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HOW TO RE-IMAGE VNX UNIFIED
 HOW TO TEST PORTS FOR
FRAME ERRORS –
0. BEFORE YOU START THAT PROCEDURE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CORESPONDING
BROCADE
RECOVERY IMAGES FOR BLOCK AND FILE
( BLOCK 5.32 with FILE OE 7.1 | BLOCK 5.33 with FILE OE 8.1)
 CISCO VPN – REASON 442
FAILED TO ENABLE
0.1. THE RE-IMAGE WILL ERASE ALL SOFTWARE LICENSES (ENABLERS) ON YOUR
VIRTUAL ADAPTER
SYSTEM. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE ENABLER FILES OR CONFIRM YOU WON’T
NEED ANY AFTER RE-IMAGING THE SYSTEM.
1. Connect to both SPs and verify credentials  HOW TO ADD LINUX
2. Set COM connection to SPA and start a PUTTY session: CENTOS7 TO WINDOWS
use the following setting DOMAIN

============================  HOW TO FIND THE IQN

| VNX1 | VNX2 OF ESXi SERVER
============================
speed | 9600 | 115200  OVF Deployment
============================ Canceled by user
data bits| 8 | 8
============================
Stop bits| 1 | 1
============================ Tags
parity | none | none
============================ brocade commands
ow | |
control | none | none switch VMWare
============================
3. Once connected physically unseat SPB
4. Leave controls station and the Blade Enclosure powered on
5. Reboot SPA, and during the post (ABCDabcdEFabc << Stopping after POST >>
dGabcdefHabcdefIabcdefJabcdKLabMabNabOabcdPQRSTUVWXabY) sequence
interupt using CTRL + C
6. When you see that message (…. Storage System Failure – Contact your Service
Representative …*******) type “recover” in order to access the Utility Partition –
IT MAY TAKE FEW TIMES TO RESTART BEFORE SUCCESS
7. When you see that message (Have you read and understood that all of the
above? y/n [n]) answer “y” and hit enter
8. Utility Partition menu will load
9. From Utility Partition menu Choose “7. Enable LAN Service Port” – (if it is

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enabled you won’t see that option, instead you will see “7. View LAN Settings”)
10. From Utility Partition menu Choose “9. Enable Engineering Mode” – the
passowrd is “wombat”
11. From Utility Partition chose “12”
===============================================================================
CLARiiON Utility Toolkit Main Menu
===============================================================================
1) About the Utility Toolkit
2) About this Array
3) Reset Storage Processor
4) Image Repository Sub-Menu
5) Plugin Sub-Menu
6) NVRAM Sub-Menu
7) View LAN Service Port Settings
8) Network Diagnostic Tools
9) Enable Web Console
10) Disable Engineering Mode
11) Install Images to Recover OS
12) Install Images to Restore Factory Con guration
13) Save Logs

Enter Option: 12
12. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Install Images with AutoCon g
===============================================================================

!!!WARNING!!!
When installing images using AutoCon g functionality, all existing array
con guration and user data will be PERMANENTLY DESTROYED!

Do you wish to continue? y/n [n] “y” and enter

13. On that screen answer select recovery image and hit ENTER. If no image is
presented continue to the next screen and write down the FTP login detail (by
default: FTP host is the SP IP Address, user and password are “clariion1992”)
FROM Windows host -> open CMD ->
c:>ftp spa_ip_addr (for example 128.221.252.200)
clariion1992
clariion1992
>bin
>hash
>put FLARE-05.32.000….”your version”.mif
>quit

Continue from the serial console (if the process in interupted start from step 11.
just skip the ftp upload)

===============================================================================
Select Images to Install
===============================================================================
1) ICA_FLARE_PARTITION_REGION 05.32.000.5.219
2) ICA_FLARE_PARTITION_REGION 05.32.000.5.201
3) Back to the Main Menu

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Enter comma separated list of options: “the image you want to recover from”
14. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Select NDU Packages to Install
===============================================================================

There are no NDU Packages available for installation

You may transfer ndu packages to the ramdisk by opening an FTP Session
ftp://clariion1992:clariion1992@10.10.64.102/
Do you wish to continue? y/n [y] “y” and enter
15. On that screen answer “n” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Con gure Network Settings for SP A
===============================================================================
Do you wish to use your existing network settings for SP A? y/n [y] “n” and enter
16. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Con gure Network Settings for SP A
===============================================================================
Do you wish to con gure the network settings for SP A? y/n [y] “y”
17. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Con gure Network Settings for SP A
===============================================================================
IP Address: 128.221.252.200
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 128.221.252.104
Host Name: spa
Domain Name:
18. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Local SP (SP A) Automatic Reboot Settings
===============================================================================
Would you like ‘SP A’ to automatically reboot after imaging completes? y/n [n] y
19. On that screen answer “n” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Con gure Network Settings for SP B
===============================================================================
Do you wish to use your existing network settings for SP B? y/n [y] “n” and enter
20. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Con gure Network Settings for SP B
===============================================================================
Do you wish to con gure the network settings for SP B? y/n [y] “y”
21. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
===============================================================================
Con gure Network Settings for SP B
===============================================================================
IP Address: 128.221.253.201
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 128.221.253.104
Host Name: spb
Domain Name:

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22. BE CAREFUL AND REVIEW DETAILS. On that screen answer “y” and hit ENTER
=========================================================================
Con rm Selections
=========================================================================

Images to be installed:
ICA_FLARE_PARTITION_REGION 05.32.000.5.219
Packages to be installed:
Network con guration for SP A
IP Address: 128.221.252.200
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 128.221.252.104
Host Name: spa
Domain Name:
Network con guration for SP B
IP Address: 128.221.253.201
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 128.221.253.104
Host Name: spb
Domain Name:
This SP will automatically reboot when imaging completes
Is this information correct? y/n [n] y
23. Installation starts and you will see a screen like this:

Disk 6 Not Present

Disk 7 Not Present
Disk 8 Not Present
Disk 9 Not Present
Disk 10 Not Present
Disk 11 Not Present
Disk 12 Not Present
Disk 13 Not Present
Disk 14 Not Present
Disk 15 Not Present

Installing ICA_FLARE_PARTITION_REGION 05.32.000.5.219 for armada_family (Part 1

of 9)
0%..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100%
|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|
***************************************************
The COPY operation has completed successfully.

Installing ICA_FLARE_PARTITION_REGION 05.32.000.5.219 for armada_family (Part 2

of 9)
0%..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100%
|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|
24. After the installation SPA will rebote several times before it completes. Once
it’s done you will see a steady green LED light ONLY at the back of the SPA. On the
console you should see an output like this – USUALLY THE ENTIRE PROCESS TAKES
ABOUT AN HOUR OR MORE so be patient:
for VNX1:
int13 – EXTENDED READ (4000)
int13 – EXTENDED READ (4200)
int13 – EXTENDED READ (4400)

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for VNX2:
SASPMC 0 (SAS0) UEFI block reads performed 3456
SASPMC 0 (SAS0) UEFI block reads performed 3584
SASPMC 0 (SAS0) UEFI block reads performed 3712
25. Once you have con rmed that SPA has completed all the reboots and is running
normally, connect serial cable to SPB and physically insert SPB back into the
midplane. SPB will reboot several times as well, until green LED light is steady on
the back of the SPB, then you can continue to the next step. Takes about 40-50
minutes.

26. Once SPB nishes the reboots and it’s operating ne, recable the MGMT ports
to the Data Movers

27. Connect serial cable to CS0 using 19200 8 1 none none for PUTTY

28. If running a dual control station turn-o CS1. Insert the DVD disk with the le
OS in CS0 and reboot the CS.

29. Restart CS0 and wait to boot from cd. When the system loads from disk “boot”
will be prompt, then type “integrated:
boot:integrated

30. System will reboot and start intallation. After about 10 min the DVD disk will
be ejected.

31. Tab to the “OK” screens for the rst three screens, and on the fourth screen tab
to “NO” !!! – this is to allow us to use VNX Installation Assistant later on.
Primary Internal Network Setup > OK
IPMI Network Setup > OK
Backup Internal Network Setup > OK
Network Coni guration Tab > Tab from “YES” to “NO”

32. Verify the Block OE was commited:

#/nasmcd/sbin/navicli -h spa_ip ndu -list

33. Install the Block and File enablers:

#/nasmcd/sbin/navicli -h spa_ip setstats -o
#/nasmcd/sbin/navicli -h spa_ip ndu -messner -install
/nas/tools/BlockEnabler-“version”-armada64_free.ena
#/nasmcd/sbin/navicli -h spa_ip ndu -messner -install
/nas/tools/FileEnabler-“version”-armada64_free.ena
#/nasmcd/sbin/navicli -h spa_ip -ioportcon g -lisst -all
#/nas/sbin/nas_hw_upgrade -h spa_ip -option -enable -clariionfc
#/nas/sbin/nas_hw_upgrade -h spa_ip -option -enable -clariionis
#/nasmcd/sbin/navicli -h spa_ip setstats -ON

IF NAS_DB is not de ned type the following command:

#export NAS_DB=/nas

[IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE LOGS – CLEAR THE LOGS]

34. For single control station, reboot now. For dual control station, power-up CS1
now and perform the “boot:integrated” installation on CS1. After the installation
completes on CS1 reboot. Make sure after the reboot you see the following

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message: “Waiting for VIA…”

35. Reconnect the serial cable to CS0 and reboot it. Make sure after the reboot you
see the following message: “Waiting for VIA…” on CS0 as well.

36. The system is ready to be con gured with the version speci c 7.1/8.1 VIA

WELL DONE!!!

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