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Add new Equallogic to existing group

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At first apologize for my english.
We have purchased the new Equllogic PS-M4110 (Firmware Revision 9.0.2).
We also have 3 Blade: 2xPowerEdge M620, 1xPowerEdge M630 with OracleLinux 6.8 installed.
When a new matrix is ​​added to an existing group, the connections to host volumens are broken.

Configuring MXL 10 / 40GbE switch ports where Equallogic's are located:
Ports 0 / 13,0 / 14,0 / 15,0 / 16,1 / 13,1 / 14,1 / 15,1 / 16 the same configuration

TenGigabitEthernet interface y / xx
 No ip address
 Mtu 12000
 Switchport
 Flowcontrol rx on tx off
 Spanning-tree mstp edge-port
 Spanning-tree rstp edge-port
 Spanning-tree 0 portfast
 Spanning-tree pvst edge-port
 Remote-fault-signaling rx off
 No shutdown
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Configuring MXL 10 / 40GbE ports where Blade is located
Ports 0 / 1,0 / 2,0 / 3,1 / 1,1 / 2,1 / 3 the same configuration

TenGigabitEthernet interface y / x
 No ip address
 Mtu 12000
 Portmode hybrid
 Switchport
 Flowcontrol rx on tx off
 Spanning-tree rstp edge-port
 No shutdown

Other switch parameters

No dcb enable
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Interface Vlan 100
 Description "SAN"
 No ip address
 Mtu 12000
 Tagged TenGigabitEthernet 0 / 1-3
 Tagged TenGigabitEthernet 1 / 1-3
 Untagged TenGigabitEthernet 0 / 13-16
 Untagged TenGigabitEthernet 1 / 13-16
 No shutdown
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Switch firmware nersion 9.11
 
Host Configuration NICs:

# 10GbE TUNING
Net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 0
Net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0
Net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 8192 87380 16777216
Net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 16777216
Net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 10000000 10000000 10000000

Net.core.rmem_max = 16777216
Net.core.wmem_max = 16777216
Net.core.rmem_default = 262144
Net.core.wmem_default = 262144
Net.core.optmem_max = 524287
Net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 300000

Net / ipv4 / conf / bond1 / arp_ignore = 1
Net / ipv4 / conf / bond1 / arp_announce = 2
Net / ipv4 / conf / bond1 / rp_filter = 2
Net / ipv4 / conf / bond1.100 / arp_ignore = 1
Net / ipv4 / conf / bond1.100 / arp_announce = 2
Net / ipv4 / conf / bond1.100 / rp_filter = 2

You may have ideas what is wrong and the session breaks with volumes on the "old" matrix


No option to select bandwidth NPAR Equallogic

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We have the following EqualLogic NICs:

BRCM 10GbE 2P 57810S-t Adapter

They are installed on a Dell R730, I have selected NPAR for the NIC, but there is no option to select Bandwidth. Why not?

cheers Mike

PS4100 Volume size full

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Hello all, I know how to increase my volume space and I have the storage space to do this but with it being almost full when I go to resize and click yes to take a snapshot, will it be able to create one?

VM datastore free Space shows less than EqualLogic volume free space

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Hi,

As title, why our VM datastore shows less free space than in EqualLogic?

Thanks, 

FCoE and iSCSI priority groups on Force10 MXL 10/40

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in M1000e chassis, two Force10 MXL switches ruining in A1 and A2 slots. each of them have FC Flex I/O Module. Dell PE M620 blades installed and one  EqualLogic PS4110 installed in slot 15. currently everything is ruining fine using iSCSI with no DCB. FC feature is not enabled yet and nothing connected to FC ports.

In case of enabling FC feature on MXL switches to connect them to EMC VNX FC SAN, what is the recommenced configuration for DCB pfc and ets? Could FCoE and iSCSI coexist on the MXL (iSCSI target is the equallogic and FCoE target is EMC through FC modules)?

are the below priories' config is suitable:

MXL# dcb-map SAN_DCB_MAP
MXL# priority-group 0 bandwidth 60 pfc off
MXL# priority-group 1 bandwidth 20 pfc on 
MXL# priority-group 2 bandwidth 20 pfc on 
MXL# priority-pgid 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
MXL# exit

would class 4 be identified automatically for iSCSI and class 3 for FCoE? what is the correct percentage for bandwidth?

thanks,

NDMP Bakcup of FS7600 Failing

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Hello there!

We're trying to back up data on a container through our FS7600 and though it appears all the permissions are set correctly, the NetBackup job continues to fail.

Here are some sample errors:

3/22/2017 7:07:38 PM - started process bpbrm (8608)
3/22/2017 7:07:38 PM - connecting
3/22/2017 7:07:38 PM - connected; connect time: 00:00:00
3/22/2017 7:07:39 PM - mounting CD0042
3/22/2017 7:08:32 PM - Info bptm(pid=8732) media id CD0042 mounted on drive index 0, drivepath {3,0,0,0}, drivename IBM.ULTRIUM-TD6.000, copy 1
3/22/2017 7:08:32 PM - mounted; mount time: 00:00:53
3/22/2017 7:08:32 PM - positioning CD0042 to file 1
3/22/2017 7:08:42 PM - positioned CD0042; position time: 00:00:10
3/22/2017 7:08:42 PM - begin writing
3/22/2017 9:08:54 PM - Error bptm(pid=8732) media manager exiting because bpbrm is no longer active
3/22/2017 10:08:55 PM - Info bptm(pid=8732) EXITING with status 174 <----------
3/22/2017 10:08:55 PM - end writing; write time: 03:00:13
media manager - system error occurred(174)

and...

3/15/2017 3:54:53 PM - mounted; mount time: 00:00:53
3/15/2017 3:54:53 PM - positioning CD0038 to file 1
3/15/2017 3:54:57 PM - positioned CD0038; position time: 00:00:04
3/15/2017 3:54:57 PM - begin writing
3/15/2017 5:55:10 PM - Error bptm(pid=5160) media manager exiting because bpbrm is no longer active
3/15/2017 6:55:11 PM - Info bptm(pid=5160) EXITING with status 174 <----------
3/15/2017 6:55:11 PM - end writing; write time: 03:00:14
media manager - system error occurred(174)
3/16/2017 5:10:52 AM - Error ndmpagent(pid=6796) <SERVERNAME>: ERROR: Invalid backup root directory[/ETC_STUFF_ITS/Software]
3/16/2017 5:10:52 AM - Error ndmpagent(pid=6796) ndmp_data_start_backup failed, status = 9 (NDMP_ILLEGAL_ARGS_ERR)
3/16/2017 5:10:52 AM - Error ndmpagent(pid=6796) NDMP backup failed, path = /ETC_STUFF_ITS/Software

Does anyone have any insight or a link to a NDMP NetBackup configuration guide?

Thanks in advanced!

PS6210 san and vmware 5.5 volume removal

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have unmounted and detached a datastore in Vmware (KB2004605) from our 4 esxi 5.5 hosts.

If I look at managed paths  for the datastore ( starts with iscsi naa. number ) I assume the iscsi alias target number (iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic number) that matches the volume over on the Dell san manager screen is the volume I delete? Then go back over to vmware and rescan the hosts??

Load Balancing Status on Volumes

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Hi...I am currently using a mix of PS6000 and PS6100XS units.

I have only 1 storage pool, the Load balancing in Group config is enabled (tick)

I have approx 10 volumes.

Their RAID preference are all "automatic".

I noticed that some of the volumes have Load balancing status disabled while some were enabled. But almost all of them are using storage from all of the 4 EQL units (some uses only 2).

I cannot find any distinct pattern between how many EQL were used and if the Load Balancing is enabled or disabled.


Can't register VASA provider (DELL VSM)

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When i try to register VASA provider in Dell VSM I get this error message:

Waiting 90 seconds for VMware vCenter to register with the VASA Provider...
VMware vCenter is unreachable, re-execute this command when it is reachable
VMware vCenter registration with VASA Provider failed (see setup.sh-1491390295.log)!
press [enter] to continue...

The log shows.

SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/asmve/webapps/ROOT.war/WEB-INF/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.0.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/asmve/webapps/vasa1.war/WEB-INF/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.6.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See www.slf4j.org/codes.html for an explanation.
com.equallogic.hitve.shared.exceptions.VMWareException: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.
at com.equallogic.hitve.server.rmi.VMWareSession.<init>(VMWareSession.java:334)
at com.equallogic.hitve.server.rmi.VMWareSession.createSession(VMWareSession.java:179)
at com.equallogic.hitve.server.rmi.VMWareSession.createSession(VMWareSession.java:174)
at com.equallogic.hitve.server.utils.ApplianceUtils.getOVFConfiguredSession(ApplianceUtils.java:152)
at ConfigureAppliance.registerVasaProvider(ConfigureAppliance.java:749)
at ConfigureAppliance.main(ConfigureAppliance.java:334)

VCenter 6.0.30100 VSM VASA provider disconnected VSM 4.5.1.700

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Had been receiving VASA provider certificate expiration alarms. Researched and found a forum post with a technician stating that these should not affect anything, as the certificate was only important during setup. VCenter restarted as part of update process, and is now listing errors - VASA provider disconnected.

EquaLogic monitoring in SCOM 2016 - Gateway Server

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Hi everyone!

I'm having problems with monitoring my Dell EqualLogic PS6100XV via System Center Operations Manager 2016.

I added it as Network Device and it should automatically appear in Monitoring -> Dell -> State Views -> EquaLogic Devices, but it's not there. I know that sometimes it takes hourse to pop up, but it's been days...and it's still not there...

Does anyone have a solutuon? Maybe has the same problem as i do?

Please help :)

Control Module is not installed

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Hi there,

Currently have an issue with a PS6100 SAN, we have dual control modules configured.

This morning the secondary control module is now stating an error message of: Control module is not installed. 

It also seems that it is constantly rebooting as the power LED is lit up on the unit itself, it sometimes boots up and is view able on the GUI but then it disappears again a minute later with the above error.

Any thoughts of why this has occurred and if there is a simple fix?

Thanks

Populating EqualLogic Hybrid Arrays

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I am going to configure a PS6510ES which is a SATA/SSD hybrid array but I have no information on whether to put the SSD's in the first 7 slots or the last 7 slots.  This got me wondering if it would make any difference either way in terms of functionality or performance.  Any ideas?

CLB is not balancing in three member pool.

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I have a 6 member group split into three pools; default (empty), Four, and Seven.  In pool Four there are two members with 100% used space while the third has 1.3TB of free space available.  It's the same for pool Seven, two members which are 100% full and the third has all the free space.  I don't use snapshots or replication, so I don't know if I should care about this or not?  If I do care about this, how would I correct it?  I just noticed this condition today while looking into why p7eql01 wont fail over when one of the two Force10 switches lose power (everything is green).

Pool members;

p4eql01 5.75TB 1.3TB R10 24 SAS 15k v7.1.2(R402088)
p4eql02 16.55TB 0MB R6 24 SAS 7.2k v7.1.2(R402088)
p4eql03 8.6TB 0MB R16 24 SAS 10k v7.1.2(R402088)

p7eql01 8.89TB 0MB R10 12 SAS 7.2k v7.1.2(R402088)
p7eql02 19.83TB 0MB R6 24 SAS 10k v7.1.2(R402088)
p7eql03 8.6TB 395GB R10 24 SAS 10k v7.1.2(R402088)

How to obtain HIT

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How do I go about obtaining the Host Integration Toolkit / VMware Edition for my two Equallogic SANs?

Thx in advance.


equallogic: move volumes from group A to group B

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Hi all,

Is it possible to move volumes from group A to group B without time and data loss in equallogic groups?

group A contains ps4100 members (1Gb IP SAN)

group B contains ps6210 members  (10Gb IP SAN )

Thanks

Datastore Snapshot Recovery

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I have a large VM spread across multiple datastores and RDMs that we are going to attempt and upgrade on and I would like to Snaphot  it with the Equallogic as a backup. Where can I get more information/procedures regarding backup and recovery of datastores in VMware with Equallogic storage? Has anyone else done this and can share information regarding?

TIA

Troy

New EqualLogic SCOM Managment Packs?

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Hello,

Has the EqualLogic Management Pack for SCOM been updated? I can see that the website has been updated, but can't see any changes to the versions.

It says it now supports SCOM 2016?

www.dell.com/.../DriversDetails

EQUALLOGIC PS6000XV New Disk offline

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We have a PS6000XV that is end of life, but need to keep it going for a few more months.  A disk failed and we purchased a new one, it is the correct drive type and does have the correct firmware, but when it is installed it just shows offline.  Under Health is says healthy, the model and Revision both match the other drives. 

If it says healthy does that mean the disk is good? 

Any idea how to get it online?

PS6100 C2F power module has insufficient hold time error?

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on 1 controller card Module I'm seeing Battery status FAILED, and getting the error:

Critical hardware component failure, as shown next.

                C2F power module has insufficient hold time.

What would be my options?replace the entire controller, or just the C2f card?

its located in our co-lo and its about 90 minute drive to get there.

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