Have a RA4100 with only 1 Array Controller connected to a server working fine. Wanted to add redundancy so we purchased a second Array Controller.
Turned array off, put in 2nd controller turned array on and the disks would not initialize, green lights flickered on drives for second and but never come online.
But the controller at the back had lights and matched the orginal array controller lights.
Pulled the new controller out and rebooted the array, the drives come online with the normal drive lights.
Wondering if there is any additional configuration?
We just want this for redundancy so the active/passive mode is fine.
You won't gain anything if your not using multipathing. Without multipath software like Secure Path there is nothing to mediate the active path. With SecPath the best you will get is an active passive configuration. This is the only way your controller redundancy will pay off.
If no IO is running on the array you should not lose any data during the firmware update. You need to backup the data anyway for Your protection. One other possible problem is the firmware on the drives themselves may need updating, but noification of this is usually a message during the servers boot process.
Check Smartstart disks for firmware upgrades. These are downloadable also. I know there is a SMST 7.6 disk for firmware upgrades that do the MSA and disks. It may also have the last released fw for the RA4100. If not look for an older SMST update disk. gl jim
Hi I found the firmware in a CD of a old project. I think that it's necessary to update to a newer version before (I don't know which version).
Try this: - ftp ftp.compaq.com (old compaq ftp site) - in /pub/softpaq there's a file allfiles.txt Try searching for firmware RA4100 or RA4000. Then download the softpaq from the same ftp site.
