CLI Guide

Syntax

system --upgrade

NOTE: To obtain the latest DR Series system upgrade image, navigate to the Dell Support website (dell.com/

support), enter your service tag or select your product, and download the latest DR Series system software

upgrade image file to the local system using WinSCP.

NOTE: Prior to performing a DR Series system CLI-based upgrade, make sure to download the DR Series system

upgrade image. To initiate a DR Series system software upgrade for Windows users using the DR Series system

CLI, the system software upgrade image file (in tar.gz format) is validated by the DR Series system, renamed to

DRSeries_payload.tar.gz, and transferred to a directory/store location known to the DR Series system.

When you use the DR Series system CLI system --upgrade command, the DR Series system looks in this known

directory/store location for the DRSeries_payload.tar.gz file, and starts the system software upgrade process.

NOTE: If the SSH session is lost for any reason during the upgrade process, this loss terminates the SSH session

and also terminates the upgrade process that was running. If this SSH session loss occurs during an upgrade

process and results in a terminated session, you should reboot the DR Series system and retry the system

software upgrade process.

system --license [--validate] [--add]

Description

Validates and installs the license for the external data storage you can add using the expansion shelf enclosures to the

base DR Series system. The expansion shelf licenses are based on the size of the expansion shelves; for details on

expansion shelves, see DR Series System Drive and System Capacities. There are two ways that expansion shelf

licenses can be purchased: point of sale (POS) and after point of sale (APOS).

• POS licenses are those ordered from the factory with the DR Series system hardware appliance and the expansion

shelf enclosures.

• APOS licenses are those ordered later separately from Dell for new expansion shelves or for existing Dell MD1200

storage arrays intended for use as expansion shelf enclosures.

NOTE: The 300 Gigabyte (GB) drive capacity (2.7 TB) version of the DR Series system does not support the addition

of expansion shelf enclosures.

There are two ways to obtain the expansion shelf enclosure license (license.xml):

• By downloading the license file from the Dell Support website (support.dell.com), in which you enter your service tag

or navigate to your DR Series system type, then click Get Drivers.

• By using an email link from Dell where the license file resides.

Once you have located the license file for expansion shelf enclosure use WinSCP to copy it to the /store/license, which

is a location known by the DR Series system software.

NOTE: Each added expansion shelf enclosure must be equal to or greater than each DR Series system internal

drive slot capacity (0–11). Because 1 TB drives are the smallest ones supported by the expansion shelf enclosure

you add, the 600 Gigabyte (GB) DR Series systems need to use 1 TB or larger sized drives in any expansion shelf

enclosure added to the base system.

Syntax

system --license --validate

Result

License file is valid and can be installed.