Hp P2000 G3 Firmware

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The HP P2000 G3 is HP’s entry level SAN, it’s a robost piece of kit, as long as you keep the firmware updated.

Before we upgrade the SAN firmware, let’s run through a couple of items.

  1. Brick – It might happen, the SAN could become a brick after the firmware upgrade, always get a good backup of your data before you embark on the firmware upgrade.
  2. Downtime – Even though this can be done live, I recommend you arrange downtime, it’s just the sensible thing to do and gives you flexibility.
  3. Internet – This should go without saying, as you need to be able to download the drivers.
  4. Alarms/Monitoring – Turn this off for the SAN, as you will be inundated with emails/tickets.

Right then let’s crack on shall we.

First of all we need to download the right firmware at the time of writing this the TS240P003 has been released, this can be obtained from here

To make things slightly easier the one you want is in the red box below,.

After you have downloaded the firmware, we need to extract it, you can try the online flash, but for me it never works.

The file we care about is TS240P004-02.bin

Log into your P2000 G3 by browsing to the IP Address of either Management Controller

Select the SAN name on the top left level and go to Tools > Update Firmware

At this point, I would double check that you have an straight upgrade path from your current contoller firmware to the one you intend to install. I have checked mine so we are golden.

Click Browse to locate the TS240P004-02.bin file

TOP TIP: The controller you are logged into is the controller you will be upgrading the firmware on.

Click on OK and you will see the firmware being uploaded and applied, this can take some time so don’t worry.

Boom, it’s finished you should receive a ‘firmware update succeeded, restarting controller’

At this point you should have different versions of firmware on your controllers

TOP TIP: Check iSCSI or Fibre Channel access to your Volumes before you move onto the next controller.

Rinse and repeat for the next controller, and you should be golden.

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Best Practices for Firmware Updates

The sections below details common firmware updates best practices for all generations of the MSA2000/P2000. This
includes the MSA2000 G1, MSA2000 G2, and the P2000 G3 MSA.

General P2000/MSA2000 Device Firmware Update Best Practices

As with any other firmware upgrade, it is a recommended best practice to ensure that you have a full backup prior to the
upgrade.
Before upgrading the firmware, make sure that the storage system configuration is stable and is not being reconfigured
or changed in any way. If any configurations changes are in progress, monitor them using the SMU or CLI and wait until
they are completed before proceeding with the upgrade.
Do not power cycle or restart devices during a firmware update. If the update is interrupted or there is a power failure, the
module could become inoperative. Should this happen, contact HP customer support.
After the device firmware update process is completed, confirm the new firmware version is displayed correctly via one of
the MSA management interfaces—SMU GUI, MSA CLI, and so on.

P2000/MSA2000 Array Controller or I/O Module Firmware Update Best Practices

The array controller (or I/O module) firmware can be updated in an online mode only in redundant controller systems.
When planning for a firmware upgrade, schedule an appropriate time to perform an online upgrade.
– For single domain systems, I/O must be halted.
– For dual domain systems, because the online firmware upgrade is performed while host I/Os are being processed, I/O
When planning for a firmware upgrade, allow sufficient time for the update.
– In single-controller systems, it takes approximately 10 minutes for the firmware to load and for the automatic
– In dual-controller systems, the second controller usually takes an additional 20 minutes, but may take as long as one

Hp P2000 G3 Ts 201 Firmware

When reverting to a previous version of the firmware, ensure that the Management Controller (MC) Ethernet connection

Ts250r023

of each storage controller is available and accessible before starting the downgrade.
– When using a Smart Component firmware package, the Smart Component process will automatically first disable
– When using a Binary firmware package, first disable the PFU option and then downgrade the firmware on each of the
When performing firmware updates to MSA70 drive enclosures, each enclosure will need to have a power cycle
performed.

P2000/MSA2000 Disk Drive Firmware Update Best Practices

Disk drive upgrades on the HP P2000/MSA2000 storage systems is an off line process. All host and array I/O must be
stopped prior to the upgrade.
If the drive is in a virtual disk, verify that it is not being initialized, expanded, reconstructed, verified, or scrubbed. If any of
these tasks is in progress, before performing the update wait for the task to complete or terminate it. Also verify that
background scrub is disabled so that it doesn't start. You can determine this using SMU or CLI interfaces. If using a
firmware smart component, it would fail and report if any of the above pre-requisites are not being met.
Disk Drives of the same model in the storage system must have the same firmware revision. If using a firmware smart
component, the installer would ensure all the drives are updated.
load can impact the upgrade process. Select a period of low I/O activity to ensure the upgrade completes as quickly as
possible and avoid disruptions to hosts and applications due to timeouts.
hour.
Partner Firmware Update (PFU) and then perform downgrade on each of the controllers separately (one after the other)
controller separately (one after the other).
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