Dell PowerVault MD3000i Support Question
Dell PowerVault MD3000i Support Question
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Question posted by KingdNick7 on May 5th, 2014
The Storage Management Software You Are Attempting To Use Is Not Compatible
with the firmware on the raid controller md3000i
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Related Dell PowerVault MD3000i Manual Pages
Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 9
...) disks. Single-controller configurations
- The RAID enclosure can be either in the entire storage array. About Your System
The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i is a 3U rack-mounted external Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage array capable of accommodating up to a maximum of -band using an Ethernet connection to data storage. Overview
The RAID enclosure is designed...
Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 28
... status reported in MD Storage Manager) described in the storage array. Hot Spare Standby The physical disk in the indicated Steady Green slot is necessary because the physical disks are supported in Table 2-1. Table 2-1.
All virtual disks in use as unsupported and the physical disk becomes unavailable for proper operation. RAID Controller Physical Disk States
Status...
Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 50
Because host-based multi-path software is replaced. You can change the preferred RAID controller module owner of a virtual disk or disk group.
The preferred controller is automatically selected by MD Storage Manager when a virtual disk is lost. redundant paths are called the preferred paths; The virtual disks owned by the preferred controller to access either the disks...
Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 79
If a virtual disk uses cache mirroring, it fails over to its peer RAID controller module, which initiates a flush of noncritical events include the following occurs...is in a critical condition if one of data.
PCI Errors
The storage enclosure firmware can detect and only recover from PCI errors when the RAID controller modules are unreadable • Failure to detect or unable to ensure ...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 52
... RAID controller module assigns the physical disks.
The RAID controller module firmware assigns the physical disks. The enclosureLossProtect parameter is not valid when creating virtual disks on or off. Enclosure loss protection is a boolean switch that module firmware cannot the disk group might not have enclosure
returns an error.
physical disk from any one The storage array...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 53
... any of the parameter values by entering new values for the storage array. The RAID controller modules assign disk group and virtual disk numbers as they are satisfied with the parameter values that MD Storage Manager will use the set virtualDisk command to create a storage array. Using the Auto Configure Command
The autoConfigure storageArray command creates the disk...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 56
... from any command that the RAID controller modules consider destructive. Passwords provide added security to a storage array to a File" on page 47).
Unless you can use the set storageArray command to define a password:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "set storageArray password=\"1a2b3c4d5e"\;"
Setting Up SMTP and SNMP Alerts
The storage array can change the...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 64
... its associated snapshot virtual disk. Enclose the file path and file name in use and the RAID level for example, if the virtual disk copy has been removed)
If you... physical disks to use , the software prevents you from the available physical disks when defining your snapshot virtual disk, you provide only the standard virtual disk name, the storage management software provides default values...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 100
... module if failover protection is completed. These events help you take a RAID controller module offline, the second RAID controller module in Service mode only under the direction of Technical Support.
100
Maintaining a Storage Array NOTICE: Place a RAID controller module in the pair takes over. Placing a RAID controller module online sets it to evaluate whether diagnostics testing was...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 139
...-ID | name])
Script Commands
139 By deleting the identification, the RAID controller module no longer recognizes instructions and data from the HBA host port. Delete Host Port
This command deletes an HBA host port identification. NOTE: An HBA host port is a software value that resides within a host system.
If the host bus adapter...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 201
...Returns information about both RAID controller modules in the storage array. Show RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
This command returns a list of the NVSRAM byte values for the show (allControllers | controller [(0 | 1)]) NVSRAM [hostType=(hostTypeIndexLabel | host= "hostName")]
Script Commands
201
NOTE: The detailed RAID controller module information is the RAID controller module on the...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 202
... the index label or number of the NVSRAM before using the set controller command to change NVSRAM values. Use the show storageArray hostTypeTable command to the RAID controller modules. You can enter the command with no parameters, the entire storage array profile is displayed (which is the RAID controller module on the left and 1 is the same information...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 207
... and the current active settings. Use the accept storageArray pendingTopology command to create hosts and host groups from the pending topology.
Example -c "show storageArray pendingTopology
Parameters None.
NOTE: Information returned includes RAID controller module default settings (settings that the storage management software discovered.
Syntax show storageArray iscsiNegotiationDefaults...
Command Line Interface Guide - Page 229
... array configuration, 118 storage array event log, 118 storage array firmware pending, 119 virtual disk reservations, 119
CLI commands, 16 usage examples, 27
clocks, RAID controller module, synchronizing, 95
collecting physical disk data, 98
command formatting rules, 106
command line interface, how to use, 14
command line parameters, 18
commands listed alphabetically, 114 listed by function...
User's Guide
- Page 11
... Guide
Dell™ PowerVault™ Modular Disk (MD) Storage Manager software is used to your storage array's Installation Guide for users who are explained where applicable.
You can access online help by clicking Help located at the top of the screen displays the name of managed arrays.
This guide is intended for information on storage management stations connected to...
User's Guide
- Page 72
..., select Map now, select a host or host group by clicking it . NOTE: In some cases, depending on the host type and any virtual disk manager software in use, the software prevents you from mapping the same host to both a source virtual disk and its associated snapshot virtual disk.
14 If you have created one...
User's Guide
- Page 78
...
- NOTE: In some cases, depending on the host type and any virtual disk manager software in use, the software prevents you from mapping the same host to both a source virtual disk and its associated...Windows.
The default name for the associated snapshot repository virtual disk that helps you are using a Linux-based system, run the hot_add utility to -virtual disk mapping between the ...
User's Guide - Page 11
... to softwarerelated questions. This guide is intended for information on storage management stations connected to the same sub-network.
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About This Guide
Dell™ PowerVault™ Modular Disk (MD) Storage Manager software is used on any host attached to the storage array, as well as on installing the MD Storage Manager. About This Guide
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You can choose another array...
User's Guide - Page 74
... If the required free space is not needed for the snapshot repository virtual disk in use, the software prevents you from mapping the same host to both a source virtual disk and its ...using a Linux-based system, run the hot_add utility to register the snapshot virtual disk with the host operating system. NOTE: In some cases, depending on the host type and any virtual disk manager software...
User's Guide - Page 80
... virtual disks, mount or reassign a drive letter of the next snapshot virtual disk you create based on the host type and any virtual disk manager software in use, the software prevents you from mapping the same host to both a source virtual disk and its corresponding source virtual disk. NOTE: The hot_add utility is not...
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