EqualLogic PS4000 disks
HelloWe have a EqualLogic PS4000 SAN for our Veeam backups and the warranty has ended. My problem is that a disk has faild and needs to be replaced. The thing is, we have a "spare" PS4000 that we dont...
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Setting Up SyncRep
We've decided to change our setup a bit. Previously we had 2 identical virtual hosting rigs in 2 different server rooms on campus. Both consisted of a PS4100 and 3 Dell servers in a failover cluster...
View ArticleSAN HQ and Group Manager don't allow for SMTP authentication.
Hello,I have a brand new 6510E and I would like to get email alerts. Unfortunately, we use Google Apps, and Gmail requires authentication. Does Dell offer a work-around for this issue?Thanks in advance!
View ArticleNAS File Auditing/Reporting
Is it possible to do any sort of file level auditing/reporting on an FS7610? For example, like who modified or deleted a particular file in a CIFS share?
View ArticleLive upgrade of 6210 in virtual environment
I’ve got a PS6210X and PS6210X both running 7.0.2 and I want to update to 7.0.9. The arrays are independent of each other and are acting as storage for vmware/hyper-v machines.The 6210X is a little...
View ArticleEquallogic Storage Migration
Dear friends..I m bit new to this area of storage migration..Customer having present architecture.iSCSI Storage Array:2X Equallogic Storage Model: 70-0120 PS4000 (One at DR Site for Replication)1X...
View ArticleiSCSI paths going into a reconnecting state on a regular basis
iSCSI paths going into a reconnecting state on a regular basis. This causes all disk ownership to be placed on a single host. During this time the host is not able to ping the discovery IP address...
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MEM install fail
HiI want to upgrade the MEM on my ESXi hosts, So I followed the tech doc "configuring and installing the equallogic multipathing extension module". On my vMA, I've overwitten the setup.pl and...
View ArticleEquallogic PS4000 replacing failed disk with bigger disk
I have one failed disk in PS4000. Now I need to replace that disk, but is it possible to replace current failed disk with compatible but bigger disk? See the attached picture. I use RAID 50 and all the...
View ArticlePS100e
Hello. I have a PS100 (type 2) in a lab test environment. I'm trying to initialize the array using the latest Remote Setup Wizard (v. 4.7.1). The utility finds no unitialized arrays. Q: does the...
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VSM not appearing after install
i installed vsm 4.0 on my vcenter, but after install, i do not see any vsm icon on the vcenter home.only the VSM VM is showing in VM and templates.i m using vsphere 5.5. downloaded the dell virtual...
View ArticleProblemas with SAN Compellent
Our SAN Compellent has a problem, when start on tell me next errors:and next of this messages only show points "...................................................."Thanks for your helpPress...
View ArticleAfter switch firmware update EQL is complaining of invalid configuration
After switch firmware updates the EQL is complaining of invalid configurationThe environment is completely working, but the EQL Group Manager is showing a warning that it doesn’t like the switch...
View Articleraid 50 read latency
I've got a 6210 configured in Raid 50 connected to a bunch of esxi server. Since day one it seems the read latency has been hovering around 5-10ms and the write latency is near 0 most of the time....
View ArticleEQL Hard Drive Order Question
Hi,We are ordering extra hard drives since Dell cannot guarantee four hour parts delivery where the SAN is located. The SAN model I'm curious about is the PS6100E and the hard drives that's currently...
View Articleiscsi SR on Dell Equallogic
I am using dell equalloc ps 6000 with firmware version V6.0.2(R287892). I am currently using Storage Link for my SR's. Noting that this is being deprecated. I configured another equallogic using iscsi....
View ArticleiSCSI paths going into a reconnecting state on a regular basis
iSCSI paths going into a reconnecting state on a regular basis. This causes all disk ownership to be placed on a single host. During this time the host is not able to ping the discovery IP address...
View ArticleDell VSM Supports 8 PS Groups ?
Hi,We have a medium vmware vcenter setup.1 vcenter , 10 remote sites, all have a 1 or more ps4100 'sInstalled the vsm, started adding the eql's .... this stopped with 8 groups.I can not add more vsm's...
View ArticleEQL CHAP Mandatory? or not?
Our EQL and two Hyper-V hosts were set up by dell services using CHAP. Recently a Dell tech suggested some ASM connection errors may be fixed by NOT using CHAP. We turned it off and it seems to still...
View ArticleMove Volume
I am in the process of moving a volume from one PS6100X to another PS6100X. The transfer started out pretty fast and then slowed down to a near halt at 70 percent. The current IOP rate on the...
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