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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 StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference. See Table 1 for document location. 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 con- figuration supports customer self upgrade from XCS 5.1xx to 6.110 or later, see customer advisory c01035921, entitled HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array XCS 6.110 Release (for customers upgrading from XCS 5.1x0). Reference documentation Table 1 identifies the documentation you should have available when upgrading the storage system. Table 1 Reference documentation Document Required? Location HP StorageWorks EVA documentation HP StorageWorks 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Disk Storage Systems under Storage, and then HP StorageWorks 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array Release Notes Yes select either HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Arrays, HP StorageWorks 4100 Enterprise Virtual Array, HP StorageWorks 6100 Enterprise Virtual Array, or HP StorageWorks 8100 HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference Yes Enterprise Virtual Array under EVA Disk Arrays. HP Command View EVA documentation HP StorageWorks Command View EVA User Guide http://www.hp.com/support/manuals HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Installation Guide Yes Click Storage Software under Storage, and then select HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Software under Storage Device Management Software. HP StorageWorks Storage System Scripting Utility Reference HP StorageWorks EVA replication software documentation HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager Installation Guide http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Storage Software under Storage, and then select HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software under Storage Replication Software. 10 Getting started

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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 StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference
. See
Table 1
for document location.
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 con-
figuration supports customer self upgrade from XCS 5.1xx to 6.110 or later, see customer advisory
c01035921, entitled
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array XCS 6.110 Release (for customers
upgrading from XCS 5.1x0)
.
Reference documentation
Table 1
identifies the documentation you should have available when upgrading the storage system.
Table 1 Reference documentation
Location
Required?
Document
HP StorageWorks EVA documentation
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/man
uals
Click
Disk Storage Systems
under Storage, and then
select either
HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000
Enterprise Virtual Arrays
,
HP StorageWorks 4100
Enterprise Virtual Array
,
HP StorageWorks 6100
Enterprise Virtual Array
, or
HP StorageWorks 8100
Enterprise Virtual Array
under EVA Disk Arrays.
HP StorageWorks
4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtu-
al Array User Guide
Yes
HP StorageWorks
4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtu-
al Array Release Notes
Yes
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual
Array Compatibility Reference
HP Command View EVA documentation
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/man
uals
Click
Storage Software
under Storage, and then select
HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Software
under
Storage Device Management Software.
HP StorageWorks Command View
EVA User Guide
Yes
HP StorageWorks Command View
EVA Installation Guide
HP StorageWorks Storage System
Scripting Utility Reference
HP StorageWorks EVA replication software documentation
h
t
tp://w
w
w
.hp
.co
m/su
ppo
r
t/man
uals
Click
Storage Software
under Storage, and then select
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software
under Storage Replication Software.
HP StorageWorks Replication
Solutions Manager Installation
Guide
Getting started
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