ECS: OBS: Code Upgrade Recommendation

Summary: This article has the upgrade to code recommendations from ECS and ObjectScale leadership.

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Instructions

ECS and ObjectScale Engineering, Quality, and Services leadership recommend that all ECS upgrades and installations should be to either:

  1. The latest software release (currently OBS 4.1.0.1)
    OR
  2. The latest patch of the Target/Recommended Code (currently ECS 3.8.1.6)

Details:

  • ECS 3.8.1 is the current Target/Recommended Code with minimum patch ECS 3.8.1.1 as of August 2024.
    • Target/Recommended Code is established on the Service Release level (third digit). For example: ECS 3.8.1.x 
    • Dell Technologies recommends to always take the latest patch level (fourth digit) of the Target/Recommended Code.
    • The latest patch release of the ECS Recommended Code is ECS 3.8.1.6. Patches are extensions to the Service Release level, and they include the latest fixes.
  • Following the release of ECS version 3.8.1, the ECS appliance was rebranded as ObjectScale.
    • The first ObjectScale-branded software release was OBS 4.0, followed by OBS 4.1.
    • OBS 4.1.0.1 is the latest OBS release. It contains the latest fixes and enhancements to ECS and ObjectScale. 
    • Refer to KB ECS rebranding to ObjectScale for more information about the ECS to OBS rebranding.
    • Refer to these OBS 4.1 Info Hub and OBS 4.0 Info Hub links for more information about the fixes and enhancements. 
  • See the Dell article Minimum, Recommended, and Latest Code Versions for Dell Technologies Servers, Storage, and Networking products for more information.
NOTE:
  • Open an upgrade Service Request to begin the upgrade planning process with a Dell engineer.
  • It is not recommended to upgrade to releases older than the Target/Recommended code:
    • If there is a solid business or technical justification to upgrade to an older release code, provide the reason to the upgrade engineer when opening the upgrade Service Request.
    • Dell Technologies does not recommend updating to something that does not have the best content Dell Technologies can offer.

Affected Products

ECS, ObjectScale, ECS Appliance, ECS Appliance Hardware Series, ECS Appliance Software with Encryption, ECS Appliance Software without Encryption, Elastic Cloud Storage, ObjectScale Appliance Software with Encryption , ObjectScale Appliance Software without Encryption, ObjectScale Appliance Series, ObjectScale Software Series ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000216334
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 21 Nov 2025
Version:  20
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