I have been able to move disks from one CLARiiON to another as long as they were supported disks for the target array model and FLARE revision. What model and FLARE revision is the source array and what model and FLARE revision is the target array? Also look up the FC drive part number in the Disk FLARE OE Matrix, it will lise whether the particular drive is supported. You can find it here on Powerlink: Support  >  Technical Documentation and Advisories  >  Hardware/Platforms Documentation  >  CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale Series Systems  >  CLARiiON CX3-80  > General Reference
Hello,  i'm interested in the technical background of using foreign FC disks in my CX3. I know that there are warranty issues and such, but there must be some technical reason why other disks not working right from the start. I got some disks from another Clariion storage system which are most equal to mine, but the disks still not work. The red DAE light goes up and an error is reported in Navisphere Manager. Support tells me that the disks Firmware and FLARE of my SP must match somehow. Is this true? How can i find out? Can i update/flash the firmware myself (maybe copy it from another disk)?
How to use FC disks from another storage system in my CX3?