Error 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 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 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...
View ArticleConnect MD1400 to MD3420
Is it possible to connect MD1400 to MD3420? It makes sense as both use 12Gbps SAS. Unfortunately at the time when we have bought our 3420 there was no 12Gbps SAS expansion modules available so we have...
View Article"Foreign" status for all drives of the raid !!
by mistake the power of the storage ( PowerVault MD1000 ) was turned off while the server which the storage connected to is running , after that turned off the server , and turned on the storge firs...
View ArticleDell Enterprise Hardware & Software Updates, October 10-14
Popular DownloadsDell Server E-Support Tool (DSET) 3.7Dell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.3OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.2Servers & StorageBroadcom NetXtreme-E...
View ArticleThis is the first time I've seen a "Virtual Disk is not on preferred path"...
I have a MD3200i configured as raid 5 with two controllers connected to a Dell switch (the Dell switch is used for connecting to the Vmhosts and MD3200). Last night, around midnight I received an error...
View ArticleHow to start using an LTO6 tape backup drive with LTFS on Windows?
I purchased a Dell Powervault LTO6 external tape drive which will be used on windows server 2012 R12. But we are very dissappointed that we can not find any vendor free LTFS software for this device....
View ArticlePowervault Modular Disk Storage Manager
Hi,I'm trying to find the download for Powervault Modular Disk Storage Manager; I have looked everywhere and only appear to find the Modular Disk Configuration Utility.Does anyone have any ideas?David
View ArticleHow do I browse to the MD3000 Out-Of-Bound Management Interface?
Does the MD3000 have an http interface page or ssh? Do you have to use the MSDM to connect to the out-of-band management? Is serial the only other option? Thanks.
View Articlemd3000i failed controller
I have a 6-7 year old m3000i with a failed controller (power outage and it never came back). The win 2008 hosts can no longer access the MD3000i. I assumed that I could access data with just one...
View ArticleFailed SAS 450GB 15k HDD on a PowerVault MD3200/ PowerEdge R620
I recently discovered 2 failed HDD on our PV MD3200 and need to know what software is needed to replace them also a step by step guide or procedure on replacing them, Much Thanks!
View ArticleMD3200 firmware update failure
I have an MD3200 with an attached MD1220. Current firmware is 07.80.62.60. I'm attempting to update it to 08_20_18_60. I downloaded and installed the MDSM version 10.80.G6.61, but when I attempt to...
View ArticlePowerVault 745N suddenly shutdown
Hi,I've a problem on a PowerVault 745N: after 10 years of honorable service, yesterday the power as switched off; if I turn on the system, the server start but after a few minutes I feel a noise like a...
View ArticleDell MD3420 Clustered Storage spaces for Windows 2012 / 2016
Hi folks. I recently purchased a MD3420 with 24 1TB drives. This is connected to two PE630 servers via two 12GB SAS HBAs. The idea is to use the MD3420 to host a Clustered Storage Space (CSS) for a...
View ArticlePowerVault TL2000 - FB 02 Failed Firmware upgrade
I see there are other posts regarding this issue, but yet like so many other issues (mine is unique, or so i think).[:)]Our TL2000 was on Firmware D.10. After entering my Service Tag i downloaded the...
View ArticleDELL MD1000 and DELL T110
Hi everyone. I am having a dell pe1950 attached to md1000 with perc6/e. the disks are in raid5. the server right now is having many problems and i would like to be able to use the storage with another...
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