline mode.
AppCenter channels go offline. The Open File dialog box opens.
8. In the Open File dialog box browse to the directory and file as listed in compatibility
tables earlier in these release notes. You must select the correct file for the device,
storage type, and drive size/type.
9. Click OK.
For internal drives, watch the lights on the drive to which you are downloading
firmware. The lights flash as firmware loads. Wait until the lights have completed
their flashing pattern. This can take several minutes.
The Progress Report window appears showing the disk firmware download task
and the percentage completion.
10. Repeat this procedure on each drive.
11. When finished, exit Storage Utility.
12. Put AppCenter channels back online.
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