Automatic upgrades.........................................................................................................185
Manual upgrades............................................................................................................186
Preparing for the upgrade............................................................................................186
Saving the node configuration......................................................................................186
Performing the upgrade................................................................................................186
Restoring the node configuration...................................................................................187
Completing the upgrade..............................................................................................187
Troubleshooting upgrade issues.........................................................................................188
Automatic upgrade......................................................................................................188
Manual upgrade.........................................................................................................188
Upgrading the StoreAll software to the 5.5 release....................................................................188
Automatic upgrades.........................................................................................................189
Manual upgrades............................................................................................................190
Standard upgrade for clusters with a dedicated Management Server machine or blade........190
Standard online upgrade.........................................................................................190
Standard offline upgrade.........................................................................................192
Agile upgrade for clusters with an agile management console configuration.......................194
Agile online upgrade..............................................................................................194
Agile offline upgrade..............................................................................................198
Troubleshooting upgrade issues.........................................................................................200
B StoreAll 9730 component and cabling diagrams........................................201
Back view of the main rack....................................................................................................201
Back view of the expansion rack.............................................................................................202
StoreAll 9730 CX I/O modules and SAS port connectors...........................................................202
StoreAll 9730 CX 1 connections to the SAS switches.................................................................203
StoreAll 9730 CX 2 connections to the SAS switches.................................................................204
StoreAll 9730 CX 3 connections to the SAS switches.................................................................205
StoreAll 9730 CX 7 connections to the SAS switches in the expansion rack..................................206
C The IBRIX X9720 component and cabling diagrams....................................207
Base and expansion cabinets.................................................................................................207
Front view of a base cabinet..............................................................................................207
Back view of a base cabinet with one capacity block...........................................................208
Front view of a full base cabinet.........................................................................................209
Back view of a full base cabinet.........................................................................................210
Front view of an expansion cabinet ...................................................................................211
Back view of an expansion cabinet with four capacity blocks.................................................212
Performance blocks (c-Class Blade enclosure)............................................................................212
Front view of a c-Class Blade enclosure...............................................................................212
Rear view of a c-Class Blade enclosure...............................................................................213
Flex-10 networks...............................................................................................................213
Capacity blocks...................................................................................................................214
X9700c (array controller with 12 disk drives).......................................................................215
Front view of an X9700c..............................................................................................215
Rear view of an X9700c..............................................................................................215
X9700cx (dense JBOD with 70 disk drives)..........................................................................215
Front view of an X9700cx............................................................................................216
Rear view of an X9700cx.............................................................................................216
Cabling diagrams................................................................................................................216
Capacity block cabling—Base and expansion cabinets........................................................216
Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet module cabling—Base cabinet.............................................217
SAS switch cabling—Base cabinet.....................................................................................218
SAS switch cabling—Expansion cabinet..............................................................................218
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