Replication across different subnets
I have two EQL 6210's and I need to replicate data between the two, one is located on a 172.x.x.x network and the other is located on 10.x.x.x network across MPLS. What is the easiest way to configure...
View Article10GB SAN with 1GB switch?
Hi there,I've been asked to install the below :-EQL Ps4210x2x Dell r430 (with 1GB NICs)2x N2024 switches (iscsi)My concern is that we would be using a 10GB SAN with a 1GB switch (and 1GB NICs on the...
View ArticleController Configuration
Hi,I have a question about the configuration of 2 controller on PS4100 SAN. I see the second controller is in standby mode for failover. I want to put 2 controller in ACTIVE MODE to get 4gigabytes of...
View ArticleEquallogic failover management port
I'm configuring a Dell EqualLogic PS6210XV.I've configured dedicated management interface. When I disconnect the management port on the active controller, it doesn't automatically fail over to the the...
View ArticleDell VSM - SSLv3 vs TLS
Question... Does the Dell VSM communicate to vCenter using SSLv3 or TLS? Since vCenter 5.5 Update 3b disables SSLv3 on vCenter (and ESXi 5.5. Update 3b does it on the host side) I just want to make...
View ArticleVolumes in System Center Operations Manager 2012
Hi!I have PS6610 with a few volumes that I'm trying to monitor through SCOM.Under the storage pools node I have and all Child nodes down the the Power supply, however under volumes its just empty.I've...
View ArticleErroneous error message for snapshots
Hi. We have a PS6210xs and 6000 grouped together running FW 7.1.9. This morning, I got the "fewer than expected snapshots" message for 7 volumes, but all of them have the proper number of snapshots....
View ArticleWhat is the best practise to create Volumes
hi.i have Dell Equiliser PS 6000 model SAN storage. with RAID 50 Configured. and spce 4 TB1. i want to present 2TB and 2 TB Volumes to the 2 host servers. is it good to present like this or 2. can i...
View ArticleEvent 9 39 129 Server 2012
Hello We have 3 Poweredge R630 servers, 1 Equilogic PS4210 and 2 Dell switches N4032 to connect them. We are having iSCSI issues. 1 VM is freezing up afther 30-60 min uptime. storage Esent 510 533...
View ArticleMD3200 Shutdown Procedure
HelloIs there any specific procedure for shutting down a MD3200 or do you just power down your hosts and pull the power on the MD?ThanksKind Regards
View ArticleControl module 0 processor sensor
HelloWe are getting the email from our SAN :I have the server room set at 64 degrees, Do sensors go bad?WARNING event from storage array san-1subsystem: emd [secondary] event: 28.3.46 time: Thu...
View ArticleEqualLogic Group Member network configuration error: "Management interface...
Hi,Currently we have new EqualLogic 6100 device with this network configuration:Group Manager IP - 192.168.0.2 (VLAN1).Member network config:eth0 - 192.168.0.3 (VLAN1)eth1 - 10.10.10.3 (VLAN2)eth2 -...
View ArticlePS 4000 does not recognize replacement HDD
HDD failed on PS4000. I replaced the HDD and reinserted the caddy back into the chassis. HDD still marked as failed. I replaced the caddy with a new one with the original HDD and reinserted into the...
View Articlechoosing RAID policy
hi there,Am about to setup a PS4210x (24x 600GB 10k) and was wondering which raid type to go for. Its a single array for a smallish company (70 office staff). They use file servers, exchange, RDS via...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Volumes and Multiple vCenter Servers
I have one EQ group that provides storage for two vCenters. I have VVols working on vCenter #1, but cannot create VVOLs from vCenter #2. I found this general post online and wonder if I can only...
View ArticleVVOL Replication??
From my own testing and reading online it appears that replication of VVOLS is not possible. Is there another avenue for DR using Equallogic tools and vms stored in VVOLS?
View ArticleESXi 6.0U2 and I/O timeout warning in release notes
I hope the famous Don can answer this question [:D]VMware just released 6.0 U2 and the known issues contains a warning about I/O timeouts but they don't say which products/vendors are affected. Do you...
View ArticleProblem with Auto-Snapshot manager after domain change
Hi,I have a customer with a Hyper-v FailoverCluster and CSV's.They recently changed their internal domain name, and since then they are haveing trouble connecting to the PS-Group in Auto-snapshot...
View ArticleDo I need more SFP+ host ports if I add another PS6210X disk shelf
Hi allWe have a Server 2012 R2 4 node Hyper V cluster with each host having 2 10GbE SFP+ dedicated to iSCSI traffic. We need to expand the capacity of the SAN and our vendor has quoted for another...
View ArticleIs it possible to have a alias IP or 2 Ip's on a single NIC? PS5000 and PS6000?
I'm attempting to identify how I can utilize all NIc's on both our PS5000 and PS6000 for iscsi while also have a secondary IP for management. Currently all iscsi ports are on their own VLAN. And our...
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