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<s>[INST] Hi, I have an OM Enterprise 3.1 instance that is behind a corporate proxy. I have configured the proxy settings under Application Settings > Network > Proxy settings - Correctly configuring each field. It appears that the appliance is not using this setting at all: I have set up packet traces between the appliance and the proxy and there is no traffic coming to the proxy from the appliance IP. There are no firewalls between the two devices. While I am waiting for pro support to sign the FSD certificate for me so I can access the shell, does anyone else have experiences with setting the proxy in OM Enterprise 3.x? [/INST] [NAME] We have fixed upgrade through proxy in 3.2 Release. For Future releases console upgrade can be performed through Proxy As of now please perform the console upgrade through internal share. Thanks, Anil Kumar V K R Dell EMC </s>

<s>[INST] Hello.There is a Dell PowerEdge T30 (service tag: ). It is necessary to create the raid mirror (Raid 1), how to do it? I looked at the BIOS - "raid on" is worth it. With the set "raid on" I tried when loading ctrl + r, ctrl + i - I can not go into the raid configuration utility. Windows Server 2012 r2 (if relevant here). Please help [/INST] My recommendation? Set onboard RAID/SATA to AHCI (don't use the Intel/S1x0 controller), then mirror the drives in Windows. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi everybody, I have a small problem with a LACP link between a Switchy (PowerConnect 7048P) and a firewall (SonicWall Supermassive 9200). Both of them are in the last firmware version : About the configuration into the PowerConnect 7048P, I add some screenshots. The LACP link is done with the ports 1 and 2. [IMAGE][IMAGE] For be compatible with the firewall, I check the LACP Timeout was "long" for the port 1 and 2. [IMAGE][IMAGE] After that, when I check on SSH connection, the port one is synchronized, collecting and distributing but not the port 2. [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE] If someone has already met this kind of case, I will be interested to know what you do for working LACP correctly. PS :if you need some LACP configuration of the firewall, I can add some screenshots. Best regards. [/INST] Hi, I found the solution. I wrong configuration is into the firewall. On the SuperMassive serie, with the recent firmwares, you have 2 places about the aggregation link. In the 'Network' tab, You need to check the configuration on the main port of your aggregation link. You need to select "none" to the parameter 'Redundant/Aggregate Ports'. [IMAGE] In the 'Switching' tab, you need to configure the aggregation link here, like my screenshot. [IMAGE] After this modification, the aggregate link works. [IMAGE][IMAGE] Best regards. </s>

<s>[INST] I'm getting this in the event log and don't know what it means. Looking for answers. Date/Time: 6/4/19 12:14:44 AMSequence number: 218937Event type: 100DDescription: Timeout on physical disk side of RAID controller moduleEvent specific codes: 0/0/0Event category: ErrorComponent type: Physical DiskComponent location: Enclosure 0, Slot 2Logged by: RAID Controller Module in slot 0 [/INST] Hello SysTomAdmin, That is the original firmware that the system came with back in 2010. What you need to do is to upgrade the firmware on your MD3200i and it should resolve your issue. Now since that firmware is so old you will have to upgrade in a few steps. You will first need to go to firmware version 07.75.28.60. Once you get to that version and all is stable then you can upgrade to 08.20.24.60. This issue was resolved in the newer versions of firmware. Here are the links to the firmware as well as the instructions for doing a firmware upgrade. Controller Firmware 07.75.28.60 [URL] Controller Firmware 08.20.24.60 [URL] MDSM for 07.75.28.60 ftp://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER00676032M/1/DELL_MDSS_Consolidated_RDVD_v3.0.1.18.iso MDSM for 08.20.24.60 [URL] HDD/ SDD Firmware [URL] Firmware Upgrade instructions If your current firmware is not 7.75.28.60 A06 8/3/11 ? you MUST step to 7.75.28.60 before going to 07.80.62.60. This firmware is included with the 07.80.62.60 download. Please allow for at least 60-85 minutes for the updates. Time may vary depending on how long each reboot takes. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] I'm getting these in the event log and need more information on what is going on. Date/Time: 6/4/19 12:14:22 AMSequence number: 218935Event type: 201EDescription: VDD repair startedEvent specific codes: 0/0/0Event category: InternalComponent type: RAID Controller ModuleComponent location: Enclosure 0, Slot 0Logged by: RAID Controller Module in slot 0 Date/Time: 6/4/19 12:14:45 AMSequence number: 218942Event type: 201FDescription: VDD repair completedEvent specific codes: 0/0/0Event category: InternalComponent type: RAID Controller ModuleComponent location: Enclosure 0, Slot 0Logged by: RAID Controller Module in slot 0 Date/Time: 6/4/19 12:14:22 AMSequence number: 218934Event type: 2014Description: VDD logged an errorEvent specific codes: 0/0/0Event category: InternalComponent type: RAID Controller ModuleComponent location: Enclosure 0, Slot 0Logged by: RAID Controller Module in slot 0 [/INST] Hello SysTomAdmin, With these alerts there was an issue with a VD, and your MD3200i was able to correct the error and repair the VD. What you want to check for is to make sure that your MD3200i is running the latest firmware and that all your HDD¡¯s have the latest firmware on them as well. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, do you know if there is a best practices to deploy journal volumes on vsan? If i'm not mistaken, in the physical version of recoverpoint it was suggest to avoid to put journal volumes where there were production volume or replicate volume. In that scenario, i created the journal volumes on other pool in the san storage, but on the vsan it is not possible. Have you got any suggestion? Bye! [/INST] Hi [NAME] Yes, full vSAN support including data, Journal, and Repository volumes are supported as per RecoverPoint-for-Virtual-Machines-5.2.x-Simple-Support-Matrix , RecoverPoint-for-Virtual-Machines-5.2:-Fully-Virtualized-Multi-Copy-Continuous-Data-Protection-Using-VMware-Hypervisor-Based-Replication Hope that helps, Muhammad ToffahaSenior Technical Engineer- RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for VMs [NAME] muhammad.toffaha[NAME].com </s>

<s>[INST] Attempted many times to connect ftp.dell.com, ftp1 & 2 now way. host verifies through test connection however it throws error when updating. IMO this is due to timeouts.... How can we update? [/INST] Got it to work this way with a USB unit Guys you make things harder! REF errors SWC0053 & SWC0066 </s>

<s>[INST] System Notification - VNX-5300.ced.local, ERROR, NaviEventMonitor Event Time: Jun 3 08:56:07 2019 Brief Description: CLARiiON call-home event number 0x956 Host SPB Storage Array CKM00133400552 SPB Device Bus 1 Enclosure 2 Disk 8 SoftwareRev 7.33.2 (0.51) BaseRev 05.32.000.5.221 Description Parity Invalidated ExtCode1=438cf00; ExtCode2=13001000;.[IMAGE]All Disk Blink Full Description: A CLARiiON call-home event with severity ERROR was received. Celerra Name: VNX-5300.ced.local (10.158.253.53) Celerra Model: VNX5300 Celerra Serial #: CKM00133400552 NAS Version: 7.1.80-3 Severity: ERROR Component: CS_PLATFORM Facility: NaviEventMonitor Message ID: 83224035341 [/INST] Hello Beard Developer, Looking at the error that you posted it looks like you had a parity error happen on the drive located Bus 1 Enclosure 2 Disk 8. In most case your VNX 5300 will try to correct this error. If you are seeing this error a lot on that drive, then that drive might be getting ready to fail. If this is the first time that you received the error, then I would monitor the error to see if it returns on the same drive. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] This Article helps you in understanding how to create the log bundles for IDPA DP4400 product. Link : [URL] [/INST] Replying to mark TOTAL OF ALL PREVIOUS POSTS IN THIS DISCUSSION as the SOLUTION. But please continue to post any questions/comments. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello guys, Few weeks ago I have installed R640 server with ESXi 6.0.0 through pxe. It was installed successfully. I would like to reinstall the same server but somehow pxe boot doesn't work. It is looking for mac address but it didn't receive anything from dhcp. The strange thing is that I am able to install new host with the same way with the same dhcp, with the same image in the same network...But if I am trying to reinstall already installed host it doesn't work. If I will block C drive where ESXi 6.0.0 is installed in BIOS and I will keep just network card there it will work. But it can't install OS because C drive is disabled from Bios. Is there anything in the BIOS which is blocking it? Thank you. I have the newest versions of idrac and bios installed. [/INST] Maybe it will help to somebody. The steps I made to fix it: 1. Delete virtual disk 2. Delete RAID 3. Create RAID again 4. Slow inicialization 5. OS installation </s>

<s>[INST] Hello I have a question regarding the REST API with Avamar We are currently running Avamar 7.5.1 and the documentation does not make sense. the documentation on restAPI : [URL] talk about component that does not seem to exist Example for the session the documentation mention to do a curl [URL] when I do this i obtain a 404 jfillon[NAME]-2000lvp76 ~]$ curl -k -D- -X GET [URL] 404Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8Content-Language: enContent-Length: 1095Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:06:26 GMTConnection: closeServer: Avamar HTTP Status 404 ? Not Found Type Status Report Message /rest-api/versions Description The origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists. so the page does not exit. now on the 7.5.1 system there is a REST API as if i browse the URL swager as in the documentation 18.2 i do have aswagger and the restapi server is getting started when i start the MCS [jfillon[NAME]-2000lvp76 ~]$ curl -v -k [URL] About to connect() to bk-2000app04.tbrs.local port 443 (#0)* Trying 10.3.50.50...* Connected to bk-2000app04.tbrs.local (10.3.50.50) port 443 (#0)* Initializing NSS with certpath: sql:/etc/pki/nssdb* skipping SSL peer certificate verification* SSL connection using TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256* Server certificate:* subject: E=root,CN=BK-2000APP04.tbrs.local,OU=Dell EMC,O=Dell Technologies,L=Irvine,ST=California,C=US* start date: Apr 21 09:50:02 2017 GMT* expire date: Apr 20 09:50:02 2022 GMT* common name: BK-2000APP04.tbrs.local* issuer: E=root,CN=BK-2000APP04.tbrs.local,OU=Dell EMC,O=Dell Technologies,L=Irvine,ST=California,C=US> GET /api/swagger-ui.html HTTP/1.1> User-Agent: curl/7.29.0> Host: bk-2000app04.tbrs.local> Accept: */*>< HTTP/1.1 200 OK< Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:13:25 GMT< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block< Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate< Pragma: no-cache< Expires: 0< X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN< X-Application-Context: Kylin:production:9000< Last-Modified: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:40:09 GMT< Accept-Ranges: bytes< Content-Type: text/html< Content-Length: 3246< Swagger UI any though on this ? is the documentation wrong [/INST] So the not-so-secret secret is that the 18.2 REST API existed in 7.5.1... but it was not a public API, so using it for developing your own software is not supported on this release. This API is what the new HTML5 AUI uses to communicate with Avamar MCS. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, We have Unity300. I have been wondering if we can change the system drives from first 4 drives to another drives ? I am asking this because we don't want to use the Flash disks for system drives. Currently, system drives are in flash drives and we have limited space and every MB in flash is precious for us. I want to transfer system drives from SSDs to HDDs. Is it possible to change the ownership of the system drives ? Thanks [/INST] Hi [NAME] Thank you for your post. After reviewing this situation further, unfortunately the task in question is generally not supported. However I would recommend contacting your Dell EMC Account Team or Representative, as they may be able to provide further options on how to perform this task. I hope that this information is useful, however if you require further assistance, please let us know by replying to this thread. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi Guys, So I have two 2080 TIs , I have a 1100 (redundant) PSU on that server, and the gpu kit, I put one of the cards today. One worked, then I put the other one (work project) and the systems complains: PCIE error in Slot 4. I removed one card and leaved the one that worked, no problems, from Linux I can un tensor flow from python, etc, it works. Now, if I remove that card and put the other one the system doesn't boot. it complains of that error and doesn't boot. I was thinking that the card is broken but that is not the case. I put the card in one Dell Precision T series that we have and it works, no problem. We tried both PCIe slot in the server to no avail. So me and my co-worker were tshooting this trying to alternate the slots and cards, one card doesn't work with the server. What do you think guys, can this be a firmware issue in the server? Previously this server had a Tesla K40c and no problem at all. [/INST] I don;t know much about Tensor Flow workloads, but I saw something similar on an Nvidia forum. The guy there ran cuda-memtest and sanity_check.sh. They also had him reinstall the driver. NVRM errors appear to be errors with the Nvidia kernel module, so I can see how those would be items to look at, potentially the BIOS, too. BIOS 2.7.0: [URL] </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, We have an older SC 40 providing 40TB of iSCSI storage to 8 physical servers in a Dell Blade Chassis (M1000e). When all four iSCSI targets are connected everything appears normal. But, we can write to a Compellent volume from a local server disk at 10-20MBps (Boo!). If we disconnect one specific iSCSI target (Controller 2 port 2) the network transfer speed immediately improves to 110-300MBps (Yay!). MPIO is setup and appears to work normally as well. Moving data the opposite way can be transferred at 600+MBps when any/all of the iSCSI links are connected. We do not have software support with Dell and we cannot upgrade the Compellent OS/firmware anymore. Any ideas how to troubleshoot this? I'm not too familiar with setting up the iSCSI network or fault domains... the networking guy (who doesn't know Compellent) said it all looks normal. There are no errors or warnings on the Compellent or on the physical server that I can see so far. SC40 ConfigModel: CT-SC040Version: 6.3.10 (for both controllers)iSCSI ports mentioned below are 10GbpsController 1 Controller 2 Fault Domain 1 Blade ChassisAll servers running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter with latest OS updates, and Dell firmwares for NIC and QLogic NIC software. 2 local disks mirrored. Each blade server has 2 10Gbps NICs to the switches mentioned below with the appropriate VLANs configured. All blades running Failover Cluster for Hyper-V VM's, currently running about 50+ VMs.Switch A1 (10Gbps ports) interface Te1/1/3description "10_Link_to_Compellent_1-1"spanning-tree portfastmtu 9216switchport access vlan 5exit!interface Te1/1/4description "10_Link_to_Compellent_2-1"spanning-tree portfastmtu 9216switchport access vlan 5exit Switch A2 (10Gbps ports) interface Te1/1/3description "10_Link_to_Compellent_1-2"spanning-tree portfastmtu 9216switchport access vlan 6exit!interface Te1/1/4description "10_Link_to_Compellent_2-2"spanning-tree portfastmtu 9216switchport access vlan 6exit [/INST] Hello Andrew_P76, Looking at your configuration, the issue that I see is that your firmware on your SC040 is not compatible with server 2016. You need to be at SCOS 6.7 which is supported for 2016. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, How can I get the engineID from Vrtx CMC to use it with SNMPv3? Thank you, [/INST] I am not finding a way to get the engine ID using our tools. I'll submit a feature request on it. I was able to get the engineID using wireshark. If you perform an SNMPV3 test and filter by SNMP then the messages from the CMC should contain the engineID(msgAuthoritativeEngineID). </s>

<s>[INST] Hello everyone. We received an Equallogoc ps6110 storage.I made the initial configuration, RAID policy, volumes, etc.The storage and server are connected to a DELL powerconnect 6224 via SFP+ (SFP+ module at the back of the switch).Both can communicate (via ping) and I can also access (the command-line interface) the storage via SSH, or ia serial port. However, I have not yet been able to export the partitions / volume via NFS. I have read quite a few manuals but have not yet succeeded. What should I do? My best regards. [/INST] Hello, The PS series SAN is not a NAS device that allows you to share volumes via NFS or SMB. You connect your server to volumes you create on the array via iSCSI. Once you connect the volume to the server, you can share that volume via SMB/NFS. There a number of HOWTO videos on how to use Equallogic arrays on YouTube. Short intro is you create a volume on the EQL SAN. Allow your server to access it. Using either the IP addresses of the server NICs used for iSCSI, the iSCSI initiator name or a CHAP user account. Then with the iSCSI initiator on the server, connect to that volume over the network. That will show up like a local drive and need to be formatted. Strongly suggest you manually set the NTFS cluster size to 64K when you do format it. Regards, Don </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, Is this toplogy of VLT with 3 domains Supported? Scennario: 1 Domain - VLT with 2 x S4248F-ON switches (Building-A) 2 Domain - VLT with 2 x S4112F-ON switches (Building-B) 3 Domian - Its a domain between VLT domain 1 and 2 Any references guide ? [IMAGE] [/INST] Hi, Here are the validated designs [URL] </s>

<s>[INST] Heads up on KB4499177 We encountered an odd issue on some of our Win Server 2016 nodes, that connect to a PS4210 array, started this morning at about 3am. Trying to connect to some volumes (but not necessarily /all/) on the array was reporting a "Target error", and found elsewhere reports about it being an authentication failure... Takes a while to try until it hits a timeout threshold. Firmware is up to date on the array, and drivers/firmware on the hosts are also up to date.Plentiful host reboots, nothing resolved it until... Now uninstalled KB4499177 (2019-05 Cumulative Update) - rebooted - and wham, instant connectivity again. Have repeated the incident on a 2nd node in the Failover Cluster - same issue, same resolution. So, possibly Dell related, but most presumedly MS led issue on this one.Couldn't see anything relevant to this as a known issue in the KB. Other error messages reported from Windows Event Viewer:Cluster Shared Volume 'XYZ' ('XYZ') is no longer accessible from this cluster node because of error '(1460)'. Please troubleshoot this node's connectivity to the storage device and network connectivity. Event 1: Unexpected failure. Error code: 48F[NAME] Event 43: Target failed to respond in time for a login request. and from Group Manager:iSCSI session to target 'XYZ from initiator 'XYZ' was closed. iSCSI initator connection failure. No response on connection for 6 seconds. iSCSI login to target 'XYZ' from initiator 'XYZ' failed for the following reason:Requested target not found. [/INST] Hello, Thank you. There have been some reports of that KB causing issue. Server 2016 -- KB4503294 One that KB is removed, you can see one of the earlier know KBs installed causing the problem. Regards, Don </s>

<s>[INST] I have two Unity 650F that I would like to setup NAS Async replication. Is there any restriction on which interface I should use because I have IO Module with 4 x 10G optical port for each SP and I have no intention to use the integrated copper 10G? I want to create two FSN logical interface, one for data traffic and the other is for replication traffic. My understanding is I will only need two replication IP per unity system to configure async replication. [/INST] Hi [NAME] , Thank you for your post. After further analysis of the details provided, the Asynchronous Replication configuration can be done using any of the ports provided on the Unity array, and the system does not require an exclusive use of the integrated copper ports to run this task. Further details about the replication technologies can be found in the following document. I also recommend reviewing the following document for the setup configuration, as more in-depth details and commands will be available: Dell EMC Unity: Configuring Replication I hope that the above details are useful, however if you have any other queries, please let me know by replying to this thread. </s>

<s>[INST] Trying to update the both firmwares of PowerEdge T320 and PERC H310 RAID adapter installed on it. This PowerEdge T320 has MS Windows server 2012 Standard on it. PERC H310 card is implementing RAID1 with two HDDs. The firmware (BIOS) version of PowerEdge T320 is 1.5.1 with release date 03/08/2013. The firmware version of PERC H310 card is 20.12.0-0004. On Dell website, I found update packages which could be launched inside the MS Windows OS. Is there any thing I will have to do in preparation for the firmware updates of both PowerEdge T320, and PERC H310 adapter? Any risks such as losing RAID on PERC H310 card etc? Thanks [/INST] Hello There is always risk when making hardware or software changes. If there are additional steps required for a firmware or BIOS update it should be mentioned in the release notes, important notes, or installation instructions of the update. If there are no issues with the updates then there should be no data loss. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] Hi I have an application which is sending data(FAST) to from pc to HW. It works fine. However when I have this Z9100-on switch between HW and pc, the switch is stopping the data. I have tried various settings with flow control and storm control but it doesn't help. If I print the 'show hardware drops interface' of the interface, I cans see that Ingress Drops,Packets dropped by FP, and Port bitmap zero Drops increase by for example 1000 if I send 1000 packets. Do you have any tips how to fix this problem ? Is this a HW buffering issue. What can I do to fix this ? Drops in Interface Hu ...: thanks for your time. [/INST] Hi, This problem is now solved for me. The issue was that the data we are sending needed to have a valid source mac. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] We wanted to provide a point of clarification for the version of IDPA (2.4) which recently released on 5/21/19. This software version only applies to the version of the DP4400 (also released on 5/21), which now has an entry capacity starting at 8TB. The IDPA software stack delivers the same functionality as its predecessor, IDPA 2.3, but now with a new Appliance Configuration Manager (ACM) to handle the lower starting capacity for this version of the DP4400 and a licensing schema that jumps from 8TB to 24 TB in 4TB increments. So, the net is if you are a current owner of the DP4400 shipped out prior to 5/21/19, IDPA v2.4 would not apply to your product. There will be a new software release later in 2019 that will apply to all DP4400 products. thank you, Dell EMC Support Team [/INST] Replying to mark TOTAL OF ALL PREVIOUS POSTS IN THIS DISCUSSION as the SOLUTION. But please continue to post any questions/comments. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi all We are planning a new networker 18.2, 19.1 setup and i was asking myself if we sill need a dedicated pool for bootstrap and index now with DataDomain and cloudtier? We have an old setup that run Networker 8.2.4 and we didn't dedicate an index pool or bootstrap with the pro's and con's that come with it. Our setup will be 2 DD on 2 sites (1 prod and 1 dr) with replication and clourdtier for LTR any inputs helps Regards [/INST] adding to what [NAME] said, the index and bootstrap are now in a separate policy and workflow and are not backed up after each group completion. So its better off in a separate pool and device which makes it easier for you during DR. </s>

<s>[INST] I updated the boostuser password on our data domain and want to update it in networker. However, the option to update it is greyed out. Is there somewhere else I'm able to update this?[IMAGE] [/INST] In the NW Admin GUI (not the NMC GUI) ... Go to "Devices" window Select "Devices" on the left hand side From the list to the right, select the device you want to modify and double-click it to open the "Properties" window. Then open the "Configuration" tab. You will find the "Remote Host settings in the upper right corner. </s>

<s>[INST] I've tried the methods on other posts but they did not work. Is my board broken or am I just missing something? [IMAGE] It also says system services disabled on bootup and runs fans on 100% all the time. Ctrl+e doesn't work. [/INST] Hello If there is no more troubleshooting to be performed then you will need to replace parts. The iDRAC module should be part of a system board, so replacing the system board should correct issues with the iDRAC. If the iDRAC is not functional it could cause the LCD issues as well. I'm not sure if there are instructions about system board replacement in the documentation, but you may find other useful information. [URL] Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] We recently migrated to OpenManage Enterprise version 3.1.0. Our Alert Log is inundated with Miscellaneous MISC9000 Alerts, and I cannot seem to configure a Policy to ignore them. Here's the Alert content: Severity: UnknownMessage ID: MISC9000Domain: MiscellaneousCategory: MiscellaneousSubcategory: MiscellaneousDetailed Description: Unknown trap received with enterprise OID: .1.0.8802.1.1.2.0 specific trap ID: 1 generic trap ID: 6 and variable bindings: 1.0.8802.1.1.2.1.2.2=1531 .... etc. I have created a broad policy trying to ignore the alerts. Categories Selected: (I have selected every Miscellaneous category I can find)Application | Configuration | MiscellaneousApplication | Miscellaneous | MiscellaneousTarget: All DevicesI have all selected "Any Undiscovered Devices" but it reverts back to All Devices. Severity: AllActions: IgnoreEnabled: True What am I doing wrong ? [/INST] Problem: If I selected the Target to be "Specific Undiscovered Devices", then the Policy worked. Then I tried again to edit the Policy and change the Target to be "Any Undiscovered Devices". I saved the changes, and then edited the Policy again. The Target had reverted back to "Select Groups" with "All Devices" selected. The Policy simply wouldn't retain the "Any Undiscovered Devices" selection. Solution: I deleted the Policy and created a new identical Policy. The new Policy allowed me to select "Any Undiscovered Devices", and this time it did not change when Saved. Conclusion: There is a bug. It's reproducible. If you create a Policy and choose the Target to be "Select Groups", save the Policy, and then edit the Policy, it won't let you change the Target to be "Any Undiscovered Devices." When saved it will revert back to a Target of "Select Groups." Thank you for the reply. Since you said that you were able to choose "Any Undiscovered Devices", that led me to try it again, whereas I found that a new rule worked. Using the Ignore button on the Alert Log also didn't work. It created a popup that said: Unable to Create/Edit the PolicyCMON7015 - Unable to create or modify the alert policy because one or more of the entered devices does not exist. </s>

<s>[INST] Yesterday our Windows 10 machines were upgraded to the 1903 release of Windows 10 & since then are unable to connect to our FS8600 NAS unless SMBv3 is disabled. Are there are there other settings that can be adjusted to allow for our Win10 1903 clients to connect to our FluidFS NAS head without disabling SMBv3 completely? Others appear to have experienced this issue: [URL] Thanks!Eric [/INST] The issue of SMB shares are not accessible using the UNC path after installing Windows 10 update 1903 was addressed in FluidFS v6.0.400016 (MR640) which was released in October 2019, and is generally available. This FluidFS v6.0.400016 requires Storage Center OS 6.5.x - 7.2.x Helpful Tidbit: Make sure to pause replication before starting any firmware upgrades on FluidFS. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, I am playing around with OpenManage Enterprise API with PowerShell and I can't get the put commands to work for updating networks? Based on the documentation updating existing values is as easy as PUT Used to update a speci€c instance or create a specific€ resource instance with a specific€ identifier.PUT /AccountService/Accounts('1414') Example taken from Docs Snippet of my code some variables not shown. What am I missing? Cheers [/INST] I seem to have got this to work using WebRequest instead of RestMethod for the PUT method. Still using RestMethod for GET as it creates the network objects for me. I also used the certificate policy taken from GitHub [URL] Cheers </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, What is the max drive size you have been able to use in a Perc H730 Mini with the latest (25.5.5.0005) firmware? Thank you. Jorge [/INST] Hello The H730 supports drive sizes larger than 2TB. I'm not sure what the theoretical maximum supported drive size is. We do not list maximum drive sizes in any documentation I'm aware. The largest drive size I'm aware of that we have validated is 14TB. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] I have three questions, that I have searched all the Manuals and other Dell type google searches that I cannot find an answer too: I know it this model does have TPM but it fails to answer these questions inside the Manuals.... 1. What TPM version is on this Mainboard? 1.2 or 2.0 2. Where is the TPM module, manual states Planar but not sure where it is? 3. Can we upgrade the TPM? [/INST] Hello The TPM is 1.2. I don't know if the TPM is removable from the system board. It is not intended to be removed, the system board purchased determines the TPM installed. Removable TPMs were a feature of later generation servers. There are boards available without TPM, with TPM, and with TPM allowed in China/Russia. If your board does not have TPM then you would need to install a system board with TPM. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] Greetings to Everyone! Does anyone know about SCOS log collecting parameters and how to tweak them? System consists of SC4020 storage and DSM 2016R3 as virtual appliance. Effect observed: both DSM and Storage logs containing 500 records, which cover about 3 days of operation. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] As the 'Week', 'Month' and 'Year' choices are exist, I'm suspecting the storage is possible to keep more log records. But I was not able to find the storage or DSM Data Collector (agent) parameter, which limits the log size. Could You help me? [IMAGE] - Is the 500 log records limitation 'hardcoded' in SCOS? - If no, how is possible to allow Storage to keep more events in the log? Thank You! [/INST] Hello polezhaevdmi,If you do not send your system logs to SupportAssist then my suggestion would be to collect the logs to a Syslog server. Syslog is a way for network devices to send event messages to a logging server ? usually known as a Syslog server. If you want to send the logs to the Data Collector and one or more syslog servers, configure the Data Collector to forward the log messages to the appropriate servers. Refer to page 651 of the Dell Storage Manager 2018 Administrators Guide under Send Storage Center Logs to Storage Manager[URL] This will give you the ability to be able to see all logs messages. </s>

<s>[INST] I recently purchased some new to me r620 servers for a cluster. Mostly they will be doing heavy database transactions, but generally they will have Hyper-V vms doing a variety of work. It was during the database work, that I started realizing that the servers were performing much worse than my old r710. Since then I've swapped out controllers, nics, and drives in search of performance comparable to other diskmark tests on similar systems posted online. Mostly my random single threaded performance seems to be horrible. Changing the bios to Performance helped a lot, but I'm still running slow. Enabling/Disabling read, write, and disk cache changes behavior, but does not alter performance radically either way. Every update is applied, and using no read ahead/write back/disk cache enabled for tests (best results). Am I missing something, could my CPU really be that much of a single thread bottleneck, or are my results normal? Thanks for any advice! System:R620Dual E5-2650v2128GB (16x8GB PC3L-12800R)H710p mini mono5x Intel D3-S4610 960GB SSDs in Raid 5Intel X540 NIC Using CrystalMark 3 - 9/4GB:My systemRead / WriteSeq: 1018 / 1637512K: 743 / 11584K: 19 / 234k QD32: 204 / 75 Comparison system - [URL] / WriteSeq: 1855 / 1912512K: 1480 / 14194K: 34 / 514k QD32: 651 / 88 Using CrystalMark 6 - 2/100mb:my systemRead / WriteSeq Q32T1: 3022 / 34614k Q8T8: 335 / 2904K Q32T1: 210 / 1954K Q1T1: 32 / 30 Comparison system - [URL] / WriteSeq Q32T1: 554 / 2644k Q8T8: 314 / 2594K Q32T1: 316 / 2614K Q1T1: 33 / 115 Using CrystalMark 6 - 5/1GB:My systemRead / WriteSeq Q32T1: 2619 / 19574k Q8T8: 306 / 1324K Q32T1: 212 / 1164K Q1T1: 25 / 27 comparison system - r610, dual X5670, 128 GB 1600mhz ram, 4x Samsung 860 Pro 1TB raid 5, h700Read / WriteSeq Q32T1: 754 / 6854k Q8T8: 305 / 694K Q32T1: 262 / 694K Q1T1: 32 / 38 [/INST] Well it looks like the problem was Windows Server 2019. No idea where the problem lies, whether it's an OS or driver issue, but clearly there is a huge problem with this generation dell and 2019. I Installed 2016 and it's flying now. Thanks for firing your QA team and turning me into your beta tester Microsoft. </s>

<s>[INST] [/INST] Hello This note should be in the installation instructions of power supply firmware: If you interrupt the update process then the firmware may be corrupted. You can attempt to update the firmware again. If the firmware will not update with both PSUs installed then you can try with just the PSU installed that needs the update. If the system will not power on or allow the update with both or just the one PSU installed then you will likely need to replace the PSU. Long restarts are normal during BIOS and firmware updates. You should avoid interrupting the update process. I would wait at least an hour for updates to complete before resorting to pulling the power or any other forceful shutdown/restart. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] We have configured port-security on the access switches and now I have been trying to add DHCP snooping feature to this. It seems that DHCP snooping allows the host connected to the port-security protected port to obtain IP address, however further communication is blocked. Below I have reproduced steps and pasted CLI output to demonstrate how I executed my configuration and testing. Step 1. Port security configured with 1 static MAC address learned in sticky mode, DHCP snooping enabled and port is not trusted. Port-security is enabled: globally ...and on the port: This mac address is loaded into MAC address table: Also, DHCP snooping is enabled: Step 2. Host is hooked up to the port and DHCP snooping shows a lease assigned to this MAC address: Step 3. When I go to the host and spoof its MAC address (001A.4DAB.CDEF), I will get another DHCP binding even though my port-security is allowing only one MAC address Going further, the MAC address table still shows only the legitimate address: ... and there is port-security violation on that port: I was expecting port-security would block ALL traffic if it comes from unwanted MAC addresses, in the above it looks like enabling DHCP snooping feature it bypasses port-security, potentially allows malicious client to exhaust DHCP pool. Has anyone similar experience with port-security and DHCP snooping on N2000 series switches? Thanks in advance! Sebastian [/INST] You should be able to downgrade, but I would check the release notes for the latest update to see if there are any downgrade restrictions. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, I'm trying to erase hard drives on a Powerdge R730 that has a Windows password. I haven't been able to boot from a Windows 7 or Dban USB drive. I just get an error. I think I've disabled the RAID and the Virtual Drives so I should be able to format the 4 x drives individually, right? Why can't I boot from the USB? Thanks for any info or suggestions. - Steve [/INST] Hello An operating system password should not affect your ability to boot from other operating systems. Some pre-installation environments do not support USB 3.0. Make sure USB 3.0 is disabled when trying to boot from operating systems/environments that do not have driver support. That may be what is causing the boot errors. You have the option in the PERC to perform a full initialization. A full initialization is similar to writing zeroes to a drive. You may need to create a virtual disk to perform a full initialization. You can check in the controller manual. [URL] Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] Code: 0E LUCondition: SOD reboot Limit exceeded I have gained access via Serial cable and putty but I am unable to access shell to try lemClearLockdown, any ideas? [/INST] I was able to use my googlefu and get into the shell. After running the command the controllers came back online ( I did one at a time). </s>

<s>[INST] Using Netgear router and Netgear extender with Windows 10 and Dell Inspiron 3847 desktop. Until a few days ago, internet connection from desktop to extender to router was fine. Now it is selective in what is connected. Internet Explorer cannot connect, saying no internet connection. Cannot connect to download any Microsoft tools or software. Connection to extender shows it is weak, but thru it, Google connects to anything that is not Microsoft. Speed test show 100/10 MBTS. Spent 4 hours with Microsoft reinstalling Windows 10, no help. System check says adapter working OK. Router check says router is up to date and working OK. My laptop has solid connection via router or extender, depending on where the laptop is located. Phones connect to either one OK. TV connects to router OK. Considering replacing wireless adapter in desktop. Any other ideas? [/INST] Apologies, missed your sentence about wireless.The Inspiron 3847 warranty expired on September 13, 2016.Install this WiFi driver. When done, restart the Inspiron 3847. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, As we experienced some troubles to operate administration and maintenance, we planned to restart MCS like we always did. dpnctl stop mcs && dpnctl start mcs,sched But we are in the same state since 5 hours....nothing more tha, "Shutting down MCS..." admin[NAME]:~/>: dpnctl stop mcs && dpnctl start mcs,schedIdentity added: /home/admin/.ssh/admin_key (/home/admin/.ssh/admin_key) dpnctl: INFO: Shutting down MCS... In another CLI session, maintenance operation are still running, we passed from crunchwait to balance recently : All reported states=(ONLINE), runlevels=(fullaccess), modes=(mhpu+0hpu+0hpu)System-Status: okAccess-Status: full Last checkpoint: cp.20190520114138 finished Mon May 20 13:44:34 2019 after 02m 53s (OK)Last GC: finished Mon May 20 11:31:43 2019 after 31m 28s >> recovered 164.41 GB (OK)Last hfscheck: finished Mon May 20 13:40:35 2019 after 57m 23s >> checked 66642 of 66642 stripes (OK) Maintenance windows scheduler capacity profile is active.The maintenance window is currently running.Currently running task(s): balanceNext backup window start time: Mon May 20 21:00:00 2019 CESTNext maintenance window start time: Tue May 21 11:00:00 2019 CEST If we try to run a dpnctl stop from another CLI, we get an error about a lock and we donnot want to override the warning fearing to lost consitency and have to force rollback checkpoint :) Any idea what is going on ? Should we wait more or force restart ? [/INST] Problem solved : We just had to kill Java processes ! Thank you for your attention, you can get back to a normal life :) </s>

<s>[INST] VMware ESXi 6.5 build 13004031Dell PowerEdge R640Dell iSM VIB: 3.4.0 Hi All, Has anyone seen issues with the Dell iDRAC Service Module (iSM) 3.4.0 and ESXi 6.5 where iSM writes lots of zero length files to /etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/iSM/ini and exhausts the available inodes on the /etc ramdisk? We've had a number of ESXi hosts begin logging errors writing to /etc and in the worst cases the hosts have become disconnected from vCenter due to services like hostd crashing. We've removed iSM 3.4 from all our ESXi 6.5 hosts as a precaution until we fully understand the issue, but not all hosts showed the problem. [/INST] Hi I've seen it in one of my customers with the 3.4.0 iSM release. There is an emergency patch for that issue, released as 3.4.0.1 which seems to have fixed the runaway iNodes. BTW, is there a way to remove the iSM without having to put a node in Maintenance Mode? TIA </s>

<s>[INST] Dear All, I have Dell S4128F-ON switch, and i want to put 10GBE SFP+ from Finisar ( FTLX1475D3BCL ). I am wondering, does it work or not? [/INST] Hi, Yes it should work. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, I have this setup up linux labpc -> Dell switch z9100-on -> other switch The other switch / device is connnected to 1/7/1 port on Dell switch. On labpc, there is network interface for example myeth0. There is vlan interface under that e.g. myeth0.10 myeth0 and myeth0.10 has own ip address and different network. When I ping to other interface. It works perfectly fine. However, when I ping from myeth0.10, it doesn't reach 'other switch'. I have mirroring of port set up on other switch. Nothing comes. My question is that, do I need to configure the port 1/7/1 to all the ping to pass through from vlan?? I just find this vlan stuff confusing. There is trunks and vlans and private vlans, tagging and untagging. I would like to know, what is really needed. thanks for your time, [/INST] Just setting the port mode hybrid and vlan stack command made it work. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] The guide helps in providing a clear procedure to properly shutdown the DP4400 appliance. Link for the guide : support.emc.com/kb/522645 [/INST] Continued from previous post... For a fuller discussion see STARTUP and SHUTDOWN - normal and what to do if it fails - all models: [URL]#M115 We welcome questions and contributions from all. If you found this useful please give KUDOS to help others find the information also. thanks </s>

<s>[INST] I have an R730 server which was working fine, but suddenly stopped powering up. When I turn on the system doesn¡¯t power up, no POST, LCD keeps flickering in blue color with no text on it. There is no light on power switch either. Both power supplies are fine, checked with a working R730. Pulled RAM, still not giving any clue. Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks [/INST] Hello There is a troubleshooting document on the R730 support page. It has a section about troubleshooting a no POST situation. [URL] I think both the power button and LCD are part of the control panel assembly. If you have another R730 to swap with you might try swapping the control panel. You can also try swapping the cable for testing purposes. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] I have an R230 running a Server 2016 eval but I want to bump it up to Server 2019. I see under drivers and downloads that it shows Server "2019 LTSC" which is a long term release. Is it safe to use the ISO from the 2019 Eval and inject the license key after? It won't be LTSC but 2019 Standard. Not sure if that matters. [/INST] Hello Yes, the R230 supports 2019 standard edition. You can find more detailed information about operating system support in our OS support article. [URL] I'm not sure if the 2019 evaluation version will activate with a standard edition key. I suspect that it will, but I would suggest checking the documentation on Microsoft's site first. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, I'd like to take out a doubt that I'm thinking about and would be greatly if you guys could help me. I'm with the following scenario where I'll configure 2 RAIDs: What are the best practices to make this configuration? Could I follow this tasks? Configure a VirtualDisk to RAID 1, other to RAID 6 and after, make the OS deployment. The server is a Dell PowerEdge R740 with PERC H730P. [/INST] You can follow that procedure. If you want to create both volumes prior to the OS deployment, you'll want to avoid using the RAID utility in the Lifecycle controller. The utility there will deploy a single RAID volume and remove the others, whereas if you create the volume from the device menu and then navigate to the PERC, you can create both volumes, then complete the OS deployment. The other option would be to deploy 1 VD, install the OS to it, then create the second VD within the OS using OpenManage. I forgot to mention that the iDRAC would also be capable of creating both arrays. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, I am trying to map physical network interfaces to MAC addresses So far I have a list of interfaces via ip addr Am aware Embedded ethernet ports on the storage processor are single digit values. eth2, eth3, eth4 Ethernet ports on the first ethernet I/O module will have a double digit values starting with 10 eth10, eth11 Ethernet ports on the second ethernet I/O module will have double digit values starting with 20 (most units will not have a second ethernet I/O module) eth20, eth21 now the question I want to ask is fairly simple I suspect. How do I know if an interface is associated with SPA or SPB ? no [/INST] IF you mean you run "ip addr" on the SP Linux through ssh login then you will only see the interfaces that are physically attached to that SP - which is the one currently running the management services. To see the other SP's interfaces do a "ssh peer" from the mgmt SP to get to its partners Linux and run another ip addr there Why not just simply use uemcli /net/port/eth show ? </s>

<s>[INST] Hallo, Does anyone know when will be release BIOS firmware updates for PowerEdge R720 with Intel MDS (Microarchitectural Data Sampling) (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091) vulnerability fix? [URL] Thank you. [/INST] Anito23, The update release date schedule, as well as additional information regarding the Intel MDS issue can be found here. Most of the updates look to be be either in 6/19 or 9/19. Hope this helps. </s>

<s>[INST] From this Common deployment failure guide you can find a clarity on, Link for the guide : [URL] [/INST] For a fuller discussion of Deployment issues see: [URL]#M107 We welcome questions and contributions from all. If you found this useful please give KUDOS to help others find the information also. thanks DELL - Rod K#IWork4DellPrincipal Engineer, Technical Support, Data Protection Division </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, When install DP4400 appliance, it was stuck 72%. But not showing any errors. still waiting more than 120min. Any reason why it was happen? [/INST] Thanks for the update.... It has been completed without errors. took too much of time to deploy than expected time. ( more than 3 hours).. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, We ordered Disks to fill the remaining currently installed DAE slots that are open (unused slots). DAE with 25 slots, 20 are filled and 5 blanks. 1. Can I just add these to the DAE blank spots? I do not see any wizard to add these. Looks like you just add them to the DAE and see if they appear. 2. If there is more to it than that, any docs? -- On top of the above, we ordered another DAE with Disks. I do not see any wizard like VNX and when I go to the docs, all it says is connect power and run SAS cables. 1. For a new DAE, is there a wizard to install? Looks like I just run power to the DAE, then cable the backend. 2. Is there any docs for this on procedure if there is more to it than that. Could someone please confirm, it just looks to simple :) Thanks. [/INST] Hello rambler101, As long as the hdd¡¯s that you have are EMC drivers, then all you will need to do is to insert them into your empty slots. Once the drives have been inserted you go to Unisphere and the drives should show as online & ready to create a lun or expand a lun. When it comes to adding a DAE they are pretty straight forward. What you will want to do is to rack the DAE and connect the SAS cables to your last expansion DAE or the unity system if no expansions DAE are present. Once the SAS cables are connected then you will want to connect the power cables and power on the DAE. In unisphere you will see the DAE, once you see the DAE then you will want to insert 2 drives to make sure that they are seen. Once the first two drives are seen then you can add the rest of the drives in the enclosure. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] These videos will prove helpful to end users looking for a clear overview of the DP4400 product. Specifically - DP4400 Overview - DP4400 - Getting Started - DP4400 - System Manager ...and much more Link: [URL] [/INST] Replying to mark TOTAL OF ALL PREVIOUS POSTS IN THIS DISCUSSION as the SOLUTION. But please continue to post any questions/comments. </s>

<s>[INST] Officially launching the IDPA Community Site! Check back often for additional content. Looking forward to any customer and employee posts! Specifically this will cover the following products: DP4400 DP5300/DP5800 DP8300/DP8800 [/INST] Replying to mark TOTAL OF ALL PREVIOUS POSTS IN THIS DISCUSSION as the SOLUTION. But please continue to post any questions/comments. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi guys, we have a storage array Dell Compellent SCv2020 with vSphere 6.5 (build 7388607) in a customer premises. we recently had an issue that the storage entered to Emergency Mode. from the DSM console, we can see 99% space is consumed from the array although we have migrated some VMs to different datastore (Storage vMotion). after performed the vmfs unmap manually, 6TB spaces are reclaimed. we used thin provisioning in the data store. Over time, as we delete servers in VMware and VMotion from datastore to datastore that space will not be reclaimed on the array. I just want to know that, does it support auto-reclamation feature? (SCv2020)?. we have logged a support call with VMWare, they asked to check below settings on the array; - ESXi does not support the automatic space reclamation on arrays with unmap granularity greater than 1 MB. If the unmap granularity of the backing storage is greater than 1 MB, the unmap requests from the ESXi host are not processed. - You need to verify the File Block Size on the Storage Array which should not be greater than 1 Mb. Anyone here can share ideas and feedback? Many thanks, guys.. also please help me on Compellent console command to find this. Your response would be highly appreciated. Naflan. [/INST] Hello Naflan, Auto reclamation is supported but you need to match all requirements. Here is a link to our best practice guide & if you look on page 69 it list out the requirements. [URL] If you don¡¯t match the requirements, then auto reclamation will not work. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] I just installed a new VSM 5.0.0 appliance in my vSphere 6.5U2 environment. I have an EqualLogic group with members on v10.0.1 of the EQL software, which I think should work. I've triple-checked the IP addresses. I can connect to the EQL group via the java client with the username and password I'm using in the VSM config. Any suggestions for where to look to for debug messages or for what to do differently? Thanks. [/INST] Hello, What is the error you are getting? When you do the test credentials does it display an error? If you can ping the VSM appliance from the array, and you get an error testing credentials the most common problem is legacy-crypto-protocols have been disabled. GrpName>grpparams crypto-legacy-protocols enable See if that resolves it. Make sure you VSM is on the Array Management network if you are using Dedicated Mgmt port. It won't connect to the iSCSI only network. On general purpose you should upgrade to 10.0.2. which is the most current version. Not related to this issue. If that does not work I would suggest you open a support case so they can review the logs. Regards, Don </s>

<s>[INST] EMC Technical document "EMC_IBM_XIV_technote" provides a procedure on SAN Copy being used to pull data from IBM XIV to VNX. Now, knowing that A9000/A9000R are new generation XIVs only, and block migration concept being same(like zoning array ports, and one array acting as a host to another array), do you think we can use SAN Copy to push data from VNX to IBM A9000 ? Anyone has done that. Please advise. Thank You [/INST] Hello Bhuppi1, I am not aware of any way to use san copy to push your data to a non-EMC system. San copy allows you to copy data from a non-EMC system but to my knowledge it won¡¯t allow you to push data to a non-EMC system. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] I apologize for asking what could be a very easy question that I should know the answer to. I've got 2 PE R710 servers, both with H700 cards, and love these machines. Today I was getting a hardware issue on boot, I powered down, unplugged, and powered back up and booted just fine but this issue might continue. Keeping everything updated seems to be the first step in troubleshooting any potential hardware issues. Is there a management package I can download to help me facilitate this? My current method is go to the drivers and download page and just look through the list and try and determine what I need to update. I'm guessing there is a much easier method? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Thanks! [/INST] Phcaptjim, There are a couple options you can do, depending on if you want to do from the OS, and what OS it is if you intend to do from the OS. If you don't mind being out of the OS, you can use the Lifecycle Controller (F10) Update feature. If you want to update from the OS you can use the Server Update Utility, depending on OS. You can also find additional information here. Let me know if this helps. </s>

<s>[INST] Is this possible to pull with OME Enterprise? [/INST] You can read more on the reporting here. The information would be based in the Device field. </s>

<s>[INST] As for FS backup, Networker has dependency for Full and incrementals. 1. Is this dependency also applicable for Oracle backups (using NMDA module)? 2. If no dependency, then lets say I have weekly Full and Daily Incremental level 1 for oracle backup with retention as 10 Days. So on 11 Day, will networker expire the Full backup without checking the dependency incrementals? [/INST] [NAME], the archive log backups are not related to the full backups in anyways expect for when you want them for a point in time as the full backups cannot be run every 15 minutes but archive logs can. Because they are independent of each other in terms of how they are configured you cannot expect the Backup application to keep a track of their dependencies. You will have to set a retention long enough to satisfy your organization's RPO. </s>

<s>[INST] Is the FS8600 vulnerable to Samba Security Updates CVE-2019-3870 and CVE-2019-3880 & what's the latest firmware available for the FS8600? Thanks!Eric [/INST] Hello Eric, The last version of firmware for the FS8600 is 6.0.3. Your FS8600 is not affected this CVE. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] We have 3 different models of older Dell servers in use, all of which have the iDrac6 installed. Only one of those models (R310 had available iDrac firmware 2.92 for the recent vulnerability ([URL] I was able to upload the firmware for the model where it was available to another iDrac for a server that did not have it available. It staged for upgrade with the correct old and new versions. However, this seemed a little sketchy since it was not from the support downloads for this model and svc tag. So, I did not proceed. The model with the available update was R310. We also have R415 and R815 models. Are all iDracs of a particular major version the same? Surely not. [/INST] The iDRAC Enterprise board is the same part number for those servers, but it's a simple pass-through module. As for iDRAC firmware, it's not always a clear cut answer. Some of them are different, not necessarily all of them. Generally speaking, you'll be best served pulling the iDRAC firmware for your system from it's respective page. </s>

<s>[INST] Good Day, I would like to find out if there are any resources available for the E20-393 exam in the form of all the slides as a PDF or otherwise? I am currently registered for all the courses required for the exam including the VILT but I usually use a soft copy of the slides for recap before the exam instead of going through all the videos again. There doesnt seem to be a resources tab in the training modules as there were for other training I have completed for DellEMC Please advise, thanks! [/INST] Hello Psylak, We don't know how sufficient would be on our updated E20-393 exam at this point yet. And as Ronnie mentioned your registered/completed courses don't have print capability. Have you try our practice test below? [URL] We added the reference course title for each practice test questions, it may helps you. Thank you, Naomi </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, While updating firmware via the LC on a PowerEdge T630 today, I ran into several issues. It seems that some of them, such as "signature could not be verified" (or related errors) when updating from a local SUU ISO (created via DRM) were caused by the LC firmware being too far out-of-date. Updating the LC firmware by itself first seemed to resolve this issue. I still could not update successfully via FTP because even though it would pull the catalog, it would fail to download the packages every time. So, after updating LC firmware I was able to run updates from the SUU ISO I made for the T630 via DRM. I was using Windows x64 DUPs since I was updating thru the LC, because this was an ESXi host so I could not update from within the OS. Anyway, I kicked off an update for BIOS, RAID and two NIC firmwares. The BIOS and RAID each said they failed - the error for each was "The firmware image specified in the operation did not apply successfully. An internal error may have occurred.". The two NIC firmwares succeeded. After the subsequent reboot, I noticed that the BIOS version had updated to the new version on the boot screen and thought this was interesting. Back in the LC, I checked current firmware versions and sure enough, it showed the new version for both BIOS and RAID. This concerned me because I was worried they were in a half-installed state. I wasn't sure whether to try and do a rollback or to try the update again, but the recommended action in the LC log entry did say "retry the operation", as did a couple articles I found on failed BIOS upgrades on Dell servers (although they didn't match my situation exactly). So, I decided to try again but first I checked the checksum of the packages in my ISO vs. the same packages available individually from the Dell site, and the checksums for both the BIOS and RAID packages matched exactly (so they weren't corrupt or anything). So, in the LC, with the same SUU ISO mounted, I kicked off another update, this time for only BIOS (even though the version said it was already current). This succeeded, so after the subsequent reboot, I did the same for RAID, and that succeeded as well. After that, I rebooted back into LC to verify versions again, then rebooted into the BIOS config, and then the RAID config utility (Ctrl-R), to ensure those both looked good, and they did from what I can tell (virtual disks showed up, all settings showed up, firmware versions were current, etc.). So finally I booted back into the OS. Lastly, I checked iDRAC and it looked good except Storage showed no disks or controllers, and the Rollback page on Update/Rollback had error RAC0508 and showed nothing. I found an article that mentioned the Storage issue and suggested an iDRAC reset, so I did that, and sure enough, Storage now shows up properly, as does the Rollback page. So - my question - is there anything else I can do to verify that the BIOS and RAID updates did in fact succeed completely? Or should I just call it good at this point and hope for the best? Anytime I see any failure on any firmware update it makes me very nervous, and if there is anything I need to do to try and resolve it, now would be the time since the server isn't really in full use yet. Everything seems to look good - but I'd like to know for sure somehow if there is a way to confirm. Any help is much appreciated! [/INST] Dwillis77, The issue may have been due to updating the LCC first, as I take it if the LCC was behind so was the BIOS and controller. The normal update procedure would be to start with the BIOS, then iDrac, then the LCC. If the BIOS, iDrac, and tools are all showing the new version then I believe the updates were successful. Another thing you can look at in the future, which may save you on time, is to use the Platform Specific Bootable ISO for the T630. Hope this helps. </s>

<s>[INST] I am testing for disaster recovery for our T610 server. I have a second similar T610 server and using the SBS 2011 media and a Windows Server BMR backup from the production server attempted to restore to the "testing" server. Both have the same PERC Raid cards and I configured the second server to contain the same RAID 1 (os) and RAID 5 (Data) Virtual drives. I have gone thru the recovery process a few times. First I did it without installing any drivers and after restoring (and before rebooting) the system came up with the drive letters incorrect (system reserved was C: and the OS and Data drives were something like D: and E:). Before rebooting the restored computer I used diskpart to reassign drive letters (removing the drive letter from system reserved and assigning it as active in the process). When I booted the system after removing the DVD it would only allow me to go into the repair mode ("start normally" fails). Also, once in repair mode the drives are back to what they were before i changed them. I can change them again, but when I reboot they change back again, same scenario. So, for the next try, I used the same procedure, but in addition to above, i added the PERC drivers during the process. The behavior was the same except in this case the system reserved drive showed up in diskpart without a drive letter. But, after changing the other drive letters and rebooting, system reserved now has C; and the other drives have once again reverted to "incorrect" drive letters. And I still have a none restored system. Each restore attempt take several hours due to the amount of data, so any guidance is greatly appreciated. Also, I did a check of the Production server and believe both systems are using BIOS rather than EUFI. Sincerely, Patrick [/INST] I found my answer finally from a PowerBiz Solutions article on the internet. The problem was described as being caused by having installed the NTBackup Restore Utility for Windows 7 and leaving it installed after migrating a Server from SBS2003 to SBS2011 as I had done. It further explains that any future backups including BMR will not include contents of a specific folder c:\Windows\Registration if this condition exists. The solution was simply to copy these files from the working server over onto a USB and then copying them into the same directory on the "recovered" server. I did this and rebooted and the System came up fine, recovered to similar hardware on a different machine. I believe the only thing I have to do now is remove the utility from the production server so the backups will be complete going forward. Hopefully others in the same situation can benefit from this information I was so fortunate to run across. Also, I think the drive letter assignments was never an issue in my case. I believe they were temporary assignment for the recovery environment, so naturally any changes I made would disappear upon reboot as I was no longer in that environment. -Patrick </s>

<s>[INST] We have a few Dell Force10 MXL switches and I need to use the QSFP+ ports that are built in to the switch (ports 33 and 37) as 40G links (not 4x 10G). The manual says it should default to 40G, but it's not. The cables I am using do connect and show 4 10G links. The startup-config file is [URL] I have tried: What am I missing? [/INST] I found the issue. The switch IOM-Mode was in standalone. I put the system into programmable-mux mode and the command became available to change the portmode. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, we have networker 9.1.1.3 on Win Server 2012 , actuallly for reporting we are using this command (for each workflow) So if I have 30 worflows we are going to have 30 notificactions to check, so I want to know is emc networker have a reporting tool that allow me to get a Workflow sumary Report to get the Daily Success rate. Thanks in Advance. [/INST] I found that we have the Data Protection Advisor Tool, that have the features that we need. </s>

<s>[INST] I was looking into the possibility of UEFI secure boot on an R820, and I found an interesting note in the Lifecycle Controller documentation: [URL] "The Secure Boot feature is supported on the Dell 12th generation PowerEdge servers, only if BIOS on the system supports this feature" So I was wondering, what 12th-gen BIOS/hardware supports secure boot? As far as I can tell, secure boot didn't appear in the iDRAC manual until iDRAC 8, only on 13th Gen servers? Is this right? On the R820 I'm looking at, I have iDRAC 7/Lifecycle Controller v2.61.60.60 and BIOS v2.4.1. I cannot find anywhere in the BIOS or Lifecycle Controller that mentions secure boot. I believe that is the latest iDRAC I can install, and the BIOS v2.5.0 update only mentions security updates for Spectre. So does anyone have a 12th Gen server that supports secure boot? Is there any way to get it on an R820? [/INST] Hello You should review the system manual for system BIOS information. You can find the system manual on the support page of the system. I cannot find anything that states the R820 supports secure boot. I checked multiple PowerEdge servers, it appears secure boot is not a common feature until 14th generation. [URL] Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] After deleting a Virtual Disk and then removing the physical HDDs that comprised it on one of our R730xd servers, the health light is flashing orange and my Zabbix server is telling me that there is an "Overall System Status Error". I can see errors in the server logs from when the disks were removed. I just want to tell my server that all is ok and it is not unhealthy and that it can go on living its best life. Even after rebooting the server, the orange light continues. [IMAGE] For future reference, what is the best way for one to remove physical disks so that this does not happen again? [/INST] JacobDegeling, What I would suggest is for you to clear the hardware log, and when you can, to update the server to current. Those steps should clear up the alert. Let me know how it goes. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, We are using Networker 8.2. Recently an issue occurred and the tape library disappeared in Networker Administration. I managed to get it back by running 'scan for devices', then 'Re-configure Library'. Since then though we have another issue . If the library contains two tapes (in slots 1 and 2, for example), with the correct labels showing in the Admin app, then another two are inserted in two slots, the labels shown for 1 and 2, change to a generic name. I have tried playing around with the config in Admin but to no avail. I can't help feeling there must be some settings that needs re-applying. [/INST] I found after running an inventory from the command line on the server, all the tape names in the Admin app changed to the generic ¡®server and domain¡¯ label name. I then right clicked \\.\Tape0 under Device, selected ¡®Inventory¡¯, entered ¡®1-6¡¯ in Slot List and ticked ¡®Reinitialize library state before inventory¡¯. This ran another inventory and restored the correct tape names. </s>

<s>[INST] I have spent a number of days trying to setup OME to monitor our network, which consists of a large number of older PE2950's. They are all running ESXi and DRAC5. OME is able to to inventory them via SNMP, but I can't seem to get WSMAN to get any information. Dell TT shows "Not recognized Error" for WSMAN on the DRAC IP's, and WinRM gives: "Error number: -2144108269 0x80338113 The WinRM client sent a request to an HTTP server and got a response saying the requested HTTP URL was not available. This is usually returned by a HTTP server that does not support the WS-Management protocol." I tried installing OME1.3, where DRAC 5 still shows as supported. I was hoping to use some of the System Update functionality on these servers ... but I'm starting to feel perhaps DRAC5 just never supported this? [/INST] Looking at this chart, it looks like it isn't supported. The closest match I saw had a disclaimer for supporting only specific versions of iDRAC 6. It appears that the DRAC5 is just too far back. [URL] </s>

<s>[INST] I'm trying to plan out a firewall upgrade and have this configuration in our switch which I took over from someone else: switchport general pvid 111switchport general allowed vlan add 111 taggedswitchport access vlan 111switchport trunk native vlan 111switchport trunk allowed vlan 2-4093 This port then goes into the current firewall but doesn't appear to have anything else going through it. Our office subnet does not currently have a vlan associated with it in the current switch config. Any ideas what my predecessor may have been doing? Thanks! [/INST] Hi, I am not sure because mixing access, trunk and general commands doesn¡¯t work. </s>

<s>[INST] I have a question about sas flash 3. sas flash 3 in 350F, Is a eMLC or TLC? thanks. [/INST] it depends - the SAS Flash class isnt by technology but rather WPD SAS Flash 3 drives have a higher WPD than SAS Flash 4 </s>

<s>[INST] hello everyone, I can imagine this has been asked a lot of times. I wanted to know what are the possible solutions to minimize the downtime generated when a NAS server fails over to other SP while the SP fails/reboots. It is cleary written in the [/INST] typically its between 10s and 1min depending of the config these are values that any NFS client will tolerate In any case unless you are using soft mounts (which you shouldnt) an application using a file over NFS will NOT get any errors - it will simply wait for IO The OS NFS client stack is responsible for retransmitting a NFS reqeust if it times out.The most you will see if a "NFS server not responding" and "NFS server ok" in the clients log - which isnt an error messages but simply an information that its been retrying NFS requests </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, Is it still possible to upgrade the firmware of an EqualLogic PS6000? We're currently running V7.1.2 Kind Regards, Bjorn [/INST] Hello Bjorn, It is possible to do yes. However, without a support contract you can not use or download new firmware. Regards, Don </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, I read about it and talked to some friends from Dell. However, I want to confirm that my understanding is correct. When I have a SC with disks of different sizes and different speeds, the correct one is following the following configuration: Tier 1 for SSD disksTier 2 for 15K disksTier 3 for 10K discs and below Remember that I need to create a disk folder by allocating the different capacity disks. Is this understanding correct? If so, I see an inconsistency in some configurations I've observed in deployments. In case the SC has 10K disks and SSD disks, for example. The implementor configured the 10K disks as Tier 3 and the SSD disks as Tier 1. There I ask! Why Tier 3 for 10K disks? Right should be Tier 2, right? And if I put Tier 1 on both albums, what would happen? The big question is that usually when SC has SSD disks, the end user has bought them for the purpose of using those SSDs for some volume that needs more speed. That is, it is the Tier that defines which disks will be used in the volume, so the need to use different Tier types in the configuration of the profiles which will be applied to the volumes? Still has the Data Progession issue ... If the end-user purchases the license from Data Progression, these settings will be critical to the operation, ie, directing unused information to slower disks. Or does not these settings have no relation? Thank you. [/INST] Hello Sandro Silva Alves, In your example you are wanting to know why your 10K drives are set as Tier3. When you have more than one type of drives, you want to set your SSD as tier1 and slowest drives as tier3. You could have set your 10k drives as tier2, however if you were to add some 15k drives then you would want them to be tier2 and 10k & 7.2 as tier3. If you make both volumes as tier1 storage then your data will fill your SSD¡¯s first, then will fill your 10k drives. Here is how disk spaces is managed on an SC system. All disk space is allocated into tiers. The fastest disks reside in Tier 1 and slower drives with lower performance reside in Tier 3. Data that is accessed frequently remains on Tier 1, and data that has not been accessed for the last 12 progression cycles is gradually migrated to Tiers 2 and 3. Data is promoted to a higher tier after three days of consistent activity. Disk tiering is shown when you select a Storage Type. Data Progression: Moves pages between tiers and drive types, as well as among multiple RAID levels within the same tier. Storage Profiles: Defines how data progression moves pages between tiers. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] If i choose to update firmware of the host server that OpenManage is running on, will that cause problems with the firmware update? If the host has to reboot for one of the updates, the OpenManage VM is going down with it... [/INST] Hello I don't see anything in the documentation that states you can't. I am also unable to think of a reason it would cause issues. The updates are staged before they are run, so uploads from OMEnt should not be interrupted. I would put management servers in their own compliance group and update them separately from the rest of your servers. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] We¡¯re using python scripts to create device groups through API and noticed when scripting we were able to make multiples of the same name. That might cause an issue for us down the line, any tips on how to avoid this? [IMAGE][IMAGE] Doesn¡¯t allow us to create Discovery Jobs with the same name through GUI [/INST] I looked at the API guide, but didn't see anything to serve as a safety mechanism to prevent duplication. The simplest thing to do might be to integrate a flat file to store group names. Hopefully I can explain my thoughts a bit better below. The other thing you might do is set up your python request to include a group getter, put the names in a set. Since the same item can't be put in a set, you could use that as a sort of screen. I'll also talk to some of my colleagues in the Systems Management escalation group to see if this is something that they would want to look into. I would imagine that duplicate names could be a problem for a lot of people. [URL] </s>

<s>[INST] Does anyone have this working? <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> If so, what OID are you using for the Force10-avpair attribute? I'm 99% convinced that this doesn't work at all. No one from Dell can even tell me what the OID is. (Of course, that could be because no one at Dell support seems to even know what RADIUS or VSAs are.) [/INST] So the answer is (apparently) that the ID ("vendor type" in RFC 2865) doesn't matter. The switch only looks at the vendor ID (maybe) and the contents of the VSA value (string). Of course, this fact isn't documented anywhere, so I'm not sure how people setting up RADIUS servers are supposed to know what value to use for the vendor type. The good news is that this does work, once one creates an authorization method list and adds it to the terminal lines. Too bad this isn't mentioned here. <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> </s>

<s>[INST] Hey, I try to create a user with tags following this documentation: [URL] But this always fails. I send my query against: ecsnode:4443/object/users.json JSON Body This is what i get: Any ideas what i may do wrong? Thanks Thomas [/INST] Solution </s>

<s>[INST] Our TL4000 had two drives in it, one LTO6 (HH) and one LTO4 (HH) for our older media. A while ago the LTO4 drive failed so I removed it, but the TL4000 still is reporting it's presence to the host OS in a 'failed/offline' state. The front-screen shows an exclamation mark (!) under the drive slot the LTO4 was in. I've tried rebooting the whole thing but it still won't go away. I can't put the LTO4 back in because it was causing the whole library to lock up when it was initializing. It's currently still in the 'annoyance' category as the LTO6 drive still works fine, but the host OS and Backup Software give me an error every time I restart things because the TL4000 still appears to be reporting the failed drive. Any thoughts? Thanks! [/INST] You could reset the library to defaults, just remember to save the settings before you do. </s>

<s>[INST] I'm setting up a new instance of OME 3.1 and tried the auto discover. It found my all R710's but none of the R610's or 2950's. I installed OMSA on a few of these and used the OMSA login credentials when setting up the discovery in the WSMAN/Redfish filed and also in the IPMI field and each time the discovery failed. Also tried adding SNMP but failed as well. Is there a certain way to setup OME to talk to these older systems? [/INST] The 2950 is not listed in the support matrix for OpenManage Enterprise. I'll link to it below. The 11G platform is the oldest platform supported at this time. I would confirm that the iDRACs on your R610s are on the latest available firmware. You may also want to use something like netstat to make sure all the correct ports are open. You can find them on page 23 of the manual for OMEnt. [URL] [URL] </s>

<s>[INST] We have a number of R640 servers each with a pair of 300GB SAS drives in a RAID-1 configuration. Is it possible to clone a server by pulling one of the disks and inserting it into a second server? I'm pretty sure we used to be able to do this with some M620 blades we have. BIOS Version 1.4.5 iDRAC Firmware 3.21.21.21 [/INST] Mkelly-scsc, While it is possible to do, depending on the raid controller, it isn't recommended. This is due to the system state data from one system will not be the exact same as the next, which can cause instability. The most stable route would be to create the VM, install the OS and restore the data you want to transfer between servers. Now this is a lot more time consuming and intensive, but takes out the possible instability. Just a suggestion. </s>

<s>[INST] Dear Community, I have a PowerConnect S3524 Switch and i want to substitute it with one of the X series Switches X1018 for a higher performance, my question is : is it possible to copy the configuration from the PowerConnect S3524 and paste it to the X1018 switch ?, so i can avoid repeating the configuration on the X1018 switch. thanks, [/INST] Hi,Unfortunately, you cannot just copy the configuration as they use different versions of the operating systems with slightly different commands. </s>

<s>[INST] I admit I am way behind on upgrading. Started reading the v9.2 upgrade doc a few times but easy to get pulled away on other priorities. I am trying to buckle down this time. I am currently at 8.2.4 and ran into an issue where I found out support isn't even best effort anymore. Also noticed v18.1 is now out.I have old servers that don't support the new client versions and it seems like Dell/EMC is being more stringent about support of much older clients so not sure how much I will be able to even back up once I get around to upgrading.At least my last clients with v7.x that couldn't be upgraded to some version of v8 are powered off with the understanding that they aren't going to be powered back on, unless someone higher up dictates otherwise. That still leaves some clients that weren't able to be upgraded to v8.2.4. One is stuck at 8.0.4. Are the catalogs transferable to a new system and app version?I am wondering if it wouldn't be easier to just get a new (or refurb) server. Install the latest version on it, and either recreate the setup or hopefully there is some tool that would allow moving and upgrading the configuration files from the old machine so that I would at least have some kind of functional backup environment while moving to the new version. Have others upgraded by switching to a new server? [/INST] Supporting old clients is not the issue. As you know some cannot even be upgraded (at least a higher version is not supported). Upgrading from NW 8.2.4 to 9.2 should not cause any major issues (most is done automatically) but the resources and the GUI are very different. May I suggest that you ¡¦ - install a NW 8.2 server (eval mode), run some backups and upgrade him later - familiarize with the conversion and the new GUI Next ¡¦ - virtualize your NW Server - run a disaster recovery (without file Indexes) - upgrade this machine - train yourself again Finally, you are ready to upgrade the real NW Server. The major issue is licensing. Dell recommends to use the new licensing server but with NW 9.2 you should be able to use your old licenses. You just need new auth codes but you have plenty of time as the new version runs for 90 days without authorization. </s>

<s>[INST] Can someone tell me the part number for the cooling shroud in a Poweredge R620? [/INST] Espritv8gt, I believe the shroud you are referencing is part # J1FXH, and is imaged below. Let me know if that is the one you are referring to.[IMAGE] </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, We have 2 x S4810 switches, not stacked. There is a server with 2 NICs bonded in 802.3ad mode. em1 is connected to port 23 on the first switch and em2 is connected to port 23 on second switch. There is a port channel 6 on each switch, which contains port 23 on each switch, respectively. Is this a valid configuration? My understanding from researching this topic is that either the 2 switches should be stacked or both NICs need to be connected to the same switch. However, I've been told that this setup was designed and implemented by Dell, so maybe I'm missing something. Saurabh [/INST] Yes, that is what is happening. </s>

<s>[INST] I have two Hybrid Unity 500s that need to run asynchronous NAS replication. I have 120TB's worth of data to replicate but not a very fast pipe in between them. Is there any way to pre-seed the data for each file system? I looked through the White Paper but didn't find any text related to this feature. Thanks. [/INST] replication silvering is currently not implemented what you could do is replicate when the systems are close together, then pause the replicaton, ship one system to the remote site and resume the replication </s>

<s>[INST] I've got a PS6210 set up for a lab environment and while I can see the fan speeds I'm wondering if there is a way to reduce them to let it run a bit warmer but bring the noise level down. Anyone successfully done something like this? Thanks. [/INST] Hello, I'm sorry no. You cannot manually control the fan speeds. Regards, Don </s>

<s>[INST] I have a T420 with a Perc H310. I understand many drives are going away from 512n and are going to 4kn sectors and 512e is an in between. I am told the Perc H310 works with 512n and not 4kn. Does that mean that I can use a 6tb 512e ST6000VX0023 in it or do I have to stay strictly to only 512n? [/INST] KylePaddock, While I am not seeing the specific drive is compatible, I do see that 512e is supported with drives such as part # PRNR6 or NWCCG (both 6TB, but SAS). If set on SATA then there is an 8TB 3.5in 512e (T05HP), but I don't see a 6TB in SATA. Hope this helps.. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi i'm planning to upgrade ram in this server. It have one RDIMM in A1 slot type of ram 8GB EEC Dual rank ddr3l (1.35v) registered 1333Mhz. My question is can i add 1.5v memmory together? For an example an another RDIMM to A2 slot? Thanks in advanced. [/INST] Mixing voltage should be fine, but you do need to make sure that the memory types don't mix. If both are RDIMMs, you should be fine. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello everyone, I am looking between two choices here if I am to purchase a new storage, Scv3000 (plus an expansion) and ME4084. Our main application is scientific computing with steady writing and occasional yet large amount of reading. Current Scv2080 seems to get the job done without much incident. It looks pretty apparent that ME4 has lower specs comparing to Scv3000 but I wonder if there is any perceivable difference if we populate both of them with all NL-SAS disks as we did on Scv2080. Thanks! [/INST] Hello Wade, With the ME4 it is designed to run multiple pools. With your setup of 84x12tb drives it you would max out your pool size. If you need to add any more drives other than the 84 you would need to create a second pool. With the ME4 you can set it up as either Virtual storage or Linear Storage. There are major differences between the 2 modes, & you can read about that in the administrator guide. We don¡¯t recommend using software raid on top of hardware raid. There is not a way to do create a single mount point natively on an ME4. Please let us know if you have any other questions. </s>

<s>[INST] Dear Support, I have a Linux server with a hardware raid behind a PERC 6/i controller (as per the lsscsi command) [2:0:0:0] cd/dvd TEAC DVD-ROM DV-28SW R.2A /dev/sr0[4:0:32:0] enclosu DP BACKPLANE 1.10 -[4:2:0:0] disk DELL PERC 6/i 1.22 /dev/sda[4:2:1:0] disk DELL PERC 6/i 1.22 /dev/sdb[4:2:2:0] disk DELL PERC 6/i 1.22 /dev/sdc Also, I'm getting this very often: megaraid_sas 0000:02:00.0: 202961 (608338067s/0x0002/FATAL) - P-a-t-r-ol Read found an uncorrectable medium error on PD 05(e0x20/s5) at e900c8b7 That is coming from from the megaraid_sas linux kernel module. In the output it mentions PD 5, which is physical disk 5. The problem happens with /dev/sdc, which is the linux block device representing the mirror of two 2 TiB drives on Virtual Disk 2 through the perc 6/i. From time to time that mount point get slower and slower falling below 5M/s when writing. And, when I execute: megacli -LdPdInfo -a0| sed -n '/^Virtual Drive: 2/,$p' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Drive: 2 (Target Id: 2)Name :texasd1RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0Size : 1.999 TBMirror Data : 1.999 TBState : OptimalStrip Size : 64 KBNumber Of Drives : 2Span Depth : 1Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAheadNone, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBUCurrent Cache Policy: WriteThrough, ReadAheadNone, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBUDefault Access Policy: Read/WriteCurrent Access Policy: Read/WriteDisk Cache Policy : Disk's DefaultEncryption Type : NoneIs VD Cached: NoNumber of Spans: 1Span: 0 - Number of PDs: 2 PD: 0 InformationEnclosure Device ID: 32Slot Number: 5Drive's postion: DiskGroup: 1, Span: 0, Arm: 0Enclosure position: N/ADevice Id: 5WWN:Sequence Number: 2Media Error Count: 189Other Error Count: 31Predictive Failure Count: 0Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 1.999 TB [0xfffffffe Sectors]Non Coerced Size: 1.999 TB [0xffeffffe Sectors]Coerced Size: 1.999 TB [0xffec0000 Sectors]Firmware state: Online, Spun UpDevice Firmware Level: CE02Shield Counter: 0Successful diagnostics completion on : N/ASAS Address(0): 0x1221000005000000Connected Port Number: 5(path0)Inquiry Data: Z1F35954ST3000NC000 CE02FDE Capable: Not CapableFDE Enable: DisableSecured: UnsecuredLocked: UnlockedNeeds EKM Attention: NoForeign State: NoneDevice Speed: UnknownLink Speed: UnknownMedia Type: Hard Disk DeviceDrive Temperature : N/API Eligibility: NoDrive is formatted for PI information: NoPI: No PIPort-0 :Port status: ActivePort's Linkspeed: UnknownDrive has flagged a S.M.A.R.T alert : No PD: 1 InformationEnclosure Device ID: 32Slot Number: 6Drive's postion: DiskGroup: 1, Span: 0, Arm: 1Enclosure position: N/ADevice Id: 6WWN:Sequence Number: 2Media Error Count: 0Other Error Count: 25Predictive Failure Count: 0Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 1.999 TB [0xfffffffe Sectors]Non Coerced Size: 1.999 TB [0xffeffffe Sectors]Coerced Size: 1.999 TB [0xffec0000 Sectors]Firmware state: Online, Spun UpDevice Firmware Level: CE02Shield Counter: 0Successful diagnostics completion on : N/ASAS Address(0): 0x1221000006000000Connected Port Number: 6(path0)Inquiry Data: Z1F3593LST3000NC000 CE02FDE Capable: Not CapableFDE Enable: DisableSecured: UnsecuredLocked: UnlockedNeeds EKM Attention: NoForeign State: NoneDevice Speed: UnknownLink Speed: UnknownMedia Type: Hard Disk DeviceDrive Temperature : N/API Eligibility: NoDrive is formatted for PI information: NoPI: No PIPort-0 :Port status: ActivePort's Linkspeed: UnknownDrive has flagged a S.M.A.R.T alert : No --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have not checked the BIOS to see if the drive is in Predictive Failure ONLINE or OFFLINE because this is a production server. I already have the replacement drive. I also see in the previous output "nquiry Data: Z1F35954ST3000NC000 CE02" so that is a 3 TiB drive used on a 2 TiB mirror correct? I see that Z1F35954 is the serial number that match when I run smartctl (which also shows 3 TiB instead of 2). And also the other drive in this 2TiB mirror seems to be of 3 TiB. The new drive I have is a 2 TiB. Is this information correct from megacli? I'm planning to replace one of the disks (the one with serial number: Z1F35954). Also that disk have many errors ("Media Error Count: 189"). I assume that physically it has bad sectors that are being reallocated. I want to shutdown the server, replace the disk (by using the serial number to identify it) and then it should rebuild by itself correct? (Do I have to force it offline first before removal?). Edit: I found out that the PERC 6/i have a 2 TiB limit. The replacement drive I have is 2 TiB. Will I run into issues? Because the drives on the mirror are both 3 TiB. What worries me is that for a 2 TiB one that will go down to 1.8x or something. [/INST] You cannot mix SAS and SATA within a virtual disk, so if the virtual disk is using SATA drives then the replacement needs to be SATA. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, When configuring RP4VM protection, the default RPO is 25 seconds. Is there a minimum and maximum value that can be set for RPO for asynchronous replication? For example, can async RPO be set lower than 25 seconds? Can it be set to 24 hours for example? Thanks. Rgds, Kay Shin [/INST] Hi there, The minimum for async is 1 second. RPO is just a monitoring parameters as RP/RPVM would always strive to achieve the lowest RPO possible. Hope that helps, Idan </s>

<s>[INST] iDRAC version 3.30.30.30. When in iDRAC, I click Configuration > BIOS Settings and am presented an empty page. Did a search on internet, and found some images how the screen should look. How to resolve this? Simon [/INST] I would try another web browser, or restarting the iDRAC to see if that helps. You might also try clearing your cookies. Does the account that you're logging in with have system control permissions? </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, My customer have 2 different VxRail clusters in 1 datacenter, with 1 vCenter server managing both VxRail clusters. We need to configure RP4VM for local protection. Is 1 vRPA cluster for each VxRail cluster and only 1 vCenter server supported? Is 1 vRPA cluster for both VxRail clusters and only 1 vCenter server supported? Are there any limitation to the number of vRPA clusters that can be deployed with only 1 vCenter server managing 2 or more VxRail clusters? Appreciate any advise. Thanks. Rgds,Kay Shin [/INST] Hi, A single RPVM cluster can manage 5 vCenters and a single vCenter can have up to 50 RPVM clusters. Note that the vRPAs would need to communicate over TCP/IP with all ESXs in a cluster with protected VM. Hope that helps, Idan </s>

<s>[INST] I've acquired a T410 server and am seeking to update all firmware and BIOS on it to the latest but am having a nightmare of unsuccessful attempts as each method I try to follow doesn't work out. These are the things I've tried: This has been incredibly frustrating - I'm considering giving up hope and throwing out the server after all. I need to do the firmware updates to be able to use the server. Does anyone have any other suggestions / options for how to do the updates? Happy to provide more information on any of the methods I've tried so far. Thanks Liam [/INST] Hello I suggest that you start by updating the iDRAC and LCC through the iDRAC web server. If you open the iDRAC web page there is a section labeled Update and Rollback, or something similar. You can update the iDRAC and LCC on that page by uploading the files from your computer to the iDRAC through the browser. It will only accept specific image files. On the server support page you should be able to locate the iDRAC firmware under the Embedded Server Management category and the LCC under LifeCycle Controller Legacy. You will need to extract out the image files, I think they are .d7 and .usc file types. Those are the only file types that will be accepted. [URL] Once the iDRAC and LCC are at the most current revision I would try the repository again. The KB article linked near the top of your post should have instructions for creating a repository. Thanks </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, I just wanted to know what the situation is with regard to placing non dell-branded datacentre u.2 nvme drives in a r740xd server that supports nvme (i.e. with appropriate backplane). For example, would an intel DC P4510 drive function as expected? Or what about a pm1725a (which I believe is one of the drives dell itself uses)? Finally, would there be any support issues with the rest of the chassis in case of failure? Many thanks, John [/INST] John60, While the R740XD does indeed support the use of NVMe SSD's, I can't attest to if they will work with 3rd party hardware or not. Without using certified hardware it would simply be based on trial and error, as we don't test regularly test them with other brand hardware. The only issue you could run into is that the 3rd party hardware isn't covered, nor would damage caused by that hardware be. Hope this helps. </s>

<s>[INST] Hello everyone, I'm sure this question can be little bit strange, but want to know if it possible. I have a vxrail cluster with 8x10Gb network, 4 of them are configured in the default dvswitch deployed by the initial setup for (Vsan, Vmotion, Management, networking). [IMAGE] I would like to add 2 others servers, not vxrail nodes, in a new Vmware cluster but my idea it's to keep DVswitch to get the same network configuration. Technically it's possible, but just don't want to block the next vxrail upgrade if it's not supported. Thanks, Julien. [/INST] As a customer myself, I don't know whether this is officially supported. Most likely not. From a compatibility standpoint, I'd avoid that shared vDS scenario. If you're interested in following the VMware Validated Designs, each cluster (workload domain) has its own vDS as well. This will also potentially introduce complexity during cluster upgrades if your VxRail nodes and non-VxRail hosts end up with differing vSphere versions (ex. 6.0 vs 6.5 vs 6.7) as that can limit your ability to upgrade the vDS version. The only benefit I see in sharing a vDS in this way is to try to save a bit of time in provisioning new port groups on the vDS's. If your practice is to make port groups available to all clusters when, say, you add a new VLAN, then you wouldn't have to add two port groups with the same VLAN ID on two different VDS's. I would hope that this activity is infrequent enough that you're not doing this often, say every month. If you do find yourself doing this semi-regularly, then I'd recommend using PowerCLI to provision new port groups on as many vDS's as you need in one go. That should give you the efficiency without compromising compatibility or upgrade options. </s>

<s>[INST] System Type: S4048-ON Software Version: 9.14(0.1) --- Hi, For this platform, what is the PVST limit? From datasheet: Layer 2 VLANs: 4K MSTP: 64 instances There is no information mentioning the per-vlan spanning-tree instances limit on the box. Let me know how many RSTP instances may I run on this switch? Thank you! [/INST] Oh, ok. 254 instances. Page 776 [URL] </s>

<s>[INST] Hello, I am trying to upgrade the Raid card in my PowerEdge R710 (Perc 6/i) and I am interested in going to a Perc H710 raid card but im wondering if it will work with the older backplane. the reason for the upgrade is because I want to run 4TB+ HDDs and the current Perc 6/i will only see up to 2TB. I know I could upgrade to the Perc H700 but I have heard that it has the same limitation and only supports up to 2TB as well. [/INST] The H710 controller wasn't tested in the 11G server family, so I can't speak to whether or not it will work there. However, the connectors appear to be the same, and both should be a 6Gbps SAS connection, I don't believe 12Gbps SAS was introduced until the 13G. All that to say that I don't think that backplane and controller communication will be a problem, but controller and the rest of the system may be. As for the PERC 6i and the H700, as far as I am aware, the PERC 6i doesn't support drives above 2TB, but the H700 should. I am going back through documentation to see if anything indicates that statement is incorrect, and I'll edit my post, if that's the case. </s>

<s>[INST] Hi, I have a dell PowerEdge 2950 (3rd generation) with only one 2TB drive. I'll need additional storage on it, at least 2TB more. The configuration is set up via PERC 6/i. 1. Is it possible to remove the raid configuration and just use a non-RAID setup? And is it possible to do so without losing the data that's currently on the initial disk? 2. I see that the SAS caddy is labeled only for SAS and SATAu. So I can't use regular SATA drives? 3. Since the idea behind this is to just add 2-4TB of storage to the server, what would be the recommended thing to do in this scenario? I assume RAID 0 across all drives (which all need to be exactly matching both in size and brand)? Thank you. [/INST] Hello The PERC6i does not support non-RAID or pass-through. All drives will need to be a virtual disk member before they will be presented to the OS. The PERC6i does support single drive RAID 0. I don't think it is possible to go down to a single drive RAID 0 without losing data. You will likely need to delete and recreate the virtual disk. The terms used for changing the virtual disk without losing data are RAID Level Migration, Reconfigure, and Online Capacity Expansion. There is a section in the manual that covers what changes are possible. On the PERC6i all forms of virtual disk migration are performed through storage management software like OpenManage Server Administrator. [URL] [URL] A SAS/SATA universal carrier should accommodate SAS or SATA drives. It should have mounting points for each type of drive. Drives within a virtual disk do not need to be exactly the same. Several characteristics need to be the same, but brand and size can be different. You can find more information in the manual or other online resources. Thanks </s>