Powervault 114x - Code 8
Hello, when I try to change the back-up tape, I get a C on the display and having powered off and on again get an 8 displayed before the display goes back to C. Does anybody know what this means ?I've...
View ArticleDell MD3200i "RTC Error: Real-time clock device is not working OK."
Hi,I am seeing this issue on a Dell MD3200i: RTC Error: Real-time clock device is not working OK.along with this:3900 Real-Time Clock01 RT Clock Tick PassedIs this an issue? How can it be resolved?
View ArticleDell Enterprise Hardware & Software Updates, November 7-11
Popular DownloadsDell Server E-Support Tool (DSET) 3.7Dell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.3OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.2Servers & StorageBroadcom NetXtreme-E...
View ArticleTL4000 LTO5 Tape Library Drive Error's
Hi All,I am receiving errors on one of my LTO5 Drives in a TL4000 Tape Library. THe Drive Error Code is saying No Error and Port Status is Logged out. The tape seems to get stuck can't be ejected,...
View ArticleMigrating MD3220 to MD3420 on the same HBA
Hi Team.I am looking at migrating off an MD3220 to an MD3420 due to the old device becoming end of life.The MD3220 is currently connected to 2 * R730 running vmware 6 via dual-pathed 12GBps SAS HBAsI...
View ArticleAfter changing md3000i raid controller battery unable to connect to iSCSI...
Hello,I have a md3000i with dual raid controller modules (dual port) and have been using it for years with great success. I got a warning that the battery needed to be replaced in module 1 (age). So I...
View Articledownload failure with MD3000i resource CD iso
I have been trying to download the MD3000i resource CD iso for 4 days. It will start the download but, fail to download the full image, even though it thinks it has.Is anyone else having this problem...
View ArticleDell 6gbps SAS HBA and NEOs Storageloader (Not seeing the Autoloader )
Hi I have a Poweredge R520 server with Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-v Core , i have installed Dell 6GBPS SAS HBA card and BackupExec 2015 All firmware are up-to -date but the Server is only detecting the...
View ArticleMD3000 lost virtual disk group
HelloWe have a PowerVault MD3000 with two MD1000 connected. One of the MD1000 devices is gone! "Lost Virtual disk group" How can I solve this problem? Thanks
View Articledell powervault NF 600
I have an old Dell power vault tower. This machine has high voltage power supplies and the fans in them are extraordinary. It is like I would be living beside an airport.I've looked online for a...
View ArticleDifference between DELL MD3820F and DELL MD3820i
Hello experts. I am very new to DELL storage. I am currently working on a project where as per product requirement, MD3820f was to be used as storage for our server but by mistake we received MD3820i....
View ArticleChanging MD3000i from dual controller to single controller config
We have a MD3000i which had it second controller fail.This is a old device and we are not planning on replacing the bad controller.The unit is in state of failure because its still looking for the...
View ArticleMD3200 and vSphere 6
We are connecting our old MD3200 SAN to our vSphere 6 environment as a backup system. We have a NetApp as the primary storage system.We will be cloning some 100 VMs for future testing over to the...
View ArticleMD3000i RAID Controller problem
HelloThis is similar to another, recent post but I didn't want to hijack the thread so here goes.We have a Dell MD3000i with dual controllers hosting a Hyper-V failover cluster. The unit is in...
View ArticleAdding Capacity in PowerVault MD Storage Manager Software
How to increase capacity on existing virtual drives in a disk pool?I have a PowerVault MD3620f
View ArticleGet MD3600i controllers to run as standalone, after running in pair.
Hi We have two MD36 chassis, that is taken out of service, the first one has two MD3600i controllers og the other one has no controllers.We would like to use these in our vmware test setup instead, but...
View ArticleNot able to see drives
I have a dell r710 and an MD1000. I am using a Perc 5/e and I cannot get the bios to see the disks. I get an Unknown error. I have tried multiple cards, I have tried different emm's. I have...
View ArticleAre 4TB SATA drives compatible in a DELL iSCSI PowerVault MD3000i
Are 4TB SATA drives compatible in a DELL iSCSI PowerVault MD3000i? I had two of my HDDs fail and want to upgrade the rest of the HDDs from 300GB 15k SAS to 4TB 7.2 SATA.
View ArticleConfiguration of Dell NAS NX3200 as File and Storage Server
Hi Everyone,I have a Dell NAS NX3200 device with 6 TB of Space and 32GB RAM. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition is installed on this Machine (Not Storage Edition). Scenario which i want to...
View Articlelatency on MD3420
Hello I’m working with a Hyper-V Cluster of 2 R630 and a MD3420 (RAID 5 of 24 HDD SAS 10k 1To).This cluster hosts especially 1 Exchange 2010 server (700 Mbx), 2 Exchange 2013 (30mbx and 100mbx).I’m...
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