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Hi,we have a power edge r910 with PREC H700 that has 2 Connectors, Connector 0 and Connector 1.In the Storage manager I can see that all of the 10 physical Disks are connected to the Connector 0 and...
View Articleoperation cannot complete because of an incorrect parameter
I am trying to set a static IP for the RAID Controller and receiving the following error, can you help me set my IP's?ThanksJames DenneyOPERATING ENVIRONMENT DATAClient system name:...
View ArticleMD3600i replication over 1Gb WAN
Hi, I have a 1Gb WAN that connects 2 sites (20mi appart). At each site I have a MD3600i with several VMs.Is there a simple way that I can transfer the VM images from on MD to the other? And/or can I...
View ArticleDell Enterprise Hardware & Software Updates, August 22 - 26
Popular Downloads Dell Server E-Support Tool (DSET) 3.7Dell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.3OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.2Servers & StorageArtesyn 2000W PSU...
View ArticleThis Week's 5-Star Enterprise Support Articles
Here are this week's top-rated support articles based on accuracy, usefulness, & ease of understanding: Overview of the disk Patrol Read feature on Dell PERC controllers Memory configuration guide...
View ArticleTrouble With 2012 R2 Failover Cluster
Hello,I have 2 PowerEdge R530 servers connected via SAS to an MD1420.My goal is to set up a failover cluster in Windows 2012 R2 using the MD1420 as the shared storage. However, I cannot seem to get the...
View ArticlePowerVault Critical Error message
I have recently noticed that one of my PowerVaults has an Amber Light flashing on the front LED display. I have checked OpenManage Essentials and when I go into Dashboard it shows the PowerVault with a...
View ArticleConeccting 2 MD3600i over a 1Gb private connection
Hi,I have a 1Gb line between 2 locations (about 20mi apart).Its been a few years since I mannaged MD3xxxi.Could I connect the MDs over the 1Gb line and be able to replicate night the VMs?What would be...
View ArticleMD3660i - Firmware file missing from Dell Download
Hi,My MD3660i is currently running 08.20.12.60. When I download the 08.20.18.60 update from the Dell website and extract it, I get a number of sub folders. One of which is the...
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Here are this week's top-rated support articles based on accuracy, usefulness, & ease of understanding: Windows Server: Resolving slow network performance on Hyper-V virtual machines with Virtual...
View ArticleMD3200 virtual disk degraded without any HDD failure
Hi,I have MD3200 + MD1200 giving degraded warning on 1 of the virtual disk. previously there is a failed HDD, after we replace the faulty HDD and recontruct the virtual disk. the reconstruct was...
View ArticleLimitation of MD3000I Virtual Disk
Hello Everyone, I had MD3000i, now the current firmware is 07.35.22.61. I want to add new hard disks 2T to my array, is it possible? also I read some information update which state I can change...
View ArticleDELL MD3420 unable to recognize on VMware
Hii have HP DL380 G9 server, i am running VMware EXSI 6.0 on it, i have recently purchased DELL MD3420 series Storage Array, i have configured the necessary Disk Group and then attach the same Disk...
View ArticleStorage Manager - Port and authentication SMTP
Hi,I have a client who need to use the port 587 with authentication for using the SMTP notification for his SAN.I'm affraid that we can't do this with the Powervault Modular Disk Storage Manager. Can...
View ArticleSAS Controller Card Connecting to MD3000
Hello. Will the Dell 0XM768 Perc 5E PCI-Express SAS RAID Controller Card work with an MD3000? I've got it connected (and believe that I see the HBA host port) but it won't see the drives. I've been...
View ArticleMD3400 and NTP
Hi,I'm trying to setup NTP on the 2 RAID controllers in a MD3400.According to the documentation i could find, my CLI command line should look like this:EDIT:Copy/pasted the wrong command :(smcli...
View ArticleIs my old TL2000 compatible with LTO-7 Tapes?
I have a very old TL2000 Service Tag:<ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy> Currently using LTO-6 Tapes. I would like to confirm compatibility with LTO-7 Tapes before buying new...
View ArticleError 749 - The operation cannot complete because the disk pool limit would...
Hello all.I have a MD3260 and associated MD3060e fully populated with 120 physical discs. I currently have a disk pool configured with 88 physical disks and a 4 disk preservation capacity. When I...
View ArticleError 749 - The operation cannot complete because the disk pool limit would...
Hello all.I have a MD3260 and associated MD3060e fully populated with 120 physical discs. I currently have a disk pool configured with 88 physical disks and a 4 disk preservation capacity. When I...
View ArticleRAID Controller Module
Buongiorno a tutti,avrei la necessità di individuare in maniera univoca, per successivo acquisto, i controller RAID dei seguenti Storage:Dell PV MD 3220iDell PV MD 3200Dell PV MD 1220Dell PV MD...
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