Equallogic PS100 vs PS100E
Hi Gentlemen,A customer is asking us to find a power supply for a PS100, Chassis Type 1403.When I search the internet for information, I find a lot for PS100E. Are they different models or is it the...
View ArticleChanging IP address of Array
We are moving our DR site storage into production and need to change the IP's of both management adn iSCSI. Everytime i try to do this, either from command line or GUI i keep getting the...
View Articleaborting Create NAS Cluster
Hi,I am trying to create a NAS cluster on a FS7600 with a PS6100E SAN. I went through the menu after clicking the Create NAS button and clicked Finish, Is there a way to abort the create? it...
View ArticleEquallogic Series - OpenSSH vulnerabilities
Anyone know of a good "central source" for Dell responses on all the SSH/SSL vulnerabilties floating around? I've got a shelf out there running 7.0.7 that an auditor ran across and said it had an...
View ArticlePS6500E + 48 x 2 TB HDD + RAID 50 = 69.25TB??
Hi all,New to the forums and also new to EqualLogic systems in general (replaced a senior staff member who passed away).I was given the order to re-setup our EqualLogic system (PS6500E) with 48x 2TB...
View ArticleVLAN ID settings
I'm trying to determine where, if anywhere, the VLAN ID is set within the equal logic product 4210XS units? We have one in service within our VMWARE environment, and I"m performing a switch audit...
View ArticleRunning VMware unmap on hybrid array
Running VMware unmap on hybrid arrayI have my luns set to thick provisioned so keeping an eye on space is a simple matter of looking in vcenter. Is there any advantage to running unmap if I don't care...
View ArticleChanging IP addresses on SAN and NAS
Is there a document or can someone share directions on the steps necessary to change the IP address' on both Equallogic SAN and NAS. The SAN is easy enough, but cannot find any information on modifying...
View ArticleDell SANHQ will not start always throws SANHQ services.exe fail
If anyone can help it's appreciated, I logged in to our san HQ server the other day and each time it starts up it says can't start service.All I see when I look at the event logs I pasted below.Any...
View ArticleEquallogic Group Manager - SAN Headquarters
Do you know if there is a way to remove expired San Headquarters that are listed in Group Manager from previous SanHQ monitors? I have a few old entries in my group manager from previous San Hq...
View ArticleMaximum number of members a volume should span
Hi,I've got 6 x PS6010 members, that used to be set up in 2 groups of 3 members. Each member is one RAID 6 group of 600Gb disks.Recently, we've reconfigured them all into one group of 6 members.We are...
View ArticlePS6500E + 48 x 2 TB HDD + RAID 50 = 69.25TB??
Hi all,New to the forums and also new to EqualLogic systems in general (replaced a senior staff member who passed away).I was given the order to re-setup our EqualLogic system (PS6500E) with 48x 2TB...
View ArticleFW v7.1.11 question, SSD bug?
HiI recently updated some group FW to v7.1.9 only to find that .11 is now out.It mentions:"On a PS6010XS array, a timeout condition and, eventually, SSD disk failure occurred on all SATA SSDs. The...
View ArticleFirmware Udate 8.0.4 to 8.1.3
I’ve always been successful upgrading firmware on our PS6100 and 4100 arrays. But this time we don’t have a Dell support agreement. I’m going from 8.0.4 to 8.1.3. One question is can I downgrade if...
View ArticleMigrate SAN HQ to new 2012R2 Server
I have SAN HQ on a 2008R2 server and would like to move the data to a new 2012R2 server so I can upgrade to a version with VVOL support.I tried recommendations found in the dell forums of stopping...
View Articleautomounting multiple VIPs on equilogic
I have setup a 7600 with two VIPs, one for each controller. Each controller has an LACP trunk to my client switch.I am curious on any suggestions for setting up an automounter.I have setup an export...
View ArticleHost Integration Tools for Linux on Centos 7
Hi,I'm trying to install Host Integration Tools for Linux on my Centos 7, but the installation script return me: "Warning: This operating system is not supported by this version of the Host...
View ArticleEquallogic -- Disk Firmware update ST33000652SS
Hello,I'm geting the folowing critical alert on my Equallogic PS6000.Active Critical: Disk firmware on drive 7 for member STOR01 is out of date. Login to the Dell EqualLogic Customer Support site at...
View ArticleOlder versions of Dell Storage Update Manager
Is there a way to get older versions of Dell Storage Update Manager?We are upgrading to 8.1.1 and don't want to go to 8.1.3 as it hasn't 'aged' to our comfort. But when I run the DSUM it won't assist...
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