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Replacing 8.1 Control Station

Topic
VNX 5200 Procedures

Selections
VNX5200 Activity Type: Hardware Replacements
Control Station: 8.1 Control Station

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Contents
Preliminary Activity Tasks ................................................................................................. 3
Read, understand, and perform these tasks ................................................................................................. 3

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Preliminary Activity Tasks

This section may contain tasks that you must complete before performing this procedure.

Read, understand, and perform these tasks

1. [ ] Table 1 lists tasks, cautions, warnings, notes, and/or knowledgebase (KB) solutions that you
need to be aware of before performing this activity. Read, understand, and when necessary perform
any tasks contained in this table and any tasks contained in any associated knowledgebase solution.

Table 1 List of cautions, warnings, notes, and/or KB solutions related to this activity

302035: VNX2 Block deduplication issue

Block deduplication feature in VNX2 arrays running Block 05.33.000.5.051 with VMware ESX servers
or Microsoft Windows 2012 Server may lose access to a set of deduplication enabled LUNs.
301857: Do not perform SP reboot or VNX OE NDU connected to VPLEX
Do not perform a VNX OE NDU on any VNX Storage Processors connected to a VPLEX running any
VPLEX GeoSynchrony version. Do not perform a proactive Storage Processor reboot on any VNX
Storage Processors connected to a VPLEX running any VPLEX GeoSynchrony version.
Refer to ETA 182792, ETA 193541, and ETA 197315
488877: Data unavailable during a controlled reboot while running Rel 33 P155
In Rel 33 P155 during a controlled reboot, an issue maybe encountered where a lun(or luns) may not
accept I/O for 50+ seconds during the trespass process. There is a strong probability that this issue
will be impactful when upgrading from Rel 33 P155 to any later release of code. Dell EMC strongly
recommend to installs KB488877-01.01.5.001-armada64_free.ndu (available on support.emc.com)
prior to attempting an install of any VNX OE version when upgrading from Rel 33 P155.
489302: CAUTION: D@RE in use on VNX2
If you are using Data At Rest Encryption (D@RE) on your VNX2 array, perform a Keystore Backup
prior to the NDU and store the backup image on a host system: Unisphere > System > System
Management > Backup Keystore file

2. [ ] Table 2 lists the top 10 trending service topics related to this product. This is a proactive attempt
to make you aware of any KB articles that may apply to your activity, or at the very least inform you of
issues that may be associated with this product.

Table 2 List of Top 10 Service Topics related to this activity

503773 VNX: How to View and Manage Unified Call Home configuration
501656 VNX: How to add a self signed security certificate (User Correctable)
500801 VNX:Some SMB shares become unavailable to SMB2 clients after upgrade to 8.1.9.211 (Dell
EMC Correctable)
496200 VNX: How to enable/disable SMB Signing (User Correctable)

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495353 VNX Unified: How to set/change timezone of Control Station and Datamover manually from
CLI (User Correctable)
494909 VNX: Field Change Order F010617EE: VNX2 Micron Buckhorn Permanent Fix (User
Correctable)
494337 VNX: How to use Mitrend to perform VNX performance health check (User correctable)

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