Stage 1. Prepare for the upgrade

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During Stage 1, you must prepare the nodes for the upgrade and run a series of prechecks. You might need to rekey disks for Storage Encryption. You must also prepare to netboot the new controllers.

Steps

  1. Determine whether the controller has aggregates on internal disk drives

  2. Prepare the nodes for upgrade

  3. Get an IP address of an external key management server for storage encryption

  4. Manage authentication using KMIP servers

  5. Manage authentication using an onboard key manager

  6. Quiesce the SnapMirror relationships

  7. Prepare for netboot