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Is it save yet to upgrade to FLARE OE .29
Two questions.
- Is it save yet to upgrade to FLARE OE from .28 to latest .29?
- Where can I find the release notes.
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Two questions.
- Is it save yet to upgrade to FLARE OE from .28 to latest .29?
- Where can I find the release notes.
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Jen_LeClair
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January 11th, 2010 06:00
The CX4 Series FLARE Operating Environment Release Notes 4.29 A02 are available on powerlink at:
Home > Support > Technical Documentation and Advisories > Hardware/Platforms Documentation > CLARiiON CX4 Series Systems > CLARiiON CX4-960 > Release Notes
teovmy
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January 11th, 2010 06:00
Thanks. Strange but I could not find the release notes first. But I'v got it!
Do you have any tips about the first question?
AranH1
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January 11th, 2010 07:00
There is an EMC document titled Storage Target Revisions and Adoption Rates. This lists the operating codes that all EMC hardware should be running at. These may not always be the latest revisions of the code but is the revision that EMC reccommends be running on your array. The document is updated about once a month it seems and is located at:
https://powerlink.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/btg548664833igtcuup4826/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Technical/Technical_Documentation/ActualCodes.pdf
The current target for FLARE 29 is 04.29.000.5.003.
AranH1
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January 11th, 2010 09:00
teovmy
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January 11th, 2010 09:00
WOW. Great document. It helps a lot. But there are only 9% of systems that running flare 4.29
hmm what to do, what do to?
joej1_3ddf8c
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January 11th, 2010 11:00
@Roy: Are you not able to find FLARE release notes using this powerlink menu selection?
Home > Support > Technical Documentation and Advisories > Hardware/Platforms Documentation > CLARiiON CX4 Series Systems > CLARiiON CX4-960 > Release Notes
There are two docs, one for the 28 brach and another for 29 branch.
About whether at all to move to FOE 29, is there a compelling reason presented to you from EMC or any that you discovered for this decision? Perhaps the Release notes' Fixed problems section will help you decide.
Cheers,
-joji
joej1_3ddf8c
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January 11th, 2010 11:00
Sorry, redundant info!!
Cheers,
-joji
AranH1
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January 11th, 2010 14:00
Oh, all those servers aren't SAN attached. There are only about 80 SAN attached servers. I just listed the datacenter count as we all have to share the same maintenance window.
I am taking my Cx4-480 to Rel 29 for that reason as well, the improvements to VMware integration make it worth it in addition to the updated features to VP. I have a Cx3-80 that is being upgraded to a Cx4-960 and that will be on rel 29 as well.
teovmy
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January 11th, 2010 14:00
teovmy
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January 12th, 2010 00:00
@AranH We have a small environment. 17 hosts and 2 Arrays. We also have one maintenance window per month for about 6 hours. But I have much flexibility.
I have to do it with our brand new CX4-240's
Are there any tips or thinks I need to know before I upgrade to the FLARE 29. Thinks that become handy and are not documented?
Allen Ward
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January 12th, 2010 12:00
teovmy
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January 12th, 2010 13:00
AranH1
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January 12th, 2010 14:00
Allen Ward
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January 13th, 2010 12:00
teovmy
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January 18th, 2010 00:00
Still doing some research before upgrade. And it came to my attension that there is still a major problem with the following:
71324001 SMBus read failed for device Local SPD DIMM1."
ID emc222703
Hmm should I upgrade or not?