124T connecting to a 910 server running Debain Linux
HelloWe have a Dell 910 running debain OS, I am connecting a PowerVault 124T tape back up over an SAS cable. How can I get the server to see the 124T.we are hosting or DNS/Cirtix on this server and...
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Hello Dewey,When you booted the server and the PV124T did you let the PV124T come to a ready state before you booted the server? What you need to do is to make sure that the PV124T is powered on &...
View ArticleCan't create a RAID5 array with Advanced Wizard
I have a MD1000 attached to a Poweredge 2900 (Windows 2003 Std R2 SP2) via a PERC 6/e. I am trying to create a RAID5 array of 8 physical drives usng the OpenManage Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard. I am...
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Openmanage Server Admin ver is 6.5.0
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Hello GlennGSD,I would upgrade your firmware on the perc 6/e & try it again as you should be allowed to do so. Here is a link to get the latest version....
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I'd suggest to try a different browser or play with the security settings in your current browser. The blank page sounds like the browser doesn't want to display it, which a different browser may...
View ArticleOne Large Raid vs Multiple Raids
Hello Everyone,We have a MD3600F, it has a 12 600SAS drives, and I was hoping you can help me decide how to handle the Raid and Lun creation.this san will store everything we have:- VMware VM's- SQL...
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also, is there in reason we should separate Luns that reside in the same Raid? (aside from the basic roles, VM, FS, DB ..)
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Dev Mgr, Thank you. that worked. I replaced IE with Firefox as my default browser, opened Server Admin, and was able to create the array with no problems.
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A SAN virtual disk/lun/volume cannot be shared between servers unless they are clustered (and/or use a cluster-aware filesystem (like VMFS or GFS)).With raid 10 more drives pretty much means more...
View Articlecould not communicate with the storage array to complete this request
I am getting this error when trying to synchronize controller clocks or crating a cirtual disks on the md3200i. anyidea?
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Hello tdubb123,What you can do is to pull one of the controllers out of the MD and then update the other controller to the correct time. Once you have one that then reinsert the controller back into...
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i removed controller 1. then powered the md up and resync clocks. then it was ok. Then I plugged controll1 back in. Then rebooted the md. Then I recreatd the disk groups but now it giving the same...
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Hello tdubb123,No there isn’t any way to reboot the MD remotely. Since you are getting the same error I would remove the raid battery on controller 1 for 1 minute then reinsert the battery and the...
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Hello Dev Mgr,What about the LUNS? is it better to create 10 (100gb) LUNs or 1 (1tb) LUN that will serve the same purpose (e.g. VM) I've read that "more LUNs presented to the host means that separate...
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I don't believe the MD-series uses separate I/O queues for multiple LUNs. This only applies to Equallogic if I'm not mistaken.So if everything will be presented to a single host or single hypervisor...
View ArticleJumbo frames on MD3200i
Hi, I am trying to configure Jumbo frames on my MD3200i. I have increased the jumbo frames to 9000 in the storage management interface for all NICs and have set my switch to use Jumbo frames but when I...
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Hello Andrew,The size for jumbo frames that you want to use for the nics in MS2012 is 9014. It will pass the data in the correct frame without any issues. Please let us know if you have any other...
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hihow do you open the controller?
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