Dell PowerVault NX1950 Upgrade Information

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Upgrading Your Operating System 5The Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 storage solution consists of multiplecomponents. You must perform a series of steps to upgrade the solutionfrom a single-node to a multiple-node cluster solution. This documentprovides the steps required to upgrade the operating system fromMicrosoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Standard Editionto Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, EnterpriseEdition. It also includes instructions on how to update Dell solutionsoftware components to support a cluster solution.The following topics are covered in this document:• Upgrading Your Operating System• Upgrading the Dell Integrated Solution Software Components• Upgrading the Dell|EMC SAN Gateway Solution SoftwareComponents• Setting Up a Cluster ConfigurationNOTE: To enable a cluster solution, you must upgrade to Windows Unified DataStorage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. For information on setting up a cluster,see the Dell PowerVault NX1950 Cluster Systems Installation andTroubleshooting Guide located on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.NOTE: Dell recommends that you upgrade the operating system on eachcluster node before setting up the a cluster solution.Upgrading Your Operating SystemNOTICE: When you upgrade your operating system by following the proceduresin this section, only the Windows components will be upgraded. To upgrade theDell solution software components, see "Upgrading the Dell Integrated SolutionSoftware Components" on page 12. If you upgrade your operating system bybooting from the operating system DVD, a clean installation will occur and allthe operating system data will be lost.Microsoft provides an upgrade path for your operating system software.The PowerVault NX1950 storage system supports both Windows UnifiedData Storage Server 2003, Standard Edition and Windows Unified DataStorage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. The upgrade kit purchased fromDell includes the upgrade license for Windows Unified Data StorageServer 2003, Enterprise Edition. The Windows Unified Data StorageServer 2003, Enterprise Edition supports the cluster solution.