Initiator could not find a match for the initiator task tag in the received...
Hi, time to time we have such error in windows and we it happens that our EqualLogic iSCSI disks fails. We use Initiator name to allow access to SAN and we use HIT. Is any way to troubleshoot these...
View ArticlevSphere / Space Reclaim / SAN Replication
Hi there,In my company, we have two SAN groups (Dell EQL PS6100) with replication configured on each volume of a SAN group. Sometimes we need to proceed space reclaim on a specific SAN volume.To do so,...
View ArticleReplicate CSV Volumes with Hyper-V VMs through ASM?
Hi,we are migrating from VMware to Hyper-V. On VMware we replicated some VMFS volumes through the Equallogic HIT.On Hyper-V I can replicate VMs in Hyper-V but they cannot have Guest ISCSI.Because we...
View ArticleIOPS performance on Dell EqualLogic
Hi there,We have a PS 6100 with 24 SAS HD (10K 900GB) configured on a 50 RAID.I have proceeded performance tests to have an idea about max IOPS that the storage device can deliver.According to the...
View ArticleLosing Access to Cluster Shared Volumes
Hi,Just built a Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V failover cluster connected to Equallogic 4110 storage arrays with latest firmware and HIT kits. When creating a clone or vm from a template we see that the...
View Article2012 R2 Hyper-V and DPM not using SAN Snapshots anymore
Hi,I installed a Hyper-V with DPM in April and made shure the DPM makes backups of the virtual machines by creating SAN snapshots through the VSS hardware provider.Sometime in august it suddenly...
View ArticlePS5000xv - Could Not init file system
I have a PS5000xv that will not boot. States the followingCould not init file system: File system not recognizedDid not find config.txt file, Try to boot OS to recover config.txt file.Also rear LED...
View Article3 Dell Equallogic PS6010's
Hello,I have 3 Dell Equallogic PS6010 Raid 6 Accelerated what is the optimal configuration for performance and reliability. Should i put all the members in the same pool with a few volumes?? using this...
View ArticleAnnoying SNMP SAN HQ Notification Alert
Maybe if I add Mr. Dell's email address to this alert. Stop the madness. --- This message was generated by the Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters service (version 3.0.0.7189) running on...
View ArticleDell EQL firmware v7.0.9 is now available
Dell EqualLogic PS Series v7.0.9 is now Live on the EqualLogic Customer Support Site. Upon logging in you will find the below links supporting this release. v7.0.9 Firmware (zip)MIBSMIBS...
View ArticleCreate Storage Pools or not? 2 Member Equallogic group
I have a 2 member (FW 7.0.1) Equallogic group:PS6110XS Raid6 accel. - 9TB useablePS6110E Raid6 - 33TB useableThe environment is 100% VMware and client want to ensure cirtical VMs (Citrix etc) are...
View ArticleDoes EQL supports ODX?
http://www.petri.com/windows-server-odx.htmDoes this work on EQL?
View ArticleiSCSI Connections with or without jumbo frames
I know I can see in the monitoring log when a iSCSI connection is made if it uses jumbo frames or not. But is there a list where I can see all my iSCSI connections and if they use jumbo frames or not...
View ArticleDrive not approved for array
We have a PS5000e that went out of warranty a couple of years ago, and I've set it up to host scratch volumes for our terminal servers. One of the drives failed, so we replaced with the same Hitachi...
View Articleadding another EQL to an existing group
hi there,We have a single PS4100 and are planning to add another member to the group.I will make sure they are both on the same firmware.I was just wondering if the PS4100 should be added to the...
View ArticlePS6000 One or more array drives are not approved
I recieved the "One or more array drives are not approved" message when replacing two 1TB Dell Equallogic drive with two 2TB Seagate in a PS6000, model 70-0202. Once installed the seagate drives...
View Articlecan no longer access my EQL PS4100XV Web interface
Hi I have in production for two years now an EQL PS4100XVNow i try to access its Web interface bur i get an error... Application blocked Click for Details... your security settings have blocked an...
View ArticleEQL PS4100 replication to secondary site
hi all,we need to setup EQL replication to a DR site. It will probably be 1x or 2x PS4100; or 1x PS4100 and 1x PS6100 on each site.Few Qs for the experts:1) The data from the primary site will traverse...
View Article3 Dell Equallogic PS6010's
Hello,I have 3 Dell Equallogic PS6010 Raid 6 Accelerated what is the optimal configuration for performance and reliability. Should i put all the members in the same pool with a few volumes?? using this...
View ArticleAdd new member and update firmware
Hello,I have a group of 4 Equallogic arrays1xPS4000 (Type: 70-0120) and3xPS6100 (Type: 70-0400)These all have firmware v6.0.4The new array is a PS6210XV. I am pretty sure that the firmware on this one...
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