Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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... • Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server • Windows Server 2003 • Novell NetWare (all Dell-supported versions) To update the firmware on your PowerVault 22xS storage system using Array Manager: NOTE: In the following steps, xx refers to the firmware release ... system's hard drive. 5 On the host system, click the Start button and select Programs→ Dell OpenManage Applications→ Array Manager→ Array Manager Console. 6 Select Arrays→ PERC Subsystem. 7 Select the controller that is complete, a message appears indicating that the PowerVault 22xS storage...
... • Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server • Windows Server 2003 • Novell NetWare (all Dell-supported versions) To update the firmware on your PowerVault 22xS storage system using Array Manager: NOTE: In the following steps, xx refers to the firmware release ... system's hard drive. 5 On the host system, click the Start button and select Programs→ Dell OpenManage Applications→ Array Manager→ Array Manager Console. 6 Select Arrays→ PERC Subsystem. 7 Select the controller that is complete, a message appears indicating that the PowerVault 22xS storage...
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - If you might lose all I/O to the module has ceased. Otherwise, you replace one SCSI terminator card. NOTE: To achieve full Ultra 320 functionality, your EMMs, hard drives, and host controller must turn off any ... EMM CAUTION: Before performing any hardware changes. A00 April 2003 03W495A00 NOTICE: You should have the latest version of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your host server before performing any of the procedures listed ...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - If you might lose all I/O to the module has ceased. Otherwise, you replace one SCSI terminator card. NOTE: To achieve full Ultra 320 functionality, your EMMs, hard drives, and host controller must turn off any ... EMM CAUTION: Before performing any hardware changes. A00 April 2003 03W495A00 NOTICE: You should have the latest version of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your host server before performing any of the procedures listed ...
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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... server-to-storage system cable to the Ultra 320 EMM. 5 Replace the applicable Ultra 160 hard drives with Ultra 320 hard drives. The hard drives are trademarks of Ultra 160 and Ultra 320 hard drives. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dell OpenManage, and PowerVault are labeled Ultra 160 (Ultra 3) or Ultra 320 (Ultra 4). 6 Turn on your storage system...
... server-to-storage system cable to the Ultra 320 EMM. 5 Replace the applicable Ultra 160 hard drives with Ultra 320 hard drives. The hard drives are trademarks of Ultra 160 and Ultra 320 hard drives. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dell OpenManage, and PowerVault are labeled Ultra 160 (Ultra 3) or Ultra 320 (Ultra 4). 6 Turn on your storage system...
Rack Installation Guide
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... at the back of the system chassis to reduce the weight of the tower system. Figure 1-7. Removing the Front Bezel lock thumbscrew bezel 3 Label all hard drives and remove them from the top of the chassis while you are performing this procedure (see your system Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions for...
... at the back of the system chassis to reduce the weight of the tower system. Figure 1-7. Removing the Front Bezel lock thumbscrew bezel 3 Label all hard drives and remove them from the top of the chassis while you are performing this procedure (see your system Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions for...
Rack Installation Guide
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... system chassis, taking care to the chassis with the 14 T-10 Torx screws that you removed in step 6 of the last procedure, "Removing the Bezel, Drives, Covers, and Front Panel" (see Figure 1-9): a Position the system so that the front panel extends about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) beyond the edge of the table... all 14 T-10 Torx screws in their holes before tightening any of the system chassis, using care to the chassis. NOTE: Do not install the hard drives until the next procedure, "Installing the System in the front panel. b Remove the 14 4-40 x 0.25-inch pan head black T-10 Torx screws that...
... system chassis, taking care to the chassis with the 14 T-10 Torx screws that you removed in step 6 of the last procedure, "Removing the Bezel, Drives, Covers, and Front Panel" (see Figure 1-9): a Position the system so that the front panel extends about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) beyond the edge of the table... all 14 T-10 Torx screws in their holes before tightening any of the system chassis, using care to the chassis. NOTE: Do not install the hard drives until the next procedure, "Installing the System in the front panel. b Remove the 14 4-40 x 0.25-inch pan head black T-10 Torx screws that...
Rack-to-Tower Conversion Guide
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... supply and cooling modules at the back of the system chassis to reduce the weight of the work surface or table. 1 Label and remove the hard drives from the system chassis, using care to the chassis. 3 Pull the front panel away from the system. Removing the System From the Mounting Rail Assemblies... panel to avoid damaging the five plastic light pipes that extend through the front panel (see Figure 1-3). 1-6 Rac k -t o -Tow er C on v e r si on Guide www.dell.com | support.dell.com Figure 1-2.
... supply and cooling modules at the back of the system chassis to reduce the weight of the work surface or table. 1 Label and remove the hard drives from the system chassis, using care to the chassis. 3 Pull the front panel away from the system. Removing the System From the Mounting Rail Assemblies... panel to avoid damaging the five plastic light pipes that extend through the front panel (see Figure 1-3). 1-6 Rac k -t o -Tow er C on v e r si on Guide www.dell.com | support.dell.com Figure 1-2.
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c Reinstall the hard drives and power and cooling modules, if they were removed (see the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for information about installing and configuring your system. Installing the ... captive thumbscrews in their holes at the bottom of the front panel. Figure 1-5. d Close the bezel. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions). www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 To install the bezel: a Position the bezel so it is perpendicular to the system.
c Reinstall the hard drives and power and cooling modules, if they were removed (see the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for information about installing and configuring your system. Installing the ... captive thumbscrews in their holes at the bottom of the front panel. Figure 1-5. d Close the bezel. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions). www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 To install the bezel: a Position the bezel so it is perpendicular to the system.
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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...; SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 TABLE OF CONTENTS A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL SCSI SOLUTIONS 3 1. INTRODUCTION ...3 2. PowerEdge™ RAID Controllers ...14 SCSI Cabling...15 SCSI Hard Drive Support...16 3rd Party Hardware support...16 Server Support ...16 4. Common Features ... configuration factors...13 Hot Spares ...13 Clustering Considerations...13 Considerations for Optimal RAID Performance...13 3. A: REFERENCES...41 8. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - SCSI HOST BUS ADAPTERS / SCSI RAID...29 RAID: Hardware Vs Software ...29...
...; SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 TABLE OF CONTENTS A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL SCSI SOLUTIONS 3 1. INTRODUCTION ...3 2. PowerEdge™ RAID Controllers ...14 SCSI Cabling...15 SCSI Hard Drive Support...16 3rd Party Hardware support...16 Server Support ...16 4. Common Features ... configuration factors...13 Hot Spares ...13 Clustering Considerations...13 Considerations for Optimal RAID Performance...13 3. A: REFERENCES...41 8. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - SCSI HOST BUS ADAPTERS / SCSI RAID...29 RAID: Hardware Vs Software ...29...
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...™ RAID Controllers The PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) is a free standing floor tower. Dell's Product Offering PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure Dell™ PowerVault 220xS systems are hot-pluggable and can be removed and replaced easily. Most major components, including hard drives and power supply/cooling modules are flexible, external SCSI expansion enclosures designed to 12...
...™ RAID Controllers The PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) is a free standing floor tower. Dell's Product Offering PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure Dell™ PowerVault 220xS systems are hot-pluggable and can be removed and replaced easily. Most major components, including hard drives and power supply/cooling modules are flexible, external SCSI expansion enclosures designed to 12...
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... information of support for specific hard drives, please visit the Dell Storage web site at: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/storage. 3rd Party Hardware support Dell development teams spend a significant amount of flexibility. As such, Dell supports only Dell tested and qualified hardware. For... HD to Slim VHDCI Wide HD to Wide HD Wide HD to Wide HD SCSI Hard Drive Support PowerVault disk-based storage solutions (such as the PowerVault 220S) support the latest SCSI hard drives, currently specified as PowerEdge servers), to ensure the highest quality products.
... information of support for specific hard drives, please visit the Dell Storage web site at: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/storage. 3rd Party Hardware support Dell development teams spend a significant amount of flexibility. As such, Dell supports only Dell tested and qualified hardware. For... HD to Slim VHDCI Wide HD to Wide HD Wide HD to Wide HD SCSI Hard Drive Support PowerVault disk-based storage solutions (such as the PowerVault 220S) support the latest SCSI hard drives, currently specified as PowerEdge servers), to ensure the highest quality products.
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PV22xS Enclosure Overview The PV22xS SCSI Enclosure provides three configuration topologies, also referred to all 14 hard drives on the Split Bus Module (SBM) sets the desired enclosure topology. SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) management features are an integral part...status. Attaching a second cable is not required, a Terminator module can only be attached to SCSI bus address contention. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 4. Each of these topologies will not take effect until the enclosure is power cycled which provide redundant SES services, ...
PV22xS Enclosure Overview The PV22xS SCSI Enclosure provides three configuration topologies, also referred to all 14 hard drives on the Split Bus Module (SBM) sets the desired enclosure topology. SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) management features are an integral part...status. Attaching a second cable is not required, a Terminator module can only be attached to SCSI bus address contention. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 4. Each of these topologies will not take effect until the enclosure is power cycled which provide redundant SES services, ...
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...it 's assigned SCSI ID, as a PERC4/DC is capable of U160 and U320 EMM PAGE 23 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 be reserved for use two PERC4/DC adapters and attach an enclosure to each. The maximum number of enclosures that...two SCSI channels even though both channels reside on one physical PCI adapter. Figure 4-5 SCSI ID Assignments Figure 4-6 SCSI ID Numbers and Associated Hard Disk Drives Multiple PV22xS Enclosures on back of EMMs. Mixing of supporting. For example, U160 can support. When two are installed, it is required ...
...it 's assigned SCSI ID, as a PERC4/DC is capable of U160 and U320 EMM PAGE 23 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 be reserved for use two PERC4/DC adapters and attach an enclosure to each. The maximum number of enclosures that...two SCSI channels even though both channels reside on one physical PCI adapter. Figure 4-5 SCSI ID Assignments Figure 4-6 SCSI ID Numbers and Associated Hard Disk Drives Multiple PV22xS Enclosures on back of EMMs. Mixing of supporting. For example, U160 can support. When two are installed, it is required ...
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... dedicated RAID processor and memory system - Software RAID performance scales based on a group of the section which is implemented on Dell PowerEdge Servers" papers in Appendix - Considerations to U160 speeds. SCSI Host Bus Adapters / SCSI RAID This section addresses concerns ... given host system. Hardware and Software RAID implementations are used for a Hardware RAID implementation. SCSI bus technology (U160/U320) and Hard Disk Drive (HDD) spindle speeds • Interface Channel options - RAID: Hardware Vs Software A RAID system mostly provides a fail-safe with...
... dedicated RAID processor and memory system - Software RAID performance scales based on a group of the section which is implemented on Dell PowerEdge Servers" papers in Appendix - Considerations to U160 speeds. SCSI Host Bus Adapters / SCSI RAID This section addresses concerns ... given host system. Hardware and Software RAID implementations are used for a Hardware RAID implementation. SCSI bus technology (U160/U320) and Hard Disk Drive (HDD) spindle speeds • Interface Channel options - RAID: Hardware Vs Software A RAID system mostly provides a fail-safe with...
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...group of the non-redundant array's failed state, the hot spare will never start the rebuild on the redundant array. • Mixed-size hard drives within a RAID10/RAID50 o RAID50 not supported on until all 'child' arrays until the next one is full, and so on Adaptec controllers....Refer to user guides for the different controller families differ in RAID10/RAID50 on the functionality and terminology used . A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Controller Family Aside from both families are being managed via the BIOS utilities, these differences can lead to ...
...group of the non-redundant array's failed state, the hot spare will never start the rebuild on the redundant array. • Mixed-size hard drives within a RAID10/RAID50 o RAID50 not supported on until all 'child' arrays until the next one is full, and so on Adaptec controllers....Refer to user guides for the different controller families differ in RAID10/RAID50 on the functionality and terminology used . A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Controller Family Aside from both families are being managed via the BIOS utilities, these differences can lead to ...
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...cache retains data during a rebuild, array performance will be degraded while check is running. o Dell recommends using dedicated hot spares for critical data. PAGE 32 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 back up : see "Write Cache policy considerations" section above....rebuilt array spans enclosures/channels. • Dedicated hot spare o A dedicated hot spare is slower, since the controller must wait for the hard drive to return a good status on the same controller as the hot spare. o Dedicated hot spares that is on the write to the ...
...cache retains data during a rebuild, array performance will be degraded while check is running. o Dell recommends using dedicated hot spares for critical data. PAGE 32 11/17/2005 A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 back up : see "Write Cache policy considerations" section above....rebuilt array spans enclosures/channels. • Dedicated hot spare o A dedicated hot spare is slower, since the controller must wait for the hard drive to return a good status on the same controller as the hot spare. o Dedicated hot spares that is on the write to the ...
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...o Patrol Read examines each block in clustering environment - Where mixing of array. In all cases, the overall subsystem performance will be of hard drives is not supported on embedded or non-RAID controllers. • Multiple logical volumes on the same physical array are not the same operations; ...A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on rebuild process please refer to media errors. By default the run mode is recommended that all hard drives in the mix. • Spindle Speed It is set ...
...o Patrol Read examines each block in clustering environment - Where mixing of array. In all cases, the overall subsystem performance will be of hard drives is not supported on embedded or non-RAID controllers. • Multiple logical volumes on the same physical array are not the same operations; ...A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on rebuild process please refer to media errors. By default the run mode is recommended that all hard drives in the mix. • Spindle Speed It is set ...
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...Basic Input Output System Cluster - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 8. Insertion or removal of device with MSCS operating environment HBA - Host Bus Adapter (non-RAID controllers) HDD - Hard Disk Drive Hot Plug - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant ...Array of multiple physical Hard Disk Drives to quiescent I /Os quiescent PAGE 42 11/17/2005 Small Computer System Interface ...
...Basic Input Output System Cluster - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 8. Insertion or removal of device with MSCS operating environment HBA - Host Bus Adapter (non-RAID controllers) HDD - Hard Disk Drive Hot Plug - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant ...Array of multiple physical Hard Disk Drives to quiescent I /Os quiescent PAGE 42 11/17/2005 Small Computer System Interface ...