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• LDAP Directory Services for PowerStore - This
feature allows system administrators to connect to
authentication services for centralized user
management across entire domains. This
provides for easier and more flexible
management of system user access and
authorization to PowerStore appliances
Hardware
• Improvements to inline compression can increase
data reduction up to 10%.
The following are some of the new features that have been
introduced in this version of PowerStore 1.0.4.0.5.003 SP4.
Full listing of features and resolved issues can be obtained
here https://PowerStore_SP4
Support
• This release adds support for Secure Remote
Procedure Call (RPC).
• It is recommended that download all your system
and firmware update packages from the Drivers
and Download page, located on the Dell Support
site product page for the specific model of
PowerStore you are updating.
The following doesn’t contain any new features that have
been introduced in this version of PowerStore 1.0.4.0.5.006
SP4.1 though it contains important resolved issues. Full listing
of features and resolved issues can be obtained here
https://PowerStore_SP4.1
Resolved Issues
• This release contains important fixes that
addresses unexpectedly node reboots.
PowerStore Upgrade Readiness
The following should be adhered to when planning for a
non-disruptive upgrade (NDU) within the PowerStore
environment.
Pre-Upgrade Health Check
• Perform a Health Check of the PowerStore
appliance(s) being upgraded at least 7 days prior
to the scheduled upgrade event.
• Consult the Dell EMC PowerStore Upgrade Guide
for procedural details of how to perform a Health
Check.
• Review the overall health state for each node in
the appliance even if a green check mark is
present indicating health of the node is OK. See
https://PowerStoreHealthCheck
• Review and ERROR and WARNING messages
raised during the Pre-Upgrade Health Check and
address each accordingly. Consult Dell
Technologies Support Services for assistance.
Outstanding Alerts
• Log into PowerStore Manager of the appliance
being upgraded and review any outstanding alerts
present by selecting the Monitoring tab.
• Determine if any alerts are outstanding that
require attention. Review alerts with a Critical,
Major, or Minor severity. If possible, attempt to
rectify any raised alerts reported.
• Consult the Events and Alerts Reference Guide
for actions to resolve outstanding alerts.
• If needed, contact Dell Technologies Support
Services for assistance with evaluating and
addressing any outstanding alerts prior to
proceeding with the upgrade.
Knowledge Base Articles
Knowledge Base articles have been published to address
how to, best practices, known issues for specific
PowerStore environments. You can access these KB’s
through the following link and in many cases, these are in
multiple languages.
• PowerStore can interact with a broad ecosystem
of both Dell EMC and third-party hardware,
software, and tools. This article provides a list of
some of the products that make up that
ecosystem. https://PowerStore-Plugin-Software
• This article describes how to generate and
gather the various PowerStore logs.
https://PowerStore-Logs
• This article steps through the requirements to
onboard a PowerStore array into CloudIQ.
https://PowerStore-CloudIQ
• This article explains the different possible causes
and the relevant remediation PowerStore capacity
utilization alerts of lack of space.
https://PowerStore-Capacity