The procedure below should be used for updating the SEM appliance's kernel and Dell RAID drivers.

1. Make a backup of your LogLogic SEM appliance. To do so, you must :

- have a valid backup file

- save alerts archives, rawlog, etc.

- have an install CD of SMP Exaprotect

2. Update the kernel

You need this following rpm (at least 2.4.21-50):

- kernel-2.4.21-50.EL.i686.rpm

- kernel-smp-2.4.21-50.EL.i686.rpm

Then either enter the following command:

rpm -Uvh kernel-2.4.21-50.EL.i686.rpm kernel-smp-2.4.21-50.EL.i686.rpm

Or this one:

rpm -Uvh kernel-*.rpm

3. Reboot the system

4. Stop Dell services

/usr/bin/srvadmin-services.sh stop
 

5. Update Dell drivers

You need the following rpm files:

- instsvc-drivers-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-deng-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-odf-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-ipmi-5.1.0-354.DUP.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-isvc-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-cm-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-omhip-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-storage-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-omilcore-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-omacore-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-jre-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-hapi-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-old-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

- srvadmin-rac5-components-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

Then enter either this command:

rpm -Uvh instsvc-drivers-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-deng-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-odf-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-ipmi-5.1.0-354.DUP.i386.rpm srvadmin-isvc-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-cm-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-omhip-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-storage-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-omilcore-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-omacore-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-jre-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-hapi-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-old-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm srvadmin-rac5-components-5.1.0-354.i386.rpm

Or this one:

rpm -Uvh instsvc-*.rpm srvadmin-*.rpm

6. Start Dell services

/usr/bin/srvadmin-services.sh start

7. Check if all works well

In the /var/log/message file, you should see the following logs: 

# start

Jul 25 02:20:11 test Administrator: Instrumentation Service EventID: 1000 Server Administrator starting

Jul 24 17:54:37 test Administrator: Instrumentation Service EventID: 1001 Server Administrator startup complete

# disk suppressed

Jul 25 14:30:44 test Administrator: Storage Service EventID: 2266 Controller log file entry: VD 00/0 is now DEGRADED: Virtual Disk 0 (Virtual Disk 0) Controller 0 (PERC 5/i Integrated)

# disk inserted

Jul 24 17:56:53 test Administrator: Storage Service EventID: 2052 Physical disk inserted: Physical Disk 0:1 Controller 0, Connector 0

# rebuild of RAID

Jul 24 17:57:43 test Administrator: Storage Service EventID: 2065 Physical disk Rebuild started: Physical Disk 0:1 Controller 0, Connector 0

# automatic rebuild of RAID

Jul 25 11:12:48 test Administrator: Storage Service EventID: 2334 Controller event log: Rebuild automatically started on PD 01(e1/s1): Controller 0 (PERC 5/i Integrated)

# end of rebuild of RAID

Jul 25 12:18:10 test Administrator: Storage Service EventID: 2092 Physical disk Rebuild completed: Physical Disk 0:0:1 Controller 0, Connector 0
 

 Note: Dellmgr-5.32-0 does not work with card RAID PERC5 (eg. SAS disks)