Chapter 2. Prerequisites For The Ts7620 Appliance Express, Protectier V3.3.2; Verify That The System Is At The Correct Code Level For The Ts7620 Appliance Express, Protectier V3.3.2 - IBM System Storage ProtecTIER TS7620 Manual

Increasing capacity on the 3959 sm2 from 6 tb to 12 tb (feature code 9317)

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Chapter 2. Prerequisites for the TS7620 Appliance Express,

ProtecTIER V3.3.2

Verify that the system is at the correct code level for the TS7620

Appliance Express, ProtecTIER V3.3.2

The following prerequisites must be met before you upgrade the software:

v The microcode level is 3.2 or greater.

v The system reports no existing errors that might prevent a successful upgrade.

v All ProtecTIER services are started.

Note: The SM2 base unit can increase capacity from 6 TB to 12 TB. If you need

capacity beyond 12 TB, purchase an SM2 expansion unit to increase capacity to 23

TB. You can increase capacity of an SM2 to 35 TB with two SM2 expansion units.

You must verify that the 3959 SM2 server is at the correct code level and size to

increase the storage capacity.

About this task

This task must be completed before you increase the storage capacity of the 3959

SM2 server.

Procedure

To verify that theProtecTIER level is at the correct code level on the server, and

that the system is the correct size for increasing the capacity, perform the following

steps:

1. Log in to the system with user name ptconfig and password ptconfig. The

ProtecTIER Service menu opens.

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ProtecTIER Service Menu running on rassmx

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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

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>>> Your choice?

2. Select the Version information option. Type the corresponding number and

press Enter. The Version information menu opens.

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