Firmware upgrade for EVA4000

[Ayman D. Jweinat]

Dear All
i need to check firmware revision for EVA4000 in order to support CA , but i do not have a link to get the firmware software in order to be downloaded...

i need to know what is the maximum firmware revision for my EVA can be installed. and a link for the firmware download

if Best practices manual be included it will be better for me

thanks for your upgrade

Ayman Jweinat

[Steven Clementi]

The current EVA4000/6000/8000 firmware is XCS 6.200.

It is available here " http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T4256-63113A "

The latest hard drive bundle can be found here " http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3453487&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=3302267&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=54 "

What version of Command View are you running? You mane need an upgrade there as well.


Steven

[IBaltay]

Hi,
here is the online firmware upgrade best practices:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00795548/c00795548.pdf

[Ayman D. Jweinat]

Hi All
My EVA 4000 current firmware is 5031
in the attached document , they said contact HP for revisions like this

Table 2 XCS 6.200 Upgrade Paths
Current XCS Version Upgrade Path to XCS 6.200 Upgrade type
6.110 Upgrade directly to 6.200 Online or offline
6.100 Upgrade directly to 6.200 Online or offline
6.000 Upgrade directly to 6.200 Online or offline
5.110 Upgrade to 6.110 and then to 6.200 Online or offline
5.100 Upgrade to 6.110 and then to 6.200 Online or offline
5.0xx Contact HP Services for upgrade information if you are running these versions.


any information about the upgrade path for that process, i wanna raise it to 6200
what is the mid level firmware which must be used

Any one from HP Support can help as told in the manual.
Regards
Ayman

[Uwe Zessin]

Customer self upgrade is only supported from XCS V5.100 and higher. Thats why you are asked to get in touch with HP.

If you are on such an old level, you most likely have to migrate much more than just the EVA firmware. In my opinion, this requires a detailed inventory of the current state of the entire SAN and server environment and a migration plan before you even get hold of the necessary software.

[IBaltay]

Hi,
there is one special firmware 5.032, if you can get it from the local HP, you can apply it and from this version the upgrades are online without the downtime (in a off-production times prefferably).


Steps:

1. 5031 to 5032 (5032 special interim from local HP)
2. 5032 to 5110
3. 5110 to 6110
4. 6110 to 6200

Important Notes:
a) due to the metadata structure changes the only downgrade from 6200 is EVA reinitialization and restore from tape backup
b) take care on the default timeout value, which is usualy 60s on all OS platforms, it may not be sufficient if the the EVA has large amounts of mapped virtual disk capacity...
c) some OSes are no longer supported from the 6110:
- Windows 2000 sp4
- Red Hat Linux RHEL 3.7
- Windows XP

d) dont forget to upgrade the EVA HDD firmware as well

[Ayman D. Jweinat]

Hi All
can Any person help to download the required firmwares???

This EVA is out of warranty , but it had been upgraded lately to 4 TB Storage capacity . unlimited license of CV and CA , it is a destination storage system for a replication and DR Project ...

i need to raise the CV version in order to install the new licenses , also for the CA recommendations

Please Advice
Ayman Jweinat

[IBaltay]

Hi,
the 5110 firmware is here:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software7/COL15054/co-40158-1/HSV200_5110.zip

the 6100 firmware here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=470478&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=470490&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=54


the 6200 firmware here:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T4256-63113A

[Ayman D. Jweinat]

really Thanks for your fast response
but should i contact HP for the firmware version 5031 to be upgraded to 5032 ,
how can i access hp to get support on a not in warranty Hardware

Any HP person can Help

Ayman Jweinat

[IBaltay]

Hi,
yes you need to contact you HP local office to be able to move online from the 5031 to 5032 firmware, which is HP internal -interim...

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

Just to confirm, you only need the 5032 firmware, if you need to do an ONLINE upgrade of the code.

If you're happy doing an offline upgrade, then you can upgrade from 5031 to 5110, then up to one of the v6 releases using the links already provided.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Rob