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    Yellow Machine Software v3.3

    Upgrade and Reinstallation Guide

    Yellow MachineTerabyte Storage Appliance

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    1 Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Upgrade and Reinstallation Guide

    Copyrights and Trademarks

    Copyright 2006 Anthology Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

    The information contained in this book is subject to change without notice. Reproduction,adaptation or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under

    the copyright laws.Anthology Solutions, the Yellow Machine logo, and Yellow Machine are trademarks ofAnthology Solutions, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries.

    Acrobat and the Acrobat logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

    Microsoft, Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer are registered trademarks ofMicrosoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

    Macintosh, Mac, Apple, Safari, and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registeredin the U.S. and other countries.

    APC and Smart-UPS are registered trademarks of American Power Conversion (APC).

    SafeNet and SoftRemote are registered trademarks of SafeNet, Inc.

    EMC and Retrospect are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation.

    TiVo and the TiVo logo are registered trademarks of TiVo, Inc.

    Slim Devices, SlimServer, and Squeezebox are registered trademarks of Slim Devices, Inc.

    Rhapsody is a registered trademark of RealNetworks Digital Music of California, Inc.

    Other company and product names mentioned herein can be trademarks or registeredtrademarks of their respective companies.

    Yellow Machine appliance is the marketing name of a product produced by AnthologySolutions.

    Safety InformationCAUTION

    TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TORAIN OR MOISTURE.

    Servicing is required when the apparatus has been physically damaged in any way, such aswhen the power supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have falleninto the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, or has been dropped.

    To prevent electric shock, plug the equipment into properly grounded electrical outlets. Ensurethat the ground prong of the power plug is inserted in the ground contact of the power strip.Incorrect insertion of the power plug could result in permanent damage to your equipment, as

    well as risk of electric shock and/or fire.

    To help avoid the potential hazard of electric shock, power down the system and unplug thesystem during an electrical storm. Do not connect or disconnect cables or perform maintenanceor reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. Do not expose equipment todripping or splashing. Do not spill food or liquids on the equipment. No objects filled withliquids should be placed on the equipment.

    Do not use equipment in a wet environment, for example, near a bath tub, sink, or swimmingpool. Clean only with a dry cloth and when unplugged.

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    Do not block any ventilation openings or push any objects into the openings. Doing so cancause fire or electric shock by damaging interior components.

    Ensure that nothing rests on the equipments cables and that the cables are not located wherethey can be stepped on or tripped over. Protect the power cord and cables from being walked onor pinched particularly.

    Regulatory Compliance

    FCC (Federal Communication Commission) Information

    This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonableprotection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with theinstructions, can cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is noguarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment doescause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turningthe equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or

    more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

    Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

    Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver isconnected.

    Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

    UL Listing Mark - Meets UL's safety requirements, primarily based on UL's own publishedStandards for Safety. ALL COMMUNICATION WIRING SHALL BE LIMITED TO INSIDETHE BUILDING.

    The Regulation for Certification of Information and Communication Equipment is based on

    Article 33 of the Telecommunications Basic Act and Articles 46 and 57 of the Radio WavesAct. MIC standards are based on IEC standards. The MIC-mark is issued by the RadioResearch Laboratory (RRL).

    CE Mark - Declares compliance to the European Union (EU) EMC directive (89/336/EEC) andLow Voltage directive (73/23/EEC).

    Publication Change Record

    The following table records all revisions to this publication. This first entry is always thepublications initial release. Each entry indicates the date of the release and the number of thesystem release to which the revision corresponds.

    22-0053 Rev. 1.0 July 2006 Yellow MachineSoftware v3.3

    Part number Date System Release

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    Preface 3

    Chapter0

    PrefaceAbout This Book

    This book provides information to help achieve the following goals:

    Upgrade Yellow MachineTM appliances system software, and upgrade supplementalsoftware or install new supplemental software.

    Upgrade Yellow Machine Explorer (YME) or Yellow Machine Appliance Control (YMC).

    Reinstall Yellow Machine appliances system software and supplemental software.

    This book assumes the following:

    The Yellow Machine appliance on which you want to reinstall system software or upgradehas a version of system software installed. All Yellow Machine appliances ship with systemsoftware already installed.

    You configured the Yellow Machine appliance for your network. The Yellow MachineSoftware v3.3 Read Me Firstwalks you through this process.

    Who Should Use This Book

    This book is for home users who are upgrading or reinstalling the Yellow Machine appliance ina digital living room environment, or small business owners who are upgrading or reinstallingthe Yellow Machine appliance in home or small office network. Users that understand theconcepts that are outlined in the Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Concepts Guide will have aneasier time understanding the procedures in this book.

    Related Documentation

    The following documents contain additional information relevant to installing, maintaining, andadministering the Yellow Machine appliance.

    Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Release Notes - Shipped with the Yellow Machine applianceand available online at www.YellowMachine.com.

    Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Read Me First- Shipped with the Yellow Machine applianceand available online at www.YellowMachine.com.

    Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Concepts Guide - Available online atwww.YellowMachine.com and on the Yellow Machine System Software CD.

    Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Users Manual- Available online atwww.YellowMachine.com and on the Yellow Machine System Software CD.

    Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Upgrade and Reinstallation Guide - Available online atwww.YellowMachine.com and on the Yellow Machine System Software CD.

    For additional documentation, go to www.YellowMachine.com.

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    Typographical Conventions

    This document uses different typefaces to indicate different kinds of information. The followingtable explains these typographical conventions.

    Contacting Anthology Solutions

    Sales: [email protected] or Toll-free Tel: +1-877-936-5600 in the U.S. or408-454-6700 from outside the U.S.

    Customer Support: [email protected] or Toll-free +1-877-976-5600 in the U.S.or 408-454-7112 from outside the U.S.

    VAR Support: Toll-free +1-800-720-8406 in the U.S.

    Special Messages

    This documentation uses the following special messages and icons:Warnings alert you to the danger of personal injury and call attention to instructions you mustfollow for your personal safety.Cautions call attention to instructions you must follow to prevent damage to system hardware orsoftware, or data loss.

    Notes call attention to important information that you should be aware of as you follow theprocedures that are outlined in this document.

    Recommendations call attention to an item or procedure that is not required but might helpimprove performance, ease of use, and ease of installation or configuration.

    Tools identify the tools that you need to complete a task.

    Tips provide suggestions that help you save time.

    Font Meaning

    Typewriter Indicates error messages or screen output.

    Bold In a command line, indicates information to be enteredexactly as shown.

    Italics Indicates a variable for which you should substitute anappropriate value.

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    Upgrading and Reinstalling Yellow Machine Appliance Software 5

    Chapter0Upgrading and Reinstalling Yellow MachineAppliance Software

    This book covers the following topics:

    About Yellow Machine Installer

    About Upgrading Yellow Machine Appliance Software

    About Reinstalling Yellow Machine Appliance Software

    Preparing Yellow Machine Appliance

    Upgrading Yellow Machine Appliance Software

    Reinstalling Yellow Machine Appliance Software

    About Yellow Machine Installer

    The Yellow Machine Installer enables you to: Upgrade Yellow Machine appliances system software and supplemental software.

    Upgrade Yellow Machine Explorer (YME) or Yellow Machine Appliance Control (YMC).

    Reinstall Yellow Machine appliances system software and supplemental software.

    To learn about the Yellow Machine Explorer and the Yellow Machine Control, go to the YellowMachine Software v3.3 Users Manual.

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    About Upgrading Yellow Machine Appliance Software

    Recommendation: Anthology Solutions recommends that you back up your data to a separatedevice. Although an upgrade does not reformat your disk drives and preserves your data, abackup protects against unforeseen events.

    To upgrade to Yellow Machine Software v3.3, you must have YM Software v2.92 at minimum.To identify Yellow Machine appliance software version:

    1. Log on to the Yellow Machine Manager.

    2. From the Yellow Machine Manager, click System > System Status. The System Status

    window appears, and displays the Yellow Machine Manager version.

    The Yellow Machine Installer requires approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour to upgrade theYellow Machine appliances software.

    With an upgrade, you receive the following:

    Updates to the Yellow Machine appliances system software. These updates can include

    fixes to potential issues or enhancements. To download this software, go towww.YellowMachine.com.

    Updates to supplemental software or installation of new supplemental software. To purchasethe supplemental software that runs on theYellow Machine appliance, order the YellowMachine Software v3.3 Upgrade Kit at www.YellowMachine.com.

    If you want to request enhancements to the product, contact your Sales representative at thephone number listed in Contacting Anthology Solutions on page 4.

    When you upgrade, the Yellow Machine Installer does the following:

    Checks the Yellow Machine appliances partition and format of the disk drives, preservingthe data and configuration information.

    In some cases, checks the Yellow Machine appliances existing software version level and

    displays a message that indicates if the new version level is older, equal to, or newer than theone you want to replace.

    Updates both the operating system and root file system sequentially on each installed diskdrive.

    Checks the supplemental software versions on the Yellow Machine appliance and enablesyou to update existing supplemental software that resides on your Yellow Machine applianceor install new supplemental software.

    To upgrade a Yellow Machine appliances software, perform the following sequence oftasks:

    1. Prepare the appliance. Preparing Yellow Machine

    Appliance on page 8

    2. Upgrade the appliance software. Upgrading Yellow MachineAppliance Software on page 11

    Task For Instructions...

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    About Reinstalling Yellow Machine Appliance Software

    Caution: Anthology Solutions recommends that you back up your data to a separate device. Ifyou do not choose to preserve your user data when prompted during an installation, the YellowMachine Installer reformats your disk drives and erases any data that you saved to your YellowMachine appliance.

    The Yellow Machine appliance ships with two or four pre-configured disk drives in a RAID 5configuration with Yellow Machine appliance software preinstalled. Therefore, you do not needto perform an initial installation.You only need to reinstall your Yellow Machine appliancesoftware to resolve unexpected corruption of the Yellow Machine appliances operating system.The Yellow Machine appliances operating system runs Linux version 2.4.25, Debian 3.0distribution. Do not be surprised if you never need to reinstall your Yellow Machine appliancesoftware.

    Depending on your configuration, the Yellow Machine appliance requires up to several hours torebuild RAID. During this time, access to your Yellow Machine appliance is slow. To estimatethe amount of time that your specific configuration requires, go to the Yellow Machine Softwarev3.3 Users Manual.

    When you reinstall, the Yellow Machine Installer does the following: Reinstalls the Yellow Machine appliances system software.

    Shortly after the installation process starts, provides an option to erase or preserve all userdata.

    Resets system configuration to the defaults, which are outlined in Yellow Machine Softwarev3.3 Users Manual.

    Installs optional supplemental software.

    1. Prepare the appliance. Preparing Yellow MachineAppliance on page 8

    2. Reinstall the appliance software. Reinstalling Yellow MachineAppliance Software on page 16

    To reinstall a Yellow Machine appliance software, perform the following sequenceof tasks:

    Task For Instructions...

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    Preparing Yellow Machine Appliance

    This procedure assumes the following:

    You have valuable data on your Yellow Machine appliance.

    Your administrative PC is powered on. You need a PC to upgrade the Yellow Machine

    appliance or to reinstall Yellow Machine Software v3.3.

    To prepare to upgrade or reinstall:

    1. Retrieve the Yellow Machine System Software CD and, if applicable, the Yellow Machine

    Supplemental Software CD:

    If you intend to update or install new supplemental software that runs on the YellowMachine appliance, purchase the Yellow Machine Supplemental Software CD byordering the Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Upgrade Kit atwww.YellowMachine.com.

    If you intend to reinstall supplemental software that runs on the Yellow Machineappliance, retrieve the Yellow Machine Supplemental Software CD. The YellowMachine Supplemental Software CD ships with the Yellow Machine appliance.

    2. Power on the Yellow Machine appliance.

    3. (Upgrade Only) Verify that your RAID status is OK. If RAID status is not OK, you must

    repair the RAID array before you continue.

    To verify RAID status, go to the Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Users Manual.

    To repair a RAID array, go to the Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Users Manual.

    4. Back up the data that resides on the Yellow Machine appliance to a disk outside of the

    Yellow Machine appliance.

    If you do not choose to preserve your user data when prompted during an installation,the Yellow Machine Installer reformats your disk drives and erases all user data.

    Although an upgrade does not reformat your disk drives and preserves your data, abackup protects against unforeseen events.

    5. Disable your PCs Hibernation/Sleep mode. Otherwise, the upgrade or installation process

    will not complete promptly.

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    6. Except for the LAN port connection between the administrative PC and the Yellow

    Machine appliance, disconnect all other devices that are connected to the WAN and LAN

    ports on the Yellow Machine appliance. Set up your configuration as shown in

    Figure 1.

    Figure 1 Cabling YM Appliance for Upgrade/Reinstall

    7. Except for the connection to the Yellow Machine appliance, disable all other network

    interfaces, including wireless, on the PC.

    8. Record your PCs IP address settings as you change them temporarily during this

    installation. Record these settings by using Figure 2.

    Figure 2 LAN Address Settings Worksheet

    Caution: You must set the IP address as follows before you begin the upgrade or installationprocess. If you do not, your PC will not be able to communicate with the Yellow Machine

    appliance, and you will be forced to restart the upgrade or installation process. To restart theinstallation process, you must power off the Yellow Machine appliance. Because the YellowMachine appliance is already in an upgrade or installation state, the only method to power offthe Yellow Machine appliance is to unplug the power cable on the Yellow Machine appliancefrom the power outlet. This method can cause hard drive failures and data loss.

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    9. Set the PCs static IP address and subnet mask as show in Figure 3:

    a. From Windows XP, click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections >Network Connections > Local Area Connection > [Properties] > Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) > Properties. The General dialogue box opens.

    b. Enter 172.16.1.2 in the IP address box and 255.255.255.0 in Subnet mask box.

    c. Click OK, and close the open Control Panel windows.

    Figure 3 Setting PCs IP Address

    10. Disable the following on your PC:

    Anti-virus or worm detection programs

    Windows firewall

    Pop-up blocker software

    FTP and VPN software

    NextStep

    To upgrade software, go to Upgrading Yellow Machine Appliance Software on page 11.

    To reinstall software, go to Reinstalling Yellow Machine Appliance Software on page 16.

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    6. Select the following checkboxes as shown in Figure 4, and click Next:

    Install full Yellow Machine Control utility

    Recommendation: Anthology Solutions recommends that you always use the latest version ofthe Yellow Machine Control on any PC that you intend to use to administer a Yellow Machineappliance.

    Upgrade system software with your data preserved

    Figure 4 Upgrading To Yellow Machine Software v3.3

    7. Select an installation folder (the default is C:\Program Files\Yellow Machine\)

    in which to save the Yellow Machine Control, and click Next. The Yellow Machine

    Installer installs an updated version of the Yellow Machine Control.

    8. If the following message appears, click Yes to shut down the Yellow Machine appliance or

    to confirm that the Yellow Machine appliance is already powered off.

    9. If the Yellow Machine Installer detects a specific incompatible version of the system

    software and displays the Shutting Down Yellow Machine window, perform the

    preparation steps listed in that window if you have not already done so, and click Next.

    These preparation steps are also outlined in Preparing Yellow Machine Appliance on

    page 8.

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    Caution: If you do not perform these preparation steps before you continue, your PC will notbe able to communicate with the Yellow Machine appliance.

    Figure 5 Preparing for Upgrade

    10. If you have not already done so, perform the preparation steps listed in the System Software

    Installation Preparation Tips window, and click Next. The Installation Status window

    appears.

    Caution: During the upgrade process, do not power off the Yellow Machine appliance ordisconnect the LAN cable that connects your PC to the Yellow Machine appliance. If you donot adhere to this requirement, your Yellow Machine appliance might hang during the upgradeprocess.

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    11. Trigger the upgrade process:

    a. Press and hold the MODE button on the front panel.

    b. While pressing and holding the MODE button in, toggle the On/Off switch in the uppercenter of the rear panel.

    c. When the green READY LED on the front panel turns on, release the MODE button.

    Note: During the upgrade process, both FAULT and READY LEDs are on. After a fewminutes, both LEDs begin blinking. Several minutes later, the FAULT LED turns off. TheREADY LED remains on and blinking until the upgrade process completes.

    The upgrade process for the Yellow Machine System Software CD requires 30 minutesto 1 hour to complete.

    When the upgrade completes successfully, the Installation Finished window appears.

    Figure 6 Upgrading of System Software Finished Successfully

    12. Do one of the following:

    If you want to update or install supplemental software that runs on the Yellow Machineappliance, insert the Yellow Machine Supplemental Software CD. The SoftwarePackage Selections window appears. To purchase the Yellow Machine SupplementalSoftware CD, order the Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Upgrade Kit atwww.YellowMachine.com.

    If you do not want to update or install supplemental software that runs on the YellowMachine appliance, select the No I do not have an additional CD checkbox, clickNext, and click Finish. You do not need to continue to the next step.

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    13. From the Software Package Selection window, install the supplemental software:

    a. Select the Install radio button or the Upgrade radio button.

    If you want the new packages (such as media player support) that Yellow MachineSoftware v3.3 offers, select the Install radio button.

    If you only want to upgrade your existing supplemental packages, select the Upgrade

    radio button.b. Select the checkbox that corresponds to the supplemental package(s) that you want to

    install or upgrade as shown in Figure 7.

    Figure 7 Upgrading Supplemental Software Package

    c. Select the checkbox that corresponds to the supplemental package(s) that you want toinstall or upgrade as shown in Figure 7, and click Next.The Software Package

    Installation Option Confirmation window appears.d. Confirm your selection, and click Next. The Yellow Machine Installer upgrades or

    installs the supplemental software packages that you selected, and then the InstallationFinished windows appears.

    14. Select the No, I do not have an additional CD checkbox, and click Next. Yellow Machine

    Software v3.3 has only one Supplemental CD.

    15. When the following message appears, click OK. The Yellow Machine Software Installation

    Complete window appears.

    16. Click Finish to exit the Yellow Machine Installer.

    17. If applicable, return your configuration to its original state:

    a. Re-enable the firewall and anti-virus/worm-detection software on your PC.

    b. Connect the network cables as they were prior to performing Step 8 ofPreparingYellow Machine Appliance on page 8.

    c. Change the PCs IP address back to the values you recorded in Step 6 ofPreparingYellow Machine Appliance on page 8.

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    18. Ensure that you can access the Yellow Machine appliance that you upgraded:

    a. Launch the Yellow Machine Control.

    b. Click Explore.

    c. In the list box, double-click on the Yellow Machine appliance that you upgraded. If youdo not see your Yellow Machine appliance, power on and power off the Yellow

    Machine appliance, and then try again.

    Reinstalling Yellow Machine Appliance Software

    You cannot disconnect the PC from the Yellow Machine appliance during the installationprocess.

    The installation process requires approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete, and another30 minutes to initialize (prepare) the disk drives.

    If you have a RAID 5 configuration, the Yellow Machine appliance requires up to several hoursto rebuild RAID. During this time, access is slow. To estimate the amount of time that yourconfiguration requires, go to the Yellow Machine Software v3.3 Users Manual.

    To reinstall software on the Yellow Machine appliance and the Yellow MachineControl on your PC:

    BeforeYou

    Begin

    Do one of the following:

    Review the information outlined in About Reinstalling Yellow Machine ApplianceSoftware on page 7 to familiarize yourself with the installation process.

    If you have not already done so, prepare to reinstall as outlined in Preparing YellowMachine Appliance on page 8.

    1. Do one of the following:

    If you have the product CD-ROMs, which ship with the Yellow Machine appliance,insert the Yellow Machine System Software CD into your PCs CD-ROM drive. TheYellow Machine Setup Wizard launches.

    If you downloaded Yellow Machine Software v3.3 from www.YellowMachine.com,double-click the setup.exe file on the Yellow Machine System Software CD. TheYellow Machine Setup Wizard launches.

    2. Click Next. The End User License Agreement (EULA) windows appears.

    3. Select the I Agree radio button to accept the End User License Agreement, and click Next.

    The Find Your Yellow Machine Appliance window appears.

    4. From the list box, the Yellow Machine appliance on which you want to reinstall software,

    and click Next. If your Yellow Machine appliance does not appear in the list box, select the

    My Yellow Machine is not found in the list box above checkbox, and try again.

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    5. If the following message appears, click OK. This message appears if the Yellow Machine

    Installer detects specific old version of system software on the Yellow Machine appliance

    that you selected.

    6. Select the following checkboxes as shown in Figure 4, and click Next.

    Install full Yellow Machine Control utility

    Recommendation: Anthology Solutions recommends that you always use the latest version ofthe Yellow Machine Control on any PC that you intend to use to administer a Yellow Machineappliance.

    Format hard disks and install system software

    Figure 8 Reinstalling Yellow Machine Software v3.3

    7. Select an installation folder (the default is C:\Program Files\Yellow Machine\)

    in which to save the Yellow Machine Control, and click Next. The Yellow Machine

    Installer installs an updated version of the Yellow Machine Control.

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    8. From the New Installation of Yellow Machine Appliance Storage window, specify the file

    system and RAID configuration, and click Next.

    Note: If you have a 2-disk Yellow Machine appliance, you cannot choose RAID 5 as thatconfiguration requires at least three disk drives.

    To learn about the benefits of Journaling File System (Journaling FS), go to the Yellow

    Machine Software v3.3 Users Manual. You can enable Journaling FS after youperform the installation, but you must enable this feature before you save user data tothe Yellow Machine appliance.

    To learn about the benefits of different RAID configurations, go to Yellow MachineSoftware v3.3 Users Manual.

    9. If the following message appears, click Yes to shut down the Yellow Machine appliance or

    to confirm that the Yellow Machine appliance is already powered off.

    10. If the Yellow Machine Installer detects a specific incompatible version of the system

    software and displays the Shutting Down Yellow Machine window, perform the

    preparation steps listed in that window if you have not already done so, and click Next.

    These preparation steps are also outlined in Preparing Yellow Machine Appliance onpage 8.

    Caution: If you do not perform these preparation steps before you continue, your PC will notbe able to communicate with the Yellow Machine appliance.

    Figure 9 Preparing for Installation

    11. If you have not already done so, perform the preparation steps listed in the System Software

    Installation Preparation Tips window, and click Next. The Installation Status window

    appears.

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    Caution: During the installation process, do not power off the Yellow Machine appliance ordisconnect the LAN cable that connects your PC to the Yellow Machine appliance. If you donot adhere to this requirement, your Yellow Machine appliance might hang during theinstallation process.

    12. Trigger the installation process:

    a. Press and hold the MODE button on the front panel.

    b. While pressing and holding the MODE button in, toggle the On/Off switch in the uppercenter of the rear panel.

    c. When the green READY LED on the front panel turns on, release the MODE button.

    Note: During the installation process, both FAULT and READY LEDs are on. After a fewminutes, both LEDs begin blinking. Several minutes later, the FAULT LED turns off. TheREADY LED remains on and blinking until the installation process completes.

    13. After 5 minutes and when the following message appears, determine whether you want to

    save or permanently remove all user data.

    If you clickYes, this option enables you to reinstall your Yellow Machine appliancessystem softwarewithout permanently removing the data that you already saved to yourYellow Machine appliance.

    The installation process for the Yellow Machine System Software CD requires 30minutes to 1 hour to complete.

    When the installation completes, the Installation Finished window appears.

    Figure 10 Reinstallation of System Software Finished Successfully

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    14. Do one of the following:

    If you want to install supplemental software that runs on the Yellow Machineappliance, insert the Yellow Machine Supplemental Software CD. The SoftwarePackage Selections window appears. The Yellow Machine Supplemental Software CDships with the Yellow Machine appliance.

    If you do not want to install supplemental software that runs on the Yellow Machineappliance, select the No I do not have an additional CD checkbox, click Next, andclick Finish. You do not need to continue to the next step.

    15. From the Software Package Selections window, install the supplemental software:

    a. Select the Install radio button.

    Figure 11 Reinstalling Supplemental Software Package

    b. Select the checkbox that corresponds to the supplemental package(s) that you want toinstall as shown in Figure 11, and click Next.The Software Package Installation OptionConfirmation window appears.

    c. Confirm your selection, and click Next. The Yellow Machine Installer installs thesupplemental software packages that you selected, and then the Installation Finishedwindows appears.

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    16. Select the No, I do not have an additional CD checkbox, and click Next. Yellow Machine

    Software v3.3 has only one Supplemental CD.

    Figure 12 Installation of Supplemental Software Finished Successfully

    17. When the confirmation message appears, click OK. The Yellow Machine appliance begins

    to reboot, and the Yellow Machine Network Setup window appears.

    18. Exit the Yellow Machine Appliance Network Setup window. The Yellow MachineSoftware Installation Complete window appears.

    19. From the Yellow Machine Software Installation Complete window, click Finish to exit the

    Yellow Machine Installer. The Yellow Machine Control launches.

    20. Wait for the Yellow Machine appliance to reboot. The FAULT LED turns off after the

    Yellow Machine appliance reboots.

    21. Allow the Yellow Machine appliance to initialize (prepare) the disk drives and rebuild

    RAID.

    The Yellow Machine appliance requires 30 minutes to initialize (prepare) the diskdrives. Afterward, your can access and save files on the Yellow Machine appliance.

    Depending on your configuration, the Yellow Machine appliance requires up to severalhours to rebuild RAID. During this time, access to your Yellow Machine appliance isslow. To estimate the amount of time that your specific configuration requires, go to theYellow Machine Software v3.3 Users Manual.

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    22. If applicable, return your configuration to its original state:

    a. Re-enable the firewall and anti-virus/worm-detection software on your PC.

    b. Connect the network cables as they were prior to performing Step 8 ofPreparingYellow Machine Appliance on page 8.

    c. Change the PCs IP address back to the values you recorded in Step 6 ofPreparing

    Yellow Machine Appliance on page 8.23. After the Yellow Machine appliance rebuilds RAID, ensure that you can access the Yellow

    Machine appliance:

    a. Launch the Yellow Machine Control.

    b. Click Explore.

    c. In the list box, double-click on the Yellow Machine appliance. If you do not see yourYellow Machine appliance, power on and power off the Yellow Machine appliance,and then try again.

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    Tel: (408) 454-6700Fax: (408) 970-4731

    www.anthologysolutions.comorwww.YellowMachine.com

    Sales: [email protected] or Toll-free (877) 936-5600Customer Service: [email protected] or Toll-free (877) 976-5600

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