Replacement disk
Hi,we us a VNX5100 and want to replace a faulty disk. The new disk has a capacity 1 TB (VNX51/53 1T DRV-15x3.5IN DPE/DAE U NL-SAS) and all other 600 GB. Wehen I insert the new disk it is not displayed...
View ArticleDell MD3200i unreadable sectors
Hi thereWe have 2 of these disc units and they are performing lovely,however, we had a disc failure at the weekend, and I failed the disc, re inserted a new one and the array did its thing by...
View ArticleAdding and removing arrays from group
I have 2 x PS6010 arrays that i will be retiring and replacing with 2 x PS6210 arrays. Because i do not have enough room to delete the PS6010 i need to initialize the 2 PS6210 arrays first. My question...
View ArticlePowerVault MD1200
Is there any one to help me out . I have a powervault MD 1200 direct attached with PowerEdge R810 . Now I want to access my storage box please list down the steps involved in this to find out my...
View ArticleAX4-5
HiI have 2U unit (DPE) with 2 controllers.When i try to power up the unit, the warning amber light is on and the unit is not powering on.Since i don't have a SPS unit, Doe's the 1U SPS (Spare Power...
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Change SSD XPS 14
Hi , I want to know if this SanDisk SSD 128go can work instead my 32go SSD of my XPS 14
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Dell PowerVault MD3600F Not connecting using dell MDSM
I have tried everything possible in connecting an MD3600F to my Dell R720. I do not know how to manually add a storage array that directly attached via HBA. The MDSM only allows you to use IP address...
View ArticleUpdating the PowerVault MD3660i Firmware
Hello...we have PowerVault MD3660i and we are planning to upgrade the Firmware to the latest one, the current firmware was still the original firmware when it was delivered and installed, it is...
View ArticleSeagate st2000nm001 harddrive firmware
I have a problem with one of my harddrives on my md3200i. I'm hoping a firmware update may solve the problem, but i'm having trouble finding it. Is there firmware availiable for Seagate st2000nm0001...
View ArticlePERC H710P Mini firmware (PowerVault DL4000)
I'm trying to update the firmware on my PV DL4000, and I cannot find the update for PERC H710P Mini. I'm looking for version 21.3.2-0005, but every version I try says it is not compatible with my...
View ArticlePrecision T7610 with LSI controller card- Boot Sequence problem-no drives...
We have had a T7610 running fine for two years. It has the LSI 9271-8i controller card with (4) 2TB drives attached in a non-raid configuration. We use (1) drive to boot Windows8 and the other (3)...
View ArticleMD3200 direct connect SAS storage
Hello,I have an MD3200i and Dell R510 server. I purchased a MD12 series SAS controllers and a PERC H800 card. I turned everything on and connected the storage array to the server. However, i dont see...
View ArticleMD3420 Error : Controller Module RAID Removed or Replaced
The MD3420 hosts the shared storage of a VMware-Failover-Cluster.Frequently, hosts lose paths to storage , the eventlog of the cluster nodes shows at the same time a series of errors (storage paths...
View ArticleWrite Cache
Hi,We are installing Dell MD3820i storage and we are trying to benchmark the disks performance, we are facing write performance issue, after check we found that the write cache is increasing the...
View ArticleSAN Headquarters Error
Hello, I am getting the following error when trying to Launch SAN Headquarters 3.02.7457Root element is missing.System.Xml at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at...
View ArticleMy New Dell HDD shows 1185 days power on time
I just bought 4x 1TB Dell WF12F (ST91000640NS-DELL) hard drive.One of them are failed to work with orange led link. I'm gonna send it back.But other ones are also showing that on SMART data they were...
View ArticleHow to choose a storage?
Hi!I am going to set up an oracle clustering system with two nodes and storage. I already succeeded it in virtual environment - nodes and a storage(openfiler) in vmware. At the moment I have two Dell...
View ArticleAdd more disks to raid 5 hot\añadir más discos al raid 5 en caliente.
Hi, I have a Dell Storage NX3230.I have a raid 5 with 6 discs and I want to extend this raid because I no longer have space.What is the best procedure to do it without losing data.I need to expand the...
View Articlexps 8300 reinstalling raid drivers
HelloI have a xps 8300 with RAID 0 originally install on the pc. Recently the pc wouldn't boot. The power switch keep blinking amber. It was suggest that I remove everything and slowly reattach...
View ArticleShutdown MD3060e remotely via cli?
Got an MD3060e array connected to a PERC810, can access the Array via telnet on the LAN, need to be able to shutdown the Array remotely when the Array is powered by UPS.Is there any way of shutting...
View ArticleSK Hynix SC308
I bought a "Dell" 250 gb ssd kit for my sons bare bones kit on 03/29/2107. The model is the SK Hynix sc308. It has already failed, and it is very difficult to get anyone at Dell to tell me if they can...
View ArticleDell MD3000 Degraded Physical Disk Channel error
Hello;I have a Dell PowerVault MD3000, and it is showing a degraded physical disk channel error and individual physical disk - degraded path error.The recovery guru suggests contacting a technical...
View ArticleISCSI BRIDGE (tl24iscsixsas 1gb iscsi) missing IP address
Hello, I have a trouble with my TL2000 ISCSI/SAS bridge,1- Previous owner had configured an IP on it before then it was not being used for long time and he couldn't remember it2-I did a factory reset...
View ArticleProblem DELL SC2020 "Write cache currently stopped in storage center"
Hello everyone,In our IT infrastructure, we have a DELL SC2020 server. In Storage Center, we noticed the following error message:"Write cache currently stopped in storage center"Could you help us in...
View ArticlePowerVault MD1200 replacing disk Failure Predicted!
Have a MD1200 Enclosure with Physical Disk 0:0:0 with Failure Predicted.Is it just as simple as removing old disk and replacing with the same type and it will rebuild?Or should I choose to take it...
View ArticleDefault User Name and Password of DELL EQUALLOGIC PS6100
Dear Everyone,Could you help me to share the default Username and Password? I really need it urgent please help to provide me asap. Best regards,Kakada chheng
View ArticleDELL MD1220 (1.01)
Hi all! Will you please tell me full list of physical discs that can be used with this model? I didn't find the actual list by myself.
View ArticleDELL MD1220 (1.01) and HUC156060CSS204
Hi all! I've added 2 HGST drives (HUC156060CSS204) to my MD1220 (that is connected to MD3600f+1200) - MDSM shows "Status: Incompatible" and "Mode incompatible". I'm trying to update firmware from CD02...
View ArticleDell PowerVault MD3400 warning massege: "controller is locked down due to...
Hello dear friends! I have Dell PowerVault MD3400 with two controllers. One of them has a mistake.MDSM doesn't see it, though one of controllers gets ip adress from DHCP server.I need your ideas and...
View ArticlePower Vault TL4000
The number of drives reported for this library is different from the number of drives detected by DPM. If any drives are out of the library for servicing, ignore this alert; otherwise, remap the drives...
View ArticleVirtual Disk array configuration lost after a reboot
Hi,I have the biggest issue right now. I have a PowerEdge Sever with 3 MD1200 direct attached storage. The MD1200 are connected via H800 Perc controller.I remotely rebooted the server this morning and...
View ArticleDELL Power vault_MD3420 - Virtual disk not on preferred path error.
Hello Friends, We have DELL MD3420 Power vault device with 2 SSD and 4 HDD. We've got an error message saying " Virtual disk not on preferred path". Can anyone please explain...
View ArticleDownload was interrupted
I've tried all afternoon to download MD3420 resource DVD from Dell website. Is there any reason for such a poor download quality today?
View ArticleConfigure Alert on MD3220i
Hi there, I'm really in on pressure to configure Alert on MD3220i, please help me so I'm in rush. what I did so far:I setup virtual mail server (include gmail account, it works fine I can send out test...
View ArticleDegraded Virtual Disk message shown on md1200
Hi,I noticed a message this weekend stating a 'Predictive Drive Failure' on my md1200. I decided to be proactive and replace the drive, however now I have a 'Degraded Virtual Disk' message.When...
View ArticleI want to look up an EMC serial number
I'm trying to determine the actual age of a device. Where do I go?ThanksWJO
View ArticleMD1000 Replaced Drive into separate controller
We have a customer with a 25TB R5 array (I know its bad, don't ask, inherited) on an MD1000, drive 14 went out, we replaced with exact brand and model, firmware is very close. Most are 0001, and there...
View ArticleExpanding a PV MD3600F+MD1200 with a MD1220
Hi all!We are in a process of expanding our MD3600f SAN and I have a few questions about this expansion i hope someone can clarify a bit for me.Todays setup are one MD3600f + MD1200 running with...
View ArticlevSAN/Dell Support Question
Hi AllI am currently in the process of putting together a spec for a 3-node vSAN. I have a couple of questions regarding Dell support for the hardware.I have a spare R730XD in stock from a previous...
View ArticleStorage MD3200i one controller not booting, can't access
HiI have 2 controllers, 1 works with access to the <CTRL> <BRK> interface since the other one stopped after an attempt to update the firmware by my client (I think he tried to update).When...
View ArticleBattery Status.. low voltage on PS4210E in Controller Module.
Battery Status.. low voltage in the bottom:Warning Smart Battery is undercharged.
View ArticleSNMP polling configuration for DR 4100
Hello,Need a little help configuring our DR 4100 for SNMP monitoring by Solar Winds. I configured the alerts on the CLI and added the management node, community string, and SNMP port but it still...
View ArticleMoving Host to another Host Group
Hello Guys,I have two Host groups, one is linked to VMware server and another to Windows server.I need to move the Windows server host to be under the VMware host group so I can access it from...
View ArticleNew laptop tons of space taken from System files
So I just bought a new Dell windows 10 that came pre installed with creators update. Recently it updated to Falls creators update. I deleted the old windows files after this and yet it some reason says...
View ArticleDell SCv2020 Replication
I have deployed:- 2 units of SCv2020- 3 units of R430And the requirement is to do SCv2020 to Scv2020 Replication. I have deployed everything in place and the only thing left is replication exercise. I...
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