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Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000 Upgrade Guidelines
This appendix provides a summarized list of what tasks need to be performed when upgrading
Avid ISIS 7500 | 7000. All Avid ISIS upgrades are to be performed by Avid ISIS Avid Certified
Support Representatives (ACSR).
The following list provides the order in which tasks need to be performed.
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If you have not already noted the host names, passwords, IP address, and other important
network details, see
“Preupgrade Information” on page 160
. Although this information
needs to be gathered before you start, the pages that include the blank tables are at the end of
this document.
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Do not perform an Avid ISIS system upgrade if your network is not in optimum working
order, see
•
If you have documented the preupgrade information and your Avid ISIS is healthy, you can
start the Avid ISIS system upgrade, see
“Software Upgrade” on page 144
•
After you finish the upgrade, confirm everything is functioning properly, see
System Verification” on page 157
.
Health Check
Before any changes are made to the system, perform the following quick checks to verify that the
system is in good working order. Do
not
perform an upgrade if there are any issues with the
system. Correct all problems before performing the upgrade.
Things to check before upgrading:
1. Log into the ISIS Management Console and click Storage Elements. All Storage Elements
should be green, investigate any error statuses. For details on troubleshooting Storage
Elements error statuses, search the Knowledge Base at
for
“ISB Error Status Glossary.”
2. Open a command window and ping all switches in both stacks. All switches should be
pingable and able to access the web pages for all switches. If running Avid ISIS v1.1B or
later, you could alternatively run switch diagnostics and only select the connectivity tests.
Access the switch diagnostics by clicking Advanced on the switch web page.
