IBM V7000 User Manual

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Figure 13-15 Management GUI - settings
3. The current software level is displayed on the top of the menu and you might want to check
for new updates before you start to upgrade. Go to Upgrade Software  Check for
Updates to contact the upgrade server, as shown in Figure 13-16.
Figure 13-16 Check for software updates
4. Click Launch Upgrade Wizard as shown in Figure 13-16 to download the upgrade test
utility. This utility checks for known issues which might prevent the upgrade from
completing successfully. Click Download link to download the test utility directly from the
web server. If your web browser is behind a firewall or does not have Internet access,
download the package manually to your PC or laptop, as shown in Figure 13-17.
Tip: If the control enclosure does not have Internet access, your “Check for Updates”
will fail with the following message:
Unable to contact upgrade server. If your web browser is behind a firewall
or does not have Internet access, download the upgrade package and manually
install it on the system.

IBM V7000 Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V7000
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
Maximum Capacity	1.2PB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Connectivity	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI, 10 Gbps iSCSI
Management	Command-line interface (CLI), Graphical user interface (GUI)
Form Factor	2U
Drive Bays	12
Maximum Raw Capacity	1.2PB
Operating System Support	AIX, HP-UX, Linux, VMware, Windows
Data Reduction Features	Real-time Compression, Deduplication
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
Scalability	Scale-up (drive enclosures) and scale-out (clustering) capabilities