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Upgrade paths For details about supported upgrade and downgrade paths, see Table 3.1, Upgrade support for controller software versions, and Table 3.2, Downgrade support for controller software versions, respectively, in the HP Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference. See Table 1 (page 7) for the link to this document. IMPORTANT: • If upgrading from XCS 5.1x0, all source and destination DR groups must be in synchronous mode before upgrading. Check each DR group to verify this setting before proceeding. • Customer self upgrade is supported from XCS 5.1xx to 6.110 or later. To determine if your configuration supports customer self upgrade from XCS 5.1xx to 6.110 or later, see customer advisory c01035921, entitled HP Enterprise Virtual Array XCS 6.110 Release (for customers upgrading from XCS 5.1x0). Reference documentation Table 1 (page 7) identifies the documentation you should have available when upgrading the storage system. Table 1 Reference documentation Document Required? Location HP EVA documentation HP 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide HP 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array Release Notes HP Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Disk Storage Systems under storage, and then select Yes either HP 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Arrays, HP 4100 Enterprise Virtual Array, HP 6100 Enterprise Virtual Array, or HP 8100 Enterprise Virtual Array under EVA Disk Yes Arrays. HP Command View EVA documentation HP Command View EVA User Guide HP Command View EVA Installation Guide HP Storage System Scripting Utility Reference http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Yes Click Storage Software under storage, and then select HP Command View EVA Software under Storage Device Management Software. HP EVA replication software documentation HP Replication Solutions Manager Installation Guide HP Replication Solutions Manager Administrator Guide http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Storage Software under storage, and then select HP Continuous Access EVA Software under Storage Replication Software. HP Continuous Access EVA Implementation Guide SAN infrastructure documentation HP SAN Design Reference Guide Yes http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Storage Networking under Storage, and then select HP SAN under HP SAN Solutions. Upgrade paths 7