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Configuration: Premium Feature— Upgrading to High-Performance- Tier

The High Performance Tier premium feature on a MD3200 Series array increases the performance of the system beyond that of a MD3200 Series array operating at the standard performance level.

If this feature is ordered, a Premium Feature Activation card is placed in the box with the storage array. After reading the information below, follow the directions on the card to obtain a key file and to enable the feature.

CAUTION: Loss of data access – The storage array automatically restarts when the High-Performance-Tier feature is enabled or disabled. During the restart data is 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-tier premium feature, using the Dell™ PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Management (MDSM) software.

When the high performance tier feature is enabled or disabled the array restarts. During this time data access and management access to the controller will be temporarily lost.

It is recommended that all I/O to the array be stopped before this feature is enabled or disabled.

While the array is restarting, the state of the array in the MDSM application may change from Optimal to Unresponsive. When the restart completes the status will return to Optimal.

When the array status returns to Optimal, I/O to the array can be restarted.

Configuration: Premium Feature—Upgrading to High-Performance-Tier

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