Configuration: Premium Feature—Upgrading to High-Performance-Tier 17712Configuration: Premium Feature—Upgrading to High-Performance-TierThe High Performance Tier premium feature on a MD3200 Series arrayincreases the performance of the system beyond that of a MD3200 Seriesarray operating at the standard performance level.If this feature is ordered, a Premium Feature Activation card is placed in thebox with the storage array. After reading the information below, follow theinstructions on the card to obtain a key file and enable the feature.CAUTION: Loss of data access – The storage array automatically restarts whenthe High-Performance-Tier feature is enabled or disabled. During the restart, datais unavailable. Data availability is restored when the array restarts.To upgrade from a standard-performance-tier storage array to a high-performance-tier storage array, you enable the high-performance-tierpremium feature, using the Dell PowerVault Modular Disk StorageManagement (MDSM) software.When the high performance tier feature is enabled or disabled the arrayrestarts. During this time data access and management access to thecontroller is be temporarily lost.It is recommended that all I/O to the array be stopped before this feature isenabled or disabled.While the array is restarting, the state of the array in the MDSM applicationmay change from Optimal to Unresponsive. When the restart completes thestatus returns to Optimal.When the array status returns to Optimal, I/O to the array can be restarted.
