IBM ServeRAID-8k User Manual

3. Update the ServeRAID controller firmware. If this results in a failed flash
update or a blinkLED event, run a zero-mode flash update to recover the
controller.
4. Update the ServeRAID Manager application, monitoring agents, or IBM
Systems Director components, as applicable.
5. Update the command-line tools.
6. Update the hard disk drive firmware.
7. Update the backplane firmware, as applicable to the system.
8. For external SAS/SATA storage, update the firmware of any attached IBM
System Storage
®
EXP3000.
9. Evaluate the host system updates that are available and make sure that the
current microcode is installed. (Sometimes these updates can dramatically
improve ServeRAID runtime operations.)
10. Make sure that Data Scrubbing is enabled.
11. Make sure that Automatic Failover is enabled.
12. Run a synchronization on each logical drive (lower the task priority as needed
to minimize the production impact).
13. Evaluate the current AMSU settings for the servers that are listed in Table 1.
Note: You can check the AMSU settings by using the following arcconf
getlogs command:
arcconf getlogs n uart > filename.txt
Search this log for the following string:
mfg connector name=
The string is followed by a value for the AMSU settings, for example:
mfg connector name=j1sprucewood-v2
Table 1. AMSU settings for servers
Server AMSU version Release date Changes
IBM System x3500 J1SPRUCEWOOD-V3 August 2008 Improved SATA PHY
settings
J1SPRUCEWOOD-V2 July 2007 Improved SAS PHY
settings
J1SPRUCEWOOD Original Original version
IBM System x3550 J1DEFIANT-V3 August 2008 Improved SATA PHY
settings
J1DEFIANT-V2 May 2008 Improved SATA PHY
settings
J1RIGDE LITE-V4 July 2007 Improved SAS PHY
settings
J1SPRUCEWOOD Original Original version
IBM System x3650 J1VALIANT-V2 July 2007 Improved SAS PHY
settings
J1SPRUCEWOOD Original Original version
IBM System x3655 VJ1THUNDER-V2 July 2007 Improved SAS PHY
settings
J1SPRUCEWOOD Original Original version
10 ServeRAID-8 Series: Best Practices and Maintenance Information

IBM ServeRAID-8k Specifications

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Brand	IBM
Model	ServeRAID-8k
Category	Controller
Language	English