MSA2000i controller swap and Firmware upgrade.

[andibigb]

Hi Guys,

we have a MSA2000i, and one of the controllers has failed (controller A) twice so HP has sent us a replacement.

The Firmware currently on both controllers are on M111R06 and i believe the new controller is likely to be running M114R01-01 though until all plugged in i can not confirm this. The option for "Partner Firmware Update" is currently unticked.

My questions are

1. could i enable the "Partner Firmware Update" option, as the 2 current controllers are the same firmware it should not need to do anything. Then hot swap the faulty controller and im guessing that will then allow for controller B to be upgraded to the newer Firmware via this "Partner Firmware Update". would this work?

2. Would the 2 controllers be able to work on different firmwares if it could not update the other controller until i manually did it?

3. if i do have to manually upgrade Contoller B, the HP techy i had a online chat with was unsure if i could jump straight to the new Firmware or if i would need to hop a few steps to get it to the latest. Has anyone done this and if so what did they find?

Thanks very much.

[Torsten.]

The factory default is partner firmware update, so the controller with the newer firmware (not the new controller in every case) will update the controller with the older firmware.

I prefer to disable PFU and update the controllers one by one using FTP or SMU.

The latest is not M114R01-01, but M114P01-01.
(note the "P").

[andibigb]

Thanks.

So if i do it manually, will both work together with quite a difference in Firmware until i manually upgrade the controller B do you know?

[andibigb]

Sorry also will all the original setting be transfered over to the new controller such as IP addresses or will they need manually setting up again.  should i take not of any particular settings to check after.

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

The array can work with different firmware levels for a short time - it has no choice ...

There are NO settings on the controllers, most settings are on the disks, some on the enclosure midplane.

[andibigb]

Thanks very much for your help.

Have a good day!!