This task is part of the recovery process. Complete this
task to install Red Hat Linux version
5.6 and ProtecTIER® version 3.3.6 on the server
that you are reloading.
Procedure
- Power on the server if it is not already powered on.
- Insert the IBM® ProtecTIER Maintenance and
Recovery Disk
into the DVD/CD-ROM drive on the server.
- Reboot the server by entering in the following
command at the command line: reboot.
- To boot from the IBM ProtecTIER Maintenance and
Recovery Disk ,
during the start-up sequence, press the F12 key
when the IBM logo screen appears.
- Select the CD/DVD ROM drive as the Boot Device. After
the selection is made, it will boot from the specified device.
- After a few minutes, the Red Hat Linux version
5.6 splash screen
opens. At the text prompt at the bottom of the screen, there are options
for install or upgrade.
- Type 1 to select
the Install option.
- Type yes to confirm
the installation and press Enter to view the license agreement.
- Press Enter to read the next page, repeating until
you reach the end of the license agreement.
- When prompted to accept the software license agreement,
type yes and press Enter to continue.
- The installation begins. The installation takes
approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Figure 1. Red Hat Linux Installation Progress Screen
- The server restarts automatically at the end
of the installation process. Manually eject and remove the IBM ProtecTIER Maintenance and
Recovery Disk from
the DVD drive during the restart.
Note: If you do not
remove the disk during the reboot cycle, it will attempt to boot to
the Recovery DVD again, and as long as no option (1.install or 2.upgrade)
is selected, it will time out and boot to the hard drives in the server
that were just reloaded.
- At the login: prompt,
log in with the ID ptconfig and the
password ptconfig.
- The slim version of the ProtecTIER Service menu is displayed.
- Type the number for the option to Install/Update
ProtecTIER and press Enter.
- The system displays the following message:
Locating the CDROM device...done
Place the ProtecTIER code disc in the DVD tray, close the tray
and press <enter>.
- Insert the DVD
that contains the file PT_TS7650G_v3.3.0.x.x86_64.tar or PT_TS7650_AP1_v3.3.0.x.x86_64.tar into
the server CD/DVD drive and press Enter. The system displays
the following message:
Mounting... done
Extracting the code package...
- Press Enter. The system shows the following message:
Copying files...
Copied.... 100% Done
Please remove the disc from the drive, and press <enter> to continue.
Note: This
process will take about 7 minutes to complete. The progress is displayed
until it reaches 100%, as shown in the example message.
- After the operation is done, follow the instructions and
remove the disk from the CD/DVD-ROM drive.
- Press Enter to continue. The ProtecTIER code installation
begins.
- When the ProtecTIER installation
is complete, the process will restart the cluster services. It may
take several minutes. You are prompted to restart the server. Press
Enter to restart.
- When the reboot completes, the login: prompt is shown.
Verify the Microcode version on the server by using the ProtecTIER
Service menu.
- At the login: prompt, log in with
the ID ptconfig and the password ptconfig.
- The ProtecTIER Service menu is displayed:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ProtecTIER Service Menu running on rasddx
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1) ProtecTIER Configuration (...)
2) Manage ProtecTIER services (...)
3) Health Monitoring (...)
4) Problem Alerting (...)
5) Version Information (...)
6) Generate a service report
7) Generate a system view
8) Update ProtecTIER code
E) Exit
----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Your choice?
- From the main menu, select Version information.
- The Version information menu
is displayed.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ProtecTIER Service Menu running on rasddx
Version Information (...)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Display version information
2) Display Machine Reported Product Data (MRPD)
3) Display Firmware Versions
B) Back
E) Exit
----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Your choice?
- Select Display version information. The ProtecTIER version
is shown in the first line of output, in the first three digits after
the colon. The version information looks similar to the following
message:
PT version : 3.3.0
If the ProtecTIER version
is correct, continue to the next step. If the ProtecTIER version
is incorrect, the installation has failed. Contact IBM Support for
assistance.
