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DR4100 with 10 1Tb drives. Used the bios of the R610 to build a Raid 6 with one hot swap drive. Open in Dell OpenManage server Administration and the configuration was there and correct at 6+ Tb....
View ArticlePassword reset, TL2000 SAS/iSCSI bridge
I have a Dell TL2000 with a SAS/iSCSI bridge module installed. Please send me a reset password by email. The challenge code is:MYPGJD9G81S.Thank youBTW, sorry for duplicate post: I have created this...
View ArticleFirmware update for out-of-warranty ns-120
Remember way back when Dell was selling EMC storage? Well, at the time, we bought an AX-4 and an NS-120 for 2 different sites. The NS-120 went largely unused for several years, as it had been installed...
View ArticleErrors on ML6000
Hey, everyone. I am using a ML6000 that had a bunch of errors. Now, I'm only down to a couple, and I'm somewhat stuck. I replaced both tape drives and all the tapes. I still get these errors T033...
View Articleraid controller down can i mange the server
can i great virtual disk with one raid controller because the second one is down.Error 1011 A management connection to the RAID controller module in slot1 must be defined to complete this operation
View ArticleMD3200 - SAS Port(s) Fail After Firmware Update
WOW! I updated the firmware on the MD3200 to latest 08.20.18.60 and everything appeared to go well. Now one controller is not visible in MSDM and I get a "needs attention" message indicating the SAS...
View ArticleDell PowerVault 3200i "Out of Band" Message
In the Devices i see the array that i have create but when i want ot start the Array Management Windows it appears the message: Unable to communicate with storage array. Possible causes: 1. The storage...
View ArticleMD3600i Hot spare parameters.
Morningwe have a Dell MD 3600i SAN attached to which are attached 2 MD1220s.The MD3600i is the 12 slot version with 1TB Nearline drives 6Gbps @ 7200 RPM ( Constellation ES )Both the MD1220s are the 24...
View ArticleCan I use OMSA to monitor MD1200 attached to a Cisco UCS C-Series server?
Hi,Anyone know if i can use OMSA to configure hardware monitoring of MD1200 on a Windows Server 2012 RTM installed on a Cisco UCS C-Series server?Thanks in advance,Gerald
View ArticleDell SAN Storage
Hi, Can anyone suggest me for choosing best SAN storage for below requirement.2 Controllersaccelerated RAID 6 Enabledand 12 TB Usable storageMy Project cost is 2.50 Lakhs INR
View ArticleML6000 and AX4.5 SAN
Hi,I have a ML6000 that is on an AX-4.5 SAN and I'm having trouble getting the Backup Exec server to see it. I can ping the ML from the server but neither the 'unknown media changer' or either of the...
View ArticleMonitor MD3600 array in SCOM 2012
I am trying to configure MD3600 storage array to be monitored in SCOM 2012 R2. I imported MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite Version 6.0 and read the admin guide for it. MD3600 appears in SCOM now...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 7 64Bit on new SSD
Hey Guys,i'm just getting a headdache. Windows installation doesn't find the installed ssd. I created a new VD in the PERC H310 menu and everything looks fine but windows setup doesn't see the device....
View ArticleSANHQ 3.1 reporting 100% usage on NAS volumes
Since upgrading to 3.1, SANHQ has been alerting for Critical In-use space on 2 volumes. There are 6 NAS volumes on that group and there's enough space for the NAS. I believe the data distribution on...
View ArticlePowerVault 114X LTO4 drive - frequent problem inserting tape
Our customer is having an intermittent problem with their PowerVault 114X LTO4 drive. It's a standalone drive, not a changer. The unit just turned 3 years old last month, and has been out of warranty...
View ArticleReconstruction after Syswipe...
hello,Is there any possibility to restore or reconstruct array configuration after using syswipe on MD3000i?thanks I.
View Articlemd3000i Degraded Physical Disk Channel
Hi,I have an md3000i with attached md1000. We had a HDD fail which the hot spare took over with no down time or issues.Now I replaced the failed drive and it was put back into the array. Once that...
View Articlemd3000i + md1000 + 15x450Gb 15kSAS = Poor Performance
Morning,We recently acquired a used md3000i with an md1000 added shelf. The 3000i has 15x450Gb 15k SAS (in one RAID6 LUN) Dell drives. The 1000 has 15x 1Tb 7200rpm (in 2 RAID 6 LUNs).I have this...
View ArticlePower Supply / Cooling Fan issue
Hello there,I have problem in our PowerEdge MD36000f which is the left fan (Slot 1) has problem in the power supply. I called the service support this morning and the quality of the connection wasn't...
View ArticleDell CX4-120 Fault SPS and Failed/Removed status
Hello,I have a Dell CX4-120 reporting some faults.1\Disk array Enclosure Bus 0 Enclosure 1 is faulted2\Disk Processor Enclosure SPE is faulted3\Standby Power Supply SPE SPS B is faulted (I have checked...
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