Dell PowerVault 530F Software Update

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Upgradi ng Your S ystem Sof t ware 1-1This document describes how to upgrade your Dell™ PowerVault™ 530F system softwarefrom version 1.2x or 1.32 to version 1.35. The system software includes the PowerVault 530Finternal code and any application and customization that Dell performs.Before You BeginBefore beginning the software upgrade procedure, ensure that you have the following items:• PowerVault 530F Recovery CD version 1.35.• Two blank, formatted diskettes for each PowerVault 530F to back up the configurationsettings.• If possible, connect a keyboard and monitor to the PowerVault 530F when performingthe following procedures.Backing Up the Configuration Information1 Download the file named bnr1_1.exe from the file download library athttp://support.dell.com to the system used to manage the PowerVault 530F.2 After downloading the self-extracting bnr1_1.exe file, expand the file contents to asubdirectory of your choice.3 Use the dumpall.exe utility in this directory to create a text file containing thePowerVault 530F configuration information:a Run the dumpall.exe utility by typing the following syntax:dumpall nodename filenamewhere nodename is the PowerVault 530F node name and filename is an outputfile name of your choice. For example, to capture the dumpall.exe output in a filenamed pri.txt from a system with a node name of 530F-PRI, type:dumpall 530f-pri pri.txtThe system creates a file named pri.txt in the same subdirectory as thedumpall.exe utility.