FS7610 and Access Based Enumeration
Has anyone had any luck getting Access Based Enumeration working with Dell's FS series of NAS devices? I enabled it in the CLI for our FS7610. But it doesn't work. I still see folders that I don't...
View Article*REALLY* Failed 6010 array
hello all, we are trying to fire up a used 6010 array and it seems to be stuck in a boot loop - needless to say it's not on support - we have tried pulling out enough drives to fail, each individual...
View ArticleDrive firmware update
I have two drives, spares, which are in need of a firmware update. I have downloaded the update package and am ready to do the firmware update. Will the update to these spare drives, require the...
View ArticleDell PS4100XV - problem with copying files
Hi.I got a R420, connected to PS4100XV via PowerConnect 6224the R420 has 2x 300 GB 15K Drives (RAID 1)2x 2 TB NL SAS Drives with PERC H310 (RAID 1).Running ESXi 5.1 U2.I tried copying an ISO file from...
View Articleerror on ESXi 6 splash screen
I've been playing around with ESXi 6 and MEM 1.3 and I noticed there's red text on the esxi splash screen (the kind that's almost impossible to see that flashes on the screen between the last service...
View ArticleProblem with APLB on 3x Equallogic Arrays
Dear Community,we have 3 Equallogic Arrays (PS4000,PS4000, PS600) within one Storage Pool. All disks are 10k SAS drives. In Group Configuration the "Enable Performance load balancing in pools" Checkbox...
View ArticleVirtual hostname
We have an Equallogic running on a PS4100. I'm fairly new to the system so still learning my way round it. This might be a simple query.My question is this : we have an old storage server with 4tb of...
View Article7.1.5 firmware vs 8.0.3
Looking at the downloads page for PS firmware - it looks like 8.0.3 is released - but the latest 'recommended' firmware is 7.1.5. is there a reason for this? any reason to hold back from 8.0.3?
View ArticleFS7610 - Only admins can see hidden snapshot folders
In theory, users can restore their own files, from the snapshots of the volume. But in our experience, only users that have admin rights on the FS can even view the hidden ".snapshot" folders. Where...
View Articleerror on ESXi 6 splash screen
I've been playing around with ESXi 6 and MEM 1.3 and I noticed there's red text on the esxi splash screen (the kind that's almost impossible to see that flashes on the screen between the last service...
View ArticleEQL volume size and usage in ESXi
Hi,I've been going through the forums looking at posts pertaining to volume size on the equallogic.For the most part is looks like smaller sizes are recommended, but I also see a lot saying that this...
View ArticlePS5500e and (newer) firmware
dear fellow owners, dear Dell guys/galsis the latest recommended (7.1.5 please correct me if I'm wrong) firmware ok with PS5500e?many thanks.
View ArticleFailover of FS7610
We have two FS7610 NAS devices. They are not configured as a cluster, instead the FS7610 at our production site is replicated hourly to a FS7610 at our DR site.In reading documentation on these...
View ArticlePS5500 & PS6500 and minimal disk configuration.
hi allthis must have been somewhere in the doc I'm reading but must have gone blind.Can you help, can you tell what's the minimum number of disks these arrays must have in order to start?cheers.
View ArticleRouting on Equallogic
Is there a way to add a static route on an Equallogic? I have a management network and an iSCSI network. The default gateway is on the subnet used by the management network. I need to have a route...
View ArticleOlder version of Drive Firmware
Where can I find older PS Storage Drive firmware updates? The newest one (v8.0) says that it applies to drives that I do not have in my disk array and I know the disks in my array need updating.I have...
View ArticlePS5000, Spare disks showing offline
Hope someone can help, we have an old PS5000 (out of support) which has 16 disks in raid 10. 14 of them make up the raid group, of which one has failed, however the two "spare" disks are simply marked...
View ArticleDownload Release Notes for PS Series Firmware v7.1.7 not working
I get error "403 - Forbidden". Anyone got these and could attach them here or provide me with a working link?
View ArticleUpdating Firmware to PS Series Firmware V8.0
Hi, I have a group called "xyz" , there are three members in it. All of these three members have same fireware i.e V7.1.2 (R402088). I have merged the pools of two members and the pool is called...
View ArticleShutdown for 6100
we have a Equallogic 6100 and need to shutdown for power outage this weekend. is there any procedure for shutting these down. (after all host connected have been shut down first)thanksPat
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