Upgrade Dell PowerFlex to v3.6.x

Return the node to operation

To return the node to operation, perform the following steps:

1. Wait for the node to power on.
   The OS will boot up for Windows and Linux operating systems. For Windows and Linux nodes, all PowerFlex processes will start up automatically.
2. For Linux and Windows nodes, skip to the next step. On an ESX node:
   1. From the vSphere Client, ensure that the node is displayed as on and connected in both Hosts and Clusters view.
   2. Right-click the node and select Exit Maintenance Mode.
   3. Expand the server and select the PowerFlex VM. If the SVM does not power on automatically, power it on manually.
3. After the node is up, perform the following checks in the PowerFlex GUI:
   1. In the Alerts view, make sure that no SDS disconnect message appears.
   2. If the node was an MDM cluster member, in the Dashboard Management tile, verify that the cluster is no longer degraded.
   3. In the Frontend tab > SDCs view, check the SDC to which the node IP is assigned, and make sure that it is connected.
4. In the PowerFlex GUI Backend > Storage view, in By SDSs table view, right-click the SDS and select Exit Maintenance Mode.
5. In the Action window, click OK.
6. Wait for the rebalance operations to finish.
   The node is now operational and application I/O can be started on the node. For ESX nodes, you can migrate VMs to the node.
7. For each VxFlex Ready Node server, after the updates are finalized, clear the iDRAC job queue using the iDRAC GUI:
   1. From your Internet browser, go to https://<iDRAC_IP_address>.
   2. In the DELL Console Login window, type these credentials:
      • username: root
      • password: calvin (for Dell-supplied nodes) or password (for EMC-supplied nodes)
   3. Click Login.
   4. In the iDRAC GUI navigation pane, select the Server node, and then select the Job Queue tab.
   5. Ensure that all jobs have completed successfully. Any job failures may require re-running the bootable ISO, or further troubleshooting.
   6. Select the checkbox for all of items in the Job Queue list, and then click Delete.