IBM Storage Update x3550 / MegaRAID 8480 / EXP3000

Along with a recent storage upgrade, from 12TB to 36TB, I decided to do a full firmware update on an IBM x3550 with SAS direct-attached EXP3000 disk enclosures. These notes are specific to my hardware. Please contact your IBM support specialist for advice at 800-IBM-SERV.

x3550, M/T 7978, backplane, PHY Settings and AMSU Updates ??? internal only

# mkdir ibm_fw_sasphy_090217_linux-gb_32-64
# cd ibm_fw_sasphy_090217_linux-gb_32-64
# unzip ../ibm_fw_sasphy_090217_linux-gb_32-64.zip
# cp /usr/share/syslinux/memdisk /usr/lib/syslinux/
# ./ibm_fw_sasphy_090217_linux-gb_32-64.sh -s
# reboot

megaraid linux os driver MIGR-5073142

# cp /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release.centos
# echo "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)" > /etc/redhat-release
# mkdir ibm_dd_sraidmr_00.00.03.23_rhel5_32-64
# cd ibm_dd_sraidmr_00.00.03.23_rhel5_32-64
# tar xzvf ../ibm_dd_sraidmr_00.00.03.23_rhel5_32-64.tgz
# ./install.sh

ibm hba exp3000 enclosure firmware bootable iso update MIGR-5078698 ibm_fw_esm_1.4_anyos_anycpu.iso

hard drive firmware bootable dos iso update MIGR-62832 ibm_fw_sas_hdd_v105_anyos_noarch.iso

Many updates are also bundled into the UpdateXpress System Pack for your model, currently MIGR-5080671 v1.40 for the x3550.

lsi megaraid 8480E firmware update MIGR-5069802
and management software iso MIGR-65490 lsi_sw_megasas_1.03_anyos_noarch.iso

MegaRAID SAS 8480E support downloads are also available directly from LSI, but these are not official IBM options.

# cd /usr/local/src/
# wget http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/AssetDocument/support/downloads/megaraid/miscellaneous/linux/1.01.39_Linux_Cli.zip
# wget http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/AssetDocument/7.0.1-0066_SAS_1068_FW_Image_APP-1.12.230-0598.zip
# unzip 1.01.39_Linux_Cli.zip
# rpm -ihv MegaCli-1.01.39-0.i386.rpm
# unzip 7.0.1-0066_SAS_1068_FW_Image_APP-1.12.230-0598
# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -adpfwflash -f SAS1068_FW_Image.rom -a0