IBM XIV Storage Systems Code Update Recommendation

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This generalized recommendation is made available to assist our clients in implementing a code update strategy. It is a full field perspective, and as such, a customized recommendation which takes into account specifics such as business upgrade windows, length of time since last update, decommission plans, etc. may require assistance from local support teams.
In general, these recommendations assume planning updates to be done annually.
The word "must" when used in the notes below refers to bundles resolving specific problems for a targeted subset of XIV systems. Code update information will be communicated via My Notifications to our clients or through Information Alerts to IBM Service colleagues
 

Notes for XIV Gen3 Systems

1. Customers using the mirroring feature should refer to technote http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1012210
2. Starting  July 31, 2020 (was April 20th, 2020), 11.6.1.x will be in End of Support status.
3. Starting January 1st, 2021, Gen3 Model 114 will be in End Of Service status.
4. Customers running with version 11.6.2.d and utilizing any type of mirroring relation need to follow the IBM recommendation in the following MyNotification: https://ibm.biz/BdfFmc