I have a PowerVault MD3200 connected to two R710 servers.
Note, this is the MD3200 --- THERE IS NO LETTER "i" at the end. This is NOT iSCSI. This is direct attach.
Sorry to be so direct, but every time I ask anyone about this thing, they all assume "i".
Anyway, both R710 servers have the server administrator on them and the Modular Disk storage manager installed on them.
Both R710's are running Windows Server 2012 R2 and this is a Hyper-V cluster.
Problem: When I pulled up the modular disk manager on server 1, it said the in-band management was UNRESPONSIVE. Server 2 said everything, both in-band and out-band were OPTIMAL. I removed the storage array from the modular disk storage manager on server 1 and did auto-discovery to find it again. The manager found the storage array and added it but ONLY for out-of-band management. It did not add in-band management. And now the storage array is listed as OPTIMAL.
Do I have something to worry about? Is losing in-band management on one server a big deal?
The Dell server administrator on both R710's say everything is OPTIMAL on the servers as well - this includes the 6Gbps HBA cards.
What do you guys think? I'm find with not having in-band management on one server as long as I can manage the MD3200.
Other notes:
I can move the hyper-v cluster disks back and forth with no problem.
None of the hyper-v cluster disks is listed as being in Redirected Access mode.
The firmware of both HBA's on both R710's is 7.03.06.
JamesNT