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RAID Controller Module is in Lockdown mode
I have Dell Power Vault 3200i Newly installed on RACK I installed the Dell Storage manager on my Laptop OS is Windows 8.1After Adding the storage it is giving the following Error when we go for the...
View ArticleWhere can I get MDSM for MD3820i ?
Hi everybody !Does anyone know how can I get the md3820i version of mdsm ? Even after 20 minutes search on Dell's website, finding it is impossible...Please help !:)
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Powervault MD 3620i virtual disk creation problem
Hi all,We currently have powervault MD3620i storage system deployed. Currently the system is live and working. Under one of the disk groups I am trying to create a new virtual using the free...
View ArticleMD3600i backup / replication to MD3000i
Hi guysI'm new to Dell PowerVault stuff and I have a MD3600i (22TB available after DDP) and MD3000i (24TB available after R6+1).I want to configure the MD3000i to be a backup / replica of the MD3600i...
View ArticlePowerVault MD3200i Storage Mgmt. Software Error
We have a PowerVault MD3200i and get the following error when trying to access the SAN: The storage management software (v. 10.80.G6.47) you are attempting to use is not compatible with the firmware on...
View ArticleRAID FAILED HDD POWERVAULTMD1000 Replace/Rebuild [08/22/2014]
Hello DELL and other techs,I've installed DELL OMSA to Powervault MD1000. I've hot-swapped the drive. It's showing on LED lights the following:1 Green SOLID [LEFT] 1 Flashing Amber light [RIGHT]In the...
View ArticleMD3600i Carrier Lost/Carrier Detected
Hi,I have a MD3600i, It is connected with one controller to a managed switch and I have three vmware machine with uplink to the switch. I'm getting Host Side: RAID Controller module in slot 0, port 1,...
View ArticleSolaris host accessing Dell MD3860f FC array
Hello,we want to connect a Solaris host via FC to a Dell MD3860f FC array. However, theModular Disk Storage Management Software (Santricity) only knows about VMware,Linux and Windows. What should we...
View ArticleMD3000i Storage raid controller
Hi,we had a MD3000i Storage and both conntroller is stoped working at same time.When is connected the serial cabel i have this boot process...:-=<###>=-Attaching interface lo0... doneAdding 9767...
View ArticlePV MD3220 Setup and Suggestions
I'm about to deploy a new PV MD3220 SAS device. The device has dual controllers and will connect directly to 2 PE R520s with dual Xeons and dual 6Gb SAS HBAs running ESXi 5.5 with VMware Essentials...
View ArticleMD3000 repeated failed batteries
I have a MD3000 that I have replaced the storage controller battery 3 times in the last 6 months. I believe that updating the Dell MD3000 SAS RAID Controller, with latest FW v.07.35.39.64, A11, should...
View ArticleMD3000i - Loss of Communication - Host Board Left
I am having issues like those described in http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/storage/f/1216/t/19582544.aspx, my controller 0 is throwing an error that it has loss of communication - host...
View ArticleMD3000 cannot change virtual disk ownership / preffered path - ERROR 29
Current setupPowervault MD3000 (Removed by moderator) - attached to two PowerEdge R610 servers using Dell SAS 5/e Adapter card in each r610. The R610s are each acting as an ESX host running VMWare ESXi...
View ArticleConnecting/configuring PowerVault LTO-6 tape drive
Hi,We have a Hyper-V host (OS:Hyper-V server 2012 R2-Core Edition) running on Dell PowerEdge R720 Server. Connected the tape drive to 6Gbps SAS HBA port.Would we be able to see the tape drive on a...
View ArticleTL4000 with 4 Tape Drives connected to a single R520
Hi.I have a R520 with 2x SAS 6GB HBA dual port installed.This will be used to connect for my TL4000 with 4 SAS LTO6 Tape drives. I forgot to ask this question, will the R520 support direct connection...
View ArticleMD3000i - Loss of Path Redundancy
Hi,we bought a used MD3000i and exchanged the disks inside with new disks, initialized the RAID 6 and finished the setup without problems.Now, that we mounted the iSCSI disk and started formatting it,...
View ArticleDrive not recognized in Advanced Create Virtual Disk wizard in OpenManage
I'm replacing a drive (OEM from Dell) in an MD1200 with PERC H800 adapter for an Exchange 2010 DAG via OpenManage. The drive is ready and spun up. If I use the VD Express Wizard, the drive is...
View ArticleChange Target Authentication
Hello. I've got a Dell PowerVault MD3000i which I am trying to connect to a ESXi 4.1 server. In Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager I am not able to open "Change Target Authentication" and "Change Target...
View ArticlePV MD3820i - How to connect via telnet ?
Hi everybody !I'm encountering problems to connect to my PV via telnet : What is the username I'm supposed to enter ? I configured via MDSM an Administrator password, but connecting unsing those...
View ArticleMD3200 Different hosts see different things.
I have four servers connected via 6gb sas mini cables to the MD3200I created two groups, and in one of those groups I create 2 virtual drives at 100gb eachAll of my Windows Servers can see these drives...
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