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October 4th, 2010 08:00

Code Upgarde - CX3

Dear Experts,

EMC Support team  recommending to  upgrade Flare  code on  Clarion  CX3-20  to  Flare 03.26.020.5.031 .

As per the EMC,  Main advantaged of this versions is  heartbeat happen from the storage to   EMC  I confused ,  why the heartbeat? We receive email alert if any error occur in CX3 Storage Array.

  How the heartbeat will work –   can anyone explain this….

Best regards,

Muneer.

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October 4th, 2010 08:00

I think the Heartbeat they are mentioning is when you have email alerts setup to also email EMC for hardware problems.  the array sends out a heartbeat to EMC on a schedule(think it might be every few days or something)  and if they dont recieve that, they think there might be an issue and contact you.

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October 4th, 2010 08:00

Thanks for the reply. I think you are right. can  we configure same heartbeat  sent  local support team(On site)

we receive  all types of alert (even hardware issues) when we use older Flare version - (Patch level  20)

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October 4th, 2010 09:00

I am not sure if you can set it up to send you haertbeat stuff.  But they use it becuase they can not physically access your array and see that there is a problem.  You on the other hand, are right there and will notice something right away becuase your getting the normal alert messages

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October 5th, 2010 08:00

CX/CX3 series storage systems are capable (running FLARE Release 26 patch 31 or  later) of sending home heartbeat call-home message files. When a heartbeat event is not received at the specified time (with some  buffer) a Service Request will be opened by SYR with event code 29.AAA1.58 for  the storage system. These messages are generated every 7 days on a random time schedule and are used by EMC to ensure that the call-home featrue is working correctly (included the modem is used or email). It's a way for us to make sure that the call-home is still working.

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