Before you start
❑
Read the release notes for your CX4 series, CX3 UltraScale
™ series, or CX series storage system, which are available in the Technical
Documentation and Advisories section on the
Powerlink
® website.
❑
Read the release notes for your AX4–5 series or AX150 series storage system, which are available on the Service & Support page of the storage-system support website.
The url for the storage-system support website is in the Documentation and
Support document that shipped with your storage system.
❑
Refer to the E-Lab
™
Interoperability Navigator on the
Powerlink
® website for information on supported operating system versions, including virtual machines, with a CX4 series, CX3
UltraScale
™ series, or CX series storage system.
❑
Refer to the Support Matrix link on the Install page of the storage-system support website for information on supported operating system versions, including virtual machines, with an
AX4–5 series or AX150 series storage system. For AX100 series systems, refer to the Supported Configurations in the “Technical descriptions” section of the storage-system support website.
Storage-system terminology
This document uses the following storage-system terms:
CX4 series
— to refer to CX4-120, CX4-240, CX4-480, and CX4-960 storage systems.
CX3 series
— to refer to CX3 model 10 systems, CX3 model 20 systems, CX3 model 40 systems, and CX3 model 80 storage systems.
CX series
— to refer to CX300 series, CX500 series, and CX700 storage systems.
AX4-5 series
— to refer to AX4-5SC, AX4-5SCi, AX4-5, AX4-5i storage systems.
AX150 series
— to refer to AX150SC, AX150SCi, AX150, and AX150i storage systems.
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AX series
— to refer to AX150 series and AX100 series storage systems. AX100 series systems include the AX100SC, AX100SCi,
AX100, and AX100i systems.
Minimum FLARE revision required for your storage system
Table 1 lists the minimum FLARE
® version that your CLARiiON
® storage system requires and the server software that it supports.
Table 1 Minimum FLARE versions and supported software
Storage system
AX4-5 series
AX150 series
AX100 series
Minimum FLARE version
02.23.050.5.5xx
02.20.xxx.5.yyy
02.16.xxx.5.yyy
CX4–120, CX4–240, CX4–480, and CX4–960
CX3–10c
CX3 model 20 systems, CX3 model 40 systems, and CX3 model 80 systems
CX700, CX500 series, and
CX300 series
04.28.000.5.xxx
03.24.010.5.xxx
03.22.xxx.5.yyy
02.16.xxx.5.yyy
Supported server software
Storage systems with Navisphere Express
— Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility
— Navisphere Server Utility
— Navisphere CLI
Storage systems with Navisphere Manager
— Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility
— Navisphere Host Agent
— Navisphere Server Utility
— Admsnap Utility
— Navisphere CLI
Storage systems with Navisphere Manager
— Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility
— Navisphere Host Agent
— Navisphere Server Utility
— Admsnap Utility
— Navisphere CLI
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