Dell PowerStore Installation and Service Guide for PowerStore 1000, 1200, 3000, 3200, 5000, 5200, 7000, 9000, and 9200

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Data-in-place upgrade overview

A data-in-place upgrade allows you to upgrade your PowerStore hardware to higher-performing hardware with more processor cores and more memory. The upgrade process does not require downtime because the upgrades are completed one node at a time. The system starts a maintenance window when each node powers off and closes the maintenance window after the upgrade of that node is complete. With any node removal, I/O operations may be limited, so you should schedule the upgrade for a time of low I/O or during a scheduled maintenance.

NOTE: This procedure takes up to 2.5 hours to complete.

The following table lists the supported upgrade paths:


	PowerStore 1200	PowerStore 3200	PowerStore 5200	PowerStore 9200
PowerStore 1000	Supported	Supported
PowerStore 3000		Supported	Supported
PowerStore 5000			Supported	Supported
PowerStore 7000				Supported
PowerStore 9000				Supported for Block services only

NOTE:The original node in your system is called the source node. The node that you are installing for the upgrade is called the target node.

NOTE:Do not add I/O modules or change the type of I/O modules or the embedded module during the upgrade.

NOTE:Before starting the data-in-place upgrade, run the System Health Check under the Monitoring tab to ensure the health of the array.