MD3220i - SAS Port Degraded ERROR
Hi, I´m having that issue on my storage - Powervault MD3220i, the recovery guru reported four errors:Port reporting problem: RAID Controller Module 1, Physical Disk Channel 1, Port: OutStatus: SAS...
View ArticlePowervault 124t
Hi all.I'm new to dell powervault and I have recently taken over from someone who never document anything and I have become stuck with what Im assuming is probably an easy task once you have done it...
View ArticlePowerVault 114T help!
Hi,I've got on of these coming my way, dual LTO5.I have been unable to find any manuals for this model so i'm in the dark here. As far as i understand this has two LTO 5 drives in with an SAS...
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Powervault-MD3600i connection problem
Morning All,I've been asked to deploy a Dell MD3600i PowerVault as an ISCSI to a Windows Server 2008R2; I've never use this device before, so I'll explain to you what i've did step by step:1. I've...
View ArticlePowervault MD3820 Configuration
I am working with an MD3820i and need assistance for best performance. I will be running a about 7 SQL database VM's and need recommendation for disk setup for best performance and IP configuration. My...
View Articleextending virtual disk in power-vault MDSM
i have one disk group of 1 TB (RAID10)and in this disk group i am having only one virtual disk 1TB so no free space in Disk group . now i need to incerase the Virtual disk to 2 TB , i have installed...
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Driver Space Missing on Dell MD3600i???
Hi All,i've finally set my dell MD3600i; what i don't understand's i'm using 3 physicals Drivers of 3.725,524GB (11.176,569GB) and 2 of 465,261GB (930.522GB)I've set it on RAID 5 the 3 disk but i can...
View ArticleMD3000i - Loss of Communication: Host Board Left
Hi,Here's the scenario:MD3000i with dual raid controller modules installed, out-of-band management with MDSM.Starting today, I lost connection to one of the controllers management and iscsi ports....
View ArticlePower Vault MD3460 Power Voltage
Greetings,Does the PV MD3460 work on both 110v and 220v power sources? or only 220v? the specifications state it has an auto ranging PS 220v and we are getting mixed answers from Dell base on who is...
View ArticleBuild Question
Hi,This covers a few different areas, so I threw this question in the general section.I have two PE C1100's, a PV220S, a Cisco 2950 switch, and a PE1850. The PE1850 isn't currently setup, but is...
View ArticleFailed EMM? Or PSU?
hi guys,Our MD1200 is behaving a bit strange this morning. We came in this morning and noticed it was a lot louder than usual and had the amber warning light on the front of the chassis.The unit has 2...
View Articlecould not create backup image
could not create backup image on t320, on a external usb drive, then when I tried to reboot to system restore, It would not boot?
View ArticlePowervault 124T: taflag[55] and Drive Load Error Type 3E
Hi, my 124T started to raise these errors. They appears together in the same session of backup, the tape seems loaded correctly in the drive because I see it in BE, but the job stays "queued" and no...
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Problem with MD3000i
Hello to everyoneI have a strange problem with a MD3000 storage.I noticed that there was an error on battery of controller 0. (i have 2 controller)..I put offline that controlled, replace the battery...
View ArticleMD3620F - RAID Group expansion
Hi,I plan to get a MD3620F with 24x 300 GB 15K SAS.RAID Group with RAID 10 config. I need 3000 IOPS @ 50% READ / 50% Write.Question.1. Can I expand a RAID 10 raid group ?---> For PERC Controllers,...
View ArticleUNDER RECOVERY RAID 5 NX3000
Good afternoon,I have a problem with a Dell NX3000 NAS. The NAS has 2 drives in RAID 1 for operating system Windows Storage server 2008 and 8 1TB drives in RAID 5.The problem is that this morning by...
View ArticlePowervalut MD 1000 (three disks are Green/amber flashing)
Last week, the disk is read-only. Then unfortunately I found one disk is Green/amber flashing (500ms). Then I restarted the server to check the PERC 5/E setting, this time it showed three disks are...
View ArticleThroughput on an ISCSI DELL TL4000 only - 1Gbps ISCSI controller
HiWe have 2 TL4000 with 2 drives in each robot. Will the speed be better if we use two 1Gbps ISCSI controller in each robot? 1 ISCSI controller for each drive?\ TEL
View ArticleTape as backup for Server 2012 R2
I have a T110-II server, running Server 2012 R2 Core as host, a single Server 2012 R2 VM. From my old server (we are upgrading and migrating to the VM), I have a LTO4-EH1 (Powervault LTO4-120HH). I...
View ArticleSCSI controller card for PowerEdge T100
Hi!Please could anyone to help me?I need to connect a HP StorageWorks Ultrium 920 SAS Internal Tape Drive (SCSI connection) to Dell PowerEdge T100 server.In instruction saying that in order connect...
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