Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Using UNIX Commands
- Typographic Conventions
- Shell Prompts
- Related Documentation
- Accessing Sun Documentation Online
- Sun Welcomes Your Comments
- New Features
- Features, Benefits, and Products
- SAN 4.0 Device Names
- On-Demand Node Creation
- Fabric Connection of Hosts
- Cascading of Switches
- Higher Realized Bandwidth
- Support of Multiple Protocols
- Support for More, Heterogeneous Storage Devices
- Support for New Hardware and Software
- Software and Hardware Upgrade
- Building Blocks for More Complex Topologies
- Overall Installation Order
- Configuring the Switch Ethernet Port
- Installing SAN Software for the First Time
- Upgrading Existing SAN Software
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APPENDIX
B
Upgrading the SAN
This appendix contains the following topics regarding how to upgrade your SAN
system to the latest version by the manual method.
Caution – The Sun StorEdge SAN 4.0 Release obsoletes some older hardware, such
as the Sun StorEge A3500 and the A5x00, as well as some SC tape drives. You must
have a new 2Gb switch for the software to function properly.
Downloading Patches
See TABLE A-1 on page 20 for all the locations of patches and packages to download.
Download all patches to the host prior to beginning the upgrade procedure. Patches
are available at the Sun Download Center
http://www.sun.com/software/download/
Verifying Upgrade Compliance
Before starting the upgrade, ensure that your system is stable and that all required
software and patches are accessible. For more information on required software, see
Chapter 3,
TABLE 3-1, “Minimum Software Component Versions and Patches” on
page 11.