Hi all,
Anyone know if it's possible to change the alert thresholds for temperature readings?
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Temperature alert thresholds on EqualLogic PS4000XV
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Max hard drive size for PS6000e
We are looking to replace our existing drives with larger drives. We are not sure of the max size we can place in the 16 bay enclosure. Also, what is the best way to replace all the drives and keep the current configuration and data?
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HIT Kit for Microsoft - Windows Server 2016
Hi,
I was wondering if there is an HIT Kit for Windows Server 2016 Core? I noticed that version 4.9.0 does not include Windows 2016.
Thanks!
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Equallogic, Storage Manager, and Vrealize ops manager
We have our equallogic and compelent's all tied into the Dell Storage Manager for monitoring. I added the Dell Storage vRealize Ops management pack, and set up the info for it to log into the Storage manager. However we are only seeing the Compellent storage in vrealize. Weill this not import the info for the equallogic groups as well?
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Equalllogic Volume Clone
Hello
i want to clone a volume for a backup , when i do clone like a 2TB volume it is done in like seconds? is this a real clone or a clone built on a snapshot ? or there are something going on in the background?
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Cannot Buy Drives for Older Equallogic? Really!?
Hello,
I think our local reseller might be trying to pull a fast one on us, and I just want to verify something with the community before I open up a can of <profane>. We have an Equallogic PS4100XV, a few years old I agree, but it is working just fine, and we are quite happy with it. When we bought it we only filled up 6 of the 12 drive bays. Now we are running out of space so we went to our local Dell reseller to buy six more 600GB 15K SAS 3.5" drives. They told us that it is absolutely impossible to buy more disks for this machine, they refuse to sell us any and our existing support agreement with Dell would be null and void if we put drives in there from another source. They say we have no option other than to buy a brand new SAN from them. Is this even remotely correct? I believe I can just by pretty much buy any 15K SAS 3.5"drives, throw them in and all would work just fine, or am I missing something?
Thank you.
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MEM 1.4 on ESXi 6.5
I configured then installed MEM 1.4 on ESXi 6.5 fine (using hardware offload on nics). After using the setup.pl script I noticed iSCSI was not enabled on ESXi and MTU, delayed ack, login timeout were still at default values. I've adjusted this all manually however am wondering if there is anything else I should be aware of post-install on ESXi 6.5? Are there available instructions for ESXi 6.5? I understand it's officially supported but the MEM 1.4 documentation makes no reference to it.
Thanks!
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Reference (commands I issued and their output):
setup.pl --configure --bestpractices --server SERVERIP --username=root --nics=vmnic9,vmnic10 --ips=192.168.10.120,192.168.10.121 --mtu=9000 --groupip=192.168.10.30 --chapuser=CHAPUSER --chapsecret=CHAPSECRET
Assigning IP address 192.168.10.120 to iSCSI0.
Creating portgroup iSCSI1 on vSwitch vSwitchISCSI.
Assigning IP address 192.168.10.121 to iSCSI1.
Creating new bridge.
Adding uplink vmnic9 to vSwitchISCSI.
Adding uplink vmnic10 to vSwitchISCSI.
Setting new uplinks for vSwitchISCSI.
Setting uplink for iSCSI0 to vmnic9.
Setting uplink for iSCSI1 to vmnic10.
Bound vmk1 to vmhba35.
vmk2 is not usable for port binding with vmhba35, skipping.
vmk2 is not usable for port binding with vmhba34, skipping.
vmk2 is not usable for port binding with vmhba33, skipping.
Bound vmk2 to vmhba32.
Set SATP Host System Best Practices.
Checking global HBA settings for adapter vmhba32.
Updating DelayedAck from true to false
Updating LoginTimeout from 5 to 60
Checking global HBA settings for adapter vmhba35.
Updating DelayedAck from true to false
Updating LoginTimeout from 5 to 60
Refreshing host storage system.
Adding discovery address 192.168.10.30 with CHAP user CHAPUSER to storage adapter vmhba32.
Adding discovery address 192.168.10.30 with CHAP user CHAPUSER to storage adapter vmhba35.
Rescanning all HBAs.
Network configuration finished successfully.
No Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module found.
Continue your setup by installing the module with the --install option or through vCenter Update
Then I installed MEM:
setup.pl --install --server SERVERIP --username=root --bundle=dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip
Clean install of Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module.
Bundle being installed dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip
Copying dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip to [dc01-vhost01-localdatastore]/dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip
The install operation may take several minutes. Please do not interrupt it.
Check to see if the install succeeded
Found Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension bundle installed: 1.4.0-426823
Install succeeded
Clean install was successful.
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Problem with old equallogic san
Hi,
We have an old unsupported EqualLogic SAN for some testing.
Got some problems with it, and thought you may help us.
The SAN is down, but answers on telnet/ssh.
Can login as root, but with grpadmin it just hangs..
When running "eqllogger -r" we got alot of errors complain about:
dbd_to_ipc_status - out of disk space
And also
auto_config: dbCb - dbCb state 2 rowCount 0 response DBD_IPC_STATUS_OUT_OF_DISK_SPACE(3) tableType:null(0)
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Registered
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Failed database registration attempt...retrying
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Registered
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Failed database registration attempt...retrying
Looks like it is out of diskspace to build its database.
But where are the database located? Are the out of pool diskspace, and how can I then free some up?
Or are my only option to "nuke" the data, and start over?
As said, it is just a testing san, but we have some data that I hope still are accessible.
// Magnus
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Controller Compatibility between 2U and 4U PS6210
I see the controllers from both the 2U and the 4U PS6210 are listed as Model 70-0425(TYPE 15).
Are they interchangeable? Can I pull one out of a 2U and put it in a 4U?
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Hard drive compatibility - PS6210
I have a question about EqualLogics and non-Dell branded hard drive compatibility.
I have some PS6210's running firmware version 8.1.4
Am I able to replace a failed drive with a non-Dell branded hard drive or will the firmware prevent that drive from being recognized?
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VMware Stretch/Metro clustering with Equallogic
We have the network infrastructure to implement VMware Metro/Stretch clustering between two sites and trying to gather information on how to do this with the storage we currently have. We were lead to believe that this was only possible with VSAN, but information that states otherwise.
Has anyone implemented this with their equallogics?
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SNMP configuration on EqualLogic PS6610es
Hi,
I am trying to configure SNMP monitoring for a PS6610es EqualLogic storage array.
-I go to group configuration, SNMP, and add the read only community string, as well as, the monitoring server IP under trap destinations with the same community string under access.
-I am able to ping my Equallogic from my monitoring server with no problem.
-I am able to successfully complete a nc -zuvv to port 161 from monitoring server to equallogic ip.
-I am able to successfully complete a SNMP walk with v2 ROcommunitry string from monitoring server from linux command line (snmpwalk -v2c -On -c <ROcommunity> <management IP>)
***I use the management IP address for all three tests above.
However, when I go to add the test via the application GUI, I keep getting an error SNMP agent no running on remote host, or incorrect community string. If I look in the audit log on the EqualLogic I see an entry for "SNMP packet validation failed, request received from <ip address of monitoring server>
The monitoring application is called Traverse.
I feel everything is in place for this to work, yet it is not. Do you have any recommendations on this setup? Or a way to get more details out of my error message? Please help :(
Sincerely,
Nick
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Unresponsive GUI login
We have a PS4100E which is no longer accepting connections to the web interface, nor to remote SSH or telnet. The only way I can access it is via terminal cable to the CLI.
How can I get the web interface back up and running? I've already tried
grpparams webaccess enable
but this makes no difference. I don't have the luxury of being able to do a full restart of the unit at the moment. Is there a way to get it back up and running?
Thanks in advance.
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MEM 1.4 on ESXi 6.5
I configured then installed MEM 1.4 on ESXi 6.5 fine (using hardware offload on nics). After using the setup.pl script I noticed iSCSI was not enabled on ESXi and MTU, delayed ack, login timeout were still at default values. I've adjusted this all manually however am wondering if there is anything else I should be aware of post-install on ESXi 6.5? Are there available instructions for ESXi 6.5? I understand it's officially supported but the MEM 1.4 documentation makes no reference to it.
Thanks!
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Reference (commands I issued and their output):
setup.pl --configure --bestpractices --server SERVERIP --username=root --nics=vmnic9,vmnic10 --ips=192.168.10.120,192.168.10.121 --mtu=9000 --groupip=192.168.10.30 --chapuser=CHAPUSER --chapsecret=CHAPSECRET
Assigning IP address 192.168.10.120 to iSCSI0.
Creating portgroup iSCSI1 on vSwitch vSwitchISCSI.
Assigning IP address 192.168.10.121 to iSCSI1.
Creating new bridge.
Adding uplink vmnic9 to vSwitchISCSI.
Adding uplink vmnic10 to vSwitchISCSI.
Setting new uplinks for vSwitchISCSI.
Setting uplink for iSCSI0 to vmnic9.
Setting uplink for iSCSI1 to vmnic10.
Bound vmk1 to vmhba35.
vmk2 is not usable for port binding with vmhba35, skipping.
vmk2 is not usable for port binding with vmhba34, skipping.
vmk2 is not usable for port binding with vmhba33, skipping.
Bound vmk2 to vmhba32.
Set SATP Host System Best Practices.
Checking global HBA settings for adapter vmhba32.
Updating DelayedAck from true to false
Updating LoginTimeout from 5 to 60
Checking global HBA settings for adapter vmhba35.
Updating DelayedAck from true to false
Updating LoginTimeout from 5 to 60
Refreshing host storage system.
Adding discovery address 192.168.10.30 with CHAP user CHAPUSER to storage adapter vmhba32.
Adding discovery address 192.168.10.30 with CHAP user CHAPUSER to storage adapter vmhba35.
Rescanning all HBAs.
Network configuration finished successfully.
No Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module found.
Continue your setup by installing the module with the --install option or through vCenter Update
Then I installed MEM:
setup.pl --install --server SERVERIP --username=root --bundle=dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip
Clean install of Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module.
Bundle being installed dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip
Copying dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip to [dc01-vhost01-localdatastore]/dell-eql-mem-esx6-1.4.0.426823.zip
The install operation may take several minutes. Please do not interrupt it.
Check to see if the install succeeded
Found Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension bundle installed: 1.4.0-426823
Install succeeded
Clean install was successful.
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Problem with old equallogic san
Hi,
We have an old unsupported EqualLogic SAN for some testing.
Got some problems with it, and thought you may help us.
The SAN is down, but answers on telnet/ssh.
Can login as root, but with grpadmin it just hangs..
When running "eqllogger -r" we got alot of errors complain about:
dbd_to_ipc_status - out of disk space
And also
auto_config: dbCb - dbCb state 2 rowCount 0 response DBD_IPC_STATUS_OUT_OF_DISK_SPACE(3) tableType:null(0)
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Registered
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Failed database registration attempt...retrying
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Registered
auto_config: registerDbNotification - Failed database registration attempt...retrying
Looks like it is out of diskspace to build its database.
But where are the database located? Are the out of pool diskspace, and how can I then free some up?
Or are my only option to "nuke" the data, and start over?
As said, it is just a testing san, but we have some data that I hope still are accessible.
// Magnus
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Equalogic PS-M4110X on 8024-k switches network question
Hi,
We just bought a EqualLogic M4110X that seems to be having some network issues after we did a firmware upgrade on the switches. I’m not very familiar with switch configuration of ISCSI as my Company inherited the hardware as part of a hosting agreement. The firmware update of the switches was required to disable DCB error messages on the EqualLogic does the below error messages ring any bells to anyone? (it repeats the lines below forever)
Notice MAY 06 17:17:31 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 17:17:31 TRAPMGR Link on Te2/0/7 is failed
Notice MAY 06 17:17:31 TRAPMGR Link Down: Te2/0/7
Info MAY 06 17:08:04 CLI_WEB [WEB:root:172.20.200.51] User has successfully logged in
Notice MAY 06 16:49:06 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 16:49:06 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 16:49:06 TRAPMGR Link Up: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 16:49:06 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 16:49:06 TRAPMGR Link on Te2/0/7 is failed
Notice MAY 06 16:49:06 TRAPMGR Link Down: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 16:47:00 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 16:47:00 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 16:47:00 TRAPMGR Link Up: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 16:47:00 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 16:47:00 TRAPMGR Link on Te2/0/7 is failed
Notice MAY 06 16:47:00 TRAPMGR Link Down: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 11:07:58 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 11:07:58 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 11:07:58 TRAPMGR Link Up: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 11:07:58 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 11:07:58 TRAPMGR Link on Te2/0/7 is failed
Notice MAY 06 11:07:58 TRAPMGR Link Down: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 06:28:08 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 06:28:08 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 06:28:08 TRAPMGR Link Up: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 06:28:08 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 06:28:08 TRAPMGR Link on Te2/0/7 is failed
Notice MAY 06 06:28:08 TRAPMGR Link Down: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 04:09:41 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 04:09:41 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 04:09:41 TRAPMGR Link Up: Te2/0/7
Notice MAY 06 04:09:40 TRAPMGR Te2/0/7 is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0
Notice MAY 06 04:09:40 TRAPMGR Link on Te2/0/7 is failed
Notice MAY 06 04:09:40 TRAPMGR Link Down: Te2/0/7
There is also a huge amount of error messages on the EqualLogic about lost ISCSI Connections. The all say something like the this, but relates to different servers and volumes.
iSCSI session to target '10.0.200.40:3260, iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:8-da6616-e2ce0d48b-ec00000001559231-no01eq04-vol42' from initiator '10.0.10.10:20043, iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:no01esxi01-369136d5' was closed. | iSCSI initiator connection failure. | Connection was closed by peer.
All help is appreciated, thanks!
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How to Recover EqualLogic PS Series Password
How do I recover my forgotten EqualLogic PS Series login password?
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Group Manager error message
I am continually getting a message saying "Group Manager requires Java SE 6 Update 31 or later" when I try to open up Group Manager. I am on Java 8 Update 131 so why do I keep getting this and how can I get past it?
Thanks,
Dave
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Adding additional drives to XPS 8700
I would like to add 3 additional drives to my desktop. I have 3 ATA ports available. My question is given I have enough power from my PSU, after I plug them in what do I use to configure them. I would like Raid 0 stripped. Does the disk management do this are do i have to another program.
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Dell Storage Update Manager (DSUM) for Equallogic PS6510
I just upgraded my firmware in stages from 7 to 9.1.1. From 9.0.5 to 9.1.1, DSUM seems to not like my equallogic. When I log in with DSUM, it now reports that "Dell Storage Update Manager is not supported on groups running PS firmware earlier than V5.0.0" My control module 0 & 1 reports using firmware 9.1.1, and I've rebooted twice. Is it picking up the Channel Card 0 & 1 firmware version? (V3.7?)
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