Dell Power Vault MD3400
I have created a disk group with size of 39.8 TB,After I created a Virtual Disks with 10 TB of each I found that it takes around 24 hours to initialize each one?!!!Is that normal!?Your clear answer is...
View ArticleMD3820i Resetting IP Address'
Hello,We just purchased an MD3820i and are having issues getting the controllers to boot. We have tried the default IP addresses without any luck. Our next thought is trying to connect via serial...
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MD3000i Cross Generation firmware upgrade wont recognize the .dlp files
I have a MD3000i unit with 2 controllers that I have been trying to update to the latest firmware so I can create disks larger than 2TB. Each time I try to run the upgrade, I get an error that the...
View ArticleCabling for expansion Powervault
We have a R710 server that has an existing attached MD3200 Powervault. We want to add another MD1200 Powervault to increase capacity. We can daisychain it to the MD3200 or plug it directly into the...
View ArticleDirect Connect Hosts MD3820f
I'm trying to determine if the MD3820f supports two hosts direct cross connected without a fibre switch infrastructure?Host1 HBA1 > Controller1Host2 HBA1 > Controller1Host1 HBA2 >...
View ArticlePower Vault 124T Retired Cleaning Tape
Hi all,I have just taken over a site running backup exec 2010 with a powervault-124t and around 2 weeks ago all the tapes description status was "end marker unreadable". After doing some research it...
View ArticleMD1200 shorter rails?
I have 2 MD1200 PowerVault's and a pair of Rapid Rails for each. With all my other equipment already installed, the minimum size for these rails won't reach the front and rear vertical square hole...
View ArticleHow to shutdown PowerVault MD3820i ?
I have a PowerVault MD3820i and i need to do an electrical maintenance.What's the procedure to stop PowerVault MD3820i correctly ?
View ArticleDell PowerVault MD1000 Max Slot Capacity
Hello All,We have a Dell PowerVault MD1000 and I read on the spec sheet that it has a Maximum Capacity Per Enclosure of 30TB using fifteen (15) 2TB disk drives.My question is, what is the maximum...
View ArticleMD3000i Loss of Communication in Controller
I have a MD3000i with dual controllers.One of my controllers (Slot 0) is currently has a loss of communication (component reporting problem is "Thermal Sensor") and all data is currently failed over to...
View ArticleMD3620i Remote Replication - Best Practise
HiI have some questions over the best way to configure remote replication on a pair of MD3620i arrays.I have the replication working but my questions are more about the most supportable...
View ArticleDiskGroup Failed on MD36xxf
Hi,Early this week we lost a physical disk, the rebuilt to the hot spare worked well and was finished. Then last night another drive failed, that make our 41TB Disk pool to fail. So this morning I...
View ArticleConflicting messages
I will apologize in advance for not being able to provide great detail to this question, since my server in question is currently down/ dead.We have an older PowerVault NX200 that has been in service...
View ArticleDell MD3620i
H I have a raid 5 disk group, we suspected a disk was going bad so it was replaced and the disk group rebuilt itself.After this it was found that the disk was not faulty, so my question is if I put the...
View ArticlePowerVault 124T magazine eject
Is there a way to eject the magazines in the 124T when there is no power to the unit?
View ArticlePower vault TL2000 Tape Library Admin Password Locked
Hello,We Have Dell Power vault TL 2000 Tape Library initially it had problem with robotic movement so I updated Latest Firmware D10 after that I cannot use Operating Control Panel showing error...
View ArticlePowerVault MD3000i Hard Drive Replacement
Greetings .I have a PowerVault MD3000i with two failed Hard drives, the MODEL number on them is ST31000640SS , Barracuda ES.2 , Firmaware MS04 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 1000GB RPM:7200 Config Code...
View ArticlePowerEdge 1850 with PowerVault 220s - WIndows 2003 Server 32 bit boot up...
Hi,Have a weird issue with our PowerEdge 1850 server connected to s SCSI PV 220s disk array.When the array is connected the server Windows 2003 boots up to a blank black screen. We cant RDP to it or do...
View ArticleMD3000i - RAM Parity error
Hello,Service tag# 14610001789Red light on the front, iSCSI ports on one controller keep turning off, and when they're on, just the link light, no activity. Tried forcing it over to the primary by...
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