Dell Unity 300 EMC Unity Quarterly Support Highlights - January 2022 - Page 2

Are you Code Current?, Recommended Drive Firmware Bundle, End of Standard Support (EOSS)

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Are you Code Current? Dell EMC Unity Storage Newsletter - January 2022 Have you updated to the Latest Code yet? Updating/Upgrading to the latest code is important. Customers on newer code enjoy greater functionality and fewer outages/service requests. Updating to code levels that have been released in the last 12 months ensures that you can take advantage of the newest features, functionality, fixes and security enhancements For Unity that means 5.0.7 or greater. Recommended Drive Firmware Bundle The latest version of the drive firmware bundle is V19. Customers are advised to regularly update their drive firmware using the latest drive firmware bundle. Drive firmware is customer upgradable using the Drive Firmware upgrade wizard in Unisphere. You will see a Unisphere alert when new firmware is available for your specific drives. The wizard will download and install the latest firmware. You can read the drive release notes from the link here: 000021322 End of Standard Support (EOSS) The updated Dell Infrastructure Solutions Group Software Standard Support Policy is available here: docu102223 These tables provide the upcoming hardware and OE software EOSS* dates for all Unity products: Unity System End of Standard Support dates: Model Dell EMC Unity 300 Dell EMC Unity 300 DC Dell EMC Unity 300F Dell EMC Unity 350F Dell EMC Unity 350F DC Dell EMC Unity 400 Dell EMC Unity 400 DC Dell EMC Unity 400F Dell EMC Unity 450F EOSS* Date July 31, 2025 TBD July 31, 2025 July 31, 2025 TBD July 31, 2025 TBD July 31, 2025 July 31, 2025 Page 2|9

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Dell EMC Unity Storage Newsletter - January 2022
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Are you Code Current?
Have you updated to the Latest Code
yet?
Updating/Upgrading to the latest code is important.
Customers on newer code enjoy greater functionality and
fewer outages/service requests.
Updating to code levels that have been released in the last
12 months ensures that you can take advantage of the
newest features, functionality, fixes and security
enhancements
For Unity that means 5.0.7 or greater.
The latest version of the drive firmware bundle is V19. Customers are advised to regularly update their drive firmware
using the latest drive firmware bundle. Drive firmware is customer upgradable using the Drive Firmware upgrade
wizard in Unisphere. You will see a Unisphere alert when new firmware is available for your specific drives. The
wizard will download and install the latest firmware.
You can read the drive release notes from the link here:
000021322
The updated Dell Infrastructure Solutions Group Software Standard Support Policy is available here:
docu102223
These tables provide the upcoming hardware and OE software EOSS* dates for all Unity products:
Unity System End of Standard Support dates:
Model
EOSS* Date
Dell EMC Unity 300
July 31, 2025
Dell EMC Unity 300 DC
TBD
Dell EMC Unity 300F
July 31, 2025
Dell EMC Unity 350F
July 31, 2025
Dell EMC Unity 350F DC
TBD
Dell EMC Unity 400
July 31, 2025
Dell EMC Unity 400 DC
TBD
Dell EMC Unity 400F
July 31, 2025
Dell EMC Unity 450F
July 31, 2025
Recommended Drive Firmware Bundle
End of Standard Support (EOSS)