5-132 Installing and Using UtilitiesPerforming the UpgradePerforming the Active Upgrade process can involve the following tasks:• Performing a readiness check• Splitting the system• Merging the system• Committing the upgrade• Aborting the upgrade (if necessary)• Finishing the upgrade• Viewing the Active Upgrade process statusPerforming a Readiness CheckBefore you can initiate split mode on a system, the system must pass a readiness check. Thereadiness check verifies that your system meets the prerequisites for the Active Upgrade process.For example, the readiness check ensures that:• The system is currently running in the duplex mode.• The disks you selected as the system disks are present and are mirrored with RDR.• The embedded Ethernet PCI adapters in your system are configured to Ethernet teams, andeach team contains at least one adapter from each physical enclosure.• The IP address configured to the system of the Upgrade Side must be an unused one, andthis IP address is the same network address as the one Ethernet team.• The application services you specified for control are currently running, and can be exitedwhen necessary.• The executables for any custom action are present on the system and are ready to run.
