MD3000 and multipath
I think I know the answer to this but would like to confirm with the community. I believe the documentation wasn't well written for the MD3000 and multipathing for CentOS 5.5. I have been referencing...
View ArticlePowerVault 122 LTO Barcode Reader
I noticed that on the PowerVault 122 LTO that there is not an option for the Barcode reader but on the PowerVault 122 DLT drive there is. Is this a limitation of the LTO drive or a miss print? Also who...
View ArticleMD 3600i
Hello,Does MD 3600i support CSV shared by 2 WS2012 Hyper-V hosts ? How many hosts supported with HA (without NW switches)
View ArticleAssigning replaced physical disks to an existing disk group.
I have a problem similar to the following post with a variation. http://fw.to/seUv8scRestoring failed virtual disk on MD3000iWe have one Disk group "0" that has 5 Virtual Disks all showing failed. We...
View ArticleMD3600f alert configuration
Our SMTP server requires authentication. How do you configure the MSDM to accomplish that?
View ArticleResetting the Primary eth / bond on DR4100
I ran the Setup Wizard on a DR4100 with only eth2 and eth3 connected. This created bond0 with these two interfaces, which are the 10GbE ports.I want to add eth0 and 1 to bond0 and remove eth2 and 3,...
View ArticleRAID 6
Hi allWe wanted to have 100 TB storage of RAID 6- out of which 70 TB with 3TB sata disks and 30 TB with 600GB SAS disks.Please clarify how many disks of 3 TB and how many disks of 30 TB is required...
View ArticleMD3620f and twinax
Hello -My understanding of SFP+ was the standard supported optics modules and 10GBe twinax across the board, but I was recently told otherwise by a hardware vendor. All of the SFP+ switches we've...
View ArticleFailed disk in MD3000i - hot spare not kicking in
Hi,I'm having a lot of problems with this array.First a disk failed. The hot spare didn't activate. Or maybe it did but it didn't work because I got an error message "Physical disk failed -...
View ArticleMD 3200i Expansion
HelloI have the task of expanding the disk capacity of an exsisting MD3200i installation. There are two hosts (Dell R510) with there own 3200i SAN's connected via iSCSi. These are both able to be...
View ArticleRe-fit autoloader with barcode reader?
We have a PV122T DLT VS80 that was purchased without the barcode reader option. I would really love to retro-fit this with a reader, but can't find anything on the support docs about the possibility....
View ArticleSAS/SATA disk firmware: where's the .iso?
I have a copy of version A43 of the Dell SAS/SATA Hard Disk firmware update utility, which was new in March of 2013, i see that A47 has just been released, but it doesn't seem to have any .iso included...
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Dell PowerVault MD3600i - Unable to upgrade firmware - Data validation error:
Hi,I have the following problem while trying to upgrade firmware version from 07.84.44.60 to 07.84.47.60 on my Dell PowerVault MD3600i.Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware wizard reports the...
View ArticleOM reporting failed drives
We have just setup two new servers with san in the following configuration: Dell R620 x2 with 2012 hyper configured in a cluster connected to MD3220 via SAS with one SAS cable on each of the 2 onboard...
View ArticleMD3000 2nd Gen supported hard drives
Does anyone know if the MD3000, (second generation), can be configured with Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB SAS drives, (ST4000NM0023)? I would like to put in 2 and mirror them. Thanks.
View Articlewhere to find service tag on md 3200i
where can i find the service tag for the md 3200i via the powervault modular storage manager?
View ArticleServer Upgrade - Will Dell's Symantec BE2010 R2 for Win SBS still work?
Upgrading a non-profit's machine. For various reasons, they were running SBS 2008 on very good hardware. We're donating time to upgrade the Server OS to Server 2012 Essentials (which is not the...
View ArticleMD3000i need cross-generational firmware upgrade with failed drive, hotspare...
So I've got an old MD3000i with .06 firmware on it that needs to be upgraded. One drive failed and our on-hand spares for this out-of-warranty unit only work with the new generation firmware. Thus it...
View ArticleDell 2950 Storage Errors
Greetings,I am experiencing recurring SCSI/disk errors in OMSA on my Dell PE2950 with an MD1000 DAS box attached. The errors coming from the MD1000.Here are the errors:2095 Storage Service Unexpected...
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Jumper settings for LTO Ultrium-2 Drive in Powervault 114T Chassis.
Hello all, Nice to join the forum.I have an existing LTO Ultrium 2 Drive in my powervault 114T, and gorwing data requirements have made buying another one essential. The original unit installed is a...
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