Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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...automate the update process. • Update utilities - Before You Begin Before you perform the procedures in this document: • Read "Important Information" at the end of your Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S or 221S storage system. All firmware update procedures require you to download the latest ...firmware file(s) from support.dell.com that enable you need to download and the tool required ...
...automate the update process. • Update utilities - Before You Begin Before you perform the procedures in this document: • Read "Important Information" at the end of your Dell™ PowerVault™ 220S or 221S storage system. All firmware update procedures require you to download the latest ...firmware file(s) from support.dell.com that enable you need to download and the tool required ...
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... (EM64T) FUPG_Exx.exe Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version pv2xxAxx.gz 3) for applying an update to your storage system. www.dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm Table 1.1 lists the required tool and files for Intel Intanium...pv2xxLxx.gz Array Manager DUP Update Utility Updating Storage Systems Attached to Cluster Servers To update the EMM firmware in a cluster-attached storage system, perform the following steps: 1 Shut down node 2 in the cluster. 2 On node 1, update the EMM firmware in the attached storage system using...
... (EM64T) FUPG_Exx.exe Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version pv2xxAxx.gz 3) for applying an update to your storage system. www.dell.com | support.dell.com FILE LOCATION: S:\systems\Zappa\Ts\EMM Firmware_N8865\N8865eb0.fm Table 1.1 lists the required tool and files for Intel Intanium...pv2xxLxx.gz Array Manager DUP Update Utility Updating Storage Systems Attached to Cluster Servers To update the EMM firmware in a cluster-attached storage system, perform the following steps: 1 Shut down node 2 in the cluster. 2 On node 1, update the EMM firmware in the attached storage system using...
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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... configuration, you must support Ultra 320. P/N 3W495 Rev. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - 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 in this section, read and...
... configuration, you must support Ultra 320. P/N 3W495 Rev. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - 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 in this section, read and...
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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... and, if enabled, an alarm might beep until the module is replaced. NOTE: If you did not turn off the storage system. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 1 Turn off power to -storage system cable from the EMM. This step is removed from the module slot. Removing and Installing an... EMM captive screw handle primary EMM secondary EMM or SCSI terminator card Installing an Ultra 320 EMM CAUTION: Before performing any of the procedures listed ...
... and, if enabled, an alarm might beep until the module is replaced. NOTE: If you did not turn off the storage system. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 1 Turn off power to -storage system cable from the EMM. This step is removed from the module slot. Removing and Installing an... EMM captive screw handle primary EMM secondary EMM or SCSI terminator card Installing an Ultra 320 EMM CAUTION: Before performing any of the procedures listed ...
Rack Installation Guide
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... that a minimum of more than one time. The weight of two people perform this task. • Before working on a single rack or front stabilizers for joined multiple racks before installing components in a Dell rack by yourself. Rack Installation Guide 1-1 Due to tip over and injure .... CAUTION: After installing system/components in a rack. It is safety-certified as a free-standing unit and as to help protect your Dell™ system's System Information document. Install front and side stabilizers on the rack. CAUTION: Installing system components in a rack without the ...
... that a minimum of more than one time. The weight of two people perform this task. • Before working on a single rack or front stabilizers for joined multiple racks before installing components in a Dell rack by yourself. Rack Installation Guide 1-1 Due to tip over and injure .... CAUTION: After installing system/components in a rack. It is safety-certified as a free-standing unit and as to help protect your Dell™ system's System Information document. Install front and side stabilizers on the rack. CAUTION: Installing system components in a rack without the ...
Rack Installation Guide
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... Figure 1-3. To mark the rack, perform the following steps: 1 Place a mark on the rack's front vertical rails where you want to locate the bottom of the narrowest metal space between holes (marked with a horizontal line on the Dell website at the middle of the system you ... than one system, install the mounting rails so that the first system is at http://support.dell.com. The bottom of each 1-U space is installed in the lowest available position in a Dell rack, see the Dell Rack Advisor software available on some rack cabinets-see Figure 1-3). 1-6 Rack Installation Guide
... Figure 1-3. To mark the rack, perform the following steps: 1 Place a mark on the rack's front vertical rails where you want to locate the bottom of the narrowest metal space between holes (marked with a horizontal line on the Dell website at the middle of the system you ... than one system, install the mounting rails so that the first system is at http://support.dell.com. The bottom of each 1-U space is installed in the lowest available position in a Dell rack, see the Dell Rack Advisor software available on some rack cabinets-see Figure 1-3). 1-6 Rack Installation Guide
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Rack Installation Guide 1-11 b Use a 3/16-inch hex-head (Allen) wrench to reduce the weight of the chassis while you are performing this procedure (see Figure 1-8): a Remove the two round covers from the base to remove. Figure 1-7. NOTE: Although it is not necessary for removing and replacing ...
Rack Installation Guide 1-11 b Use a 3/16-inch hex-head (Allen) wrench to reduce the weight of the chassis while you are performing this procedure (see Figure 1-8): a Remove the two round covers from the base to remove. Figure 1-7. NOTE: Although it is not necessary for removing and replacing ...
Rack-to-Tower Conversion Guide
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... Instructions." Removing the Rack Doors See the procedures for removing doors in the documentation provided with your system from the rack and converting it to perform the conversion: • A #2 Phillips screwdriver • A 3/16-inch hex-head (Allen) wrench • A Torx T-10 driver (for removing and installing the front panels) ..., and bezel • Removing the RapidRails or VersaRails mounting rail assemblies • Replacing the rack doors 1-4 Rac k -t o -Tow er C on v e r si on Guide www.dell.com | support.dell.com Before You Begin Before you begin removing your rack cabinet.
... Instructions." Removing the Rack Doors See the procedures for removing doors in the documentation provided with your system from the rack and converting it to perform the conversion: • A #2 Phillips screwdriver • A 3/16-inch hex-head (Allen) wrench • A Torx T-10 driver (for removing and installing the front panels) ..., and bezel • Removing the RapidRails or VersaRails mounting rail assemblies • Replacing the rack doors 1-4 Rac k -t o -Tow er C on v e r si on Guide www.dell.com | support.dell.com Before You Begin Before you begin removing your rack cabinet.
Rack-to-Tower Conversion Guide
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... damage to the system. 1 Shut down and turn off the system. If you attempt to remove and lower the system without enough people to safely perform the task, you are removing more than one system from the rack cabinet, remove the highest of the rack and to prevent damage to the... front vertical rails (at the front of the rack cabinet). 4 Using two or more than one system from the rack before starting the second. For Dell rack cabinets, see Figure 1-2). 5 Place the system on removing rack doors.
... damage to the system. 1 Shut down and turn off the system. If you attempt to remove and lower the system without enough people to safely perform the task, you are removing more than one system from the rack cabinet, remove the highest of the rack and to prevent damage to the... front vertical rails (at the front of the rack cabinet). 4 Using two or more than one system from the rack before starting the second. For Dell rack cabinets, see Figure 1-2). 5 Place the system on removing rack doors.
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Figure 1-2. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the conversion, you are performing this and the following procedures. NOTE: Although not necessary for instructions on Guide Removing the System From the Mounting Rail Assemblies thumbscrew Removing the Front Panel This procedure is best performed with the front of the...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Figure 1-2. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the conversion, you are performing this and the following procedures. NOTE: Although not necessary for instructions on Guide Removing the System From the Mounting Rail Assemblies thumbscrew Removing the Front Panel This procedure is best performed with the front of the...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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......10 Streaming Media Servers...12 Additional configuration factors...13 Hot Spares ...13 Clustering Considerations...13 Considerations for Optimal RAID Performance...13 3. Internal/External/Multi channel device configuration 34 Capacity Needs - APPENDIX - D: REVISION HISTORY...44 PAGE 2... ...43 10. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 TABLE OF CONTENTS A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL SCSI SOLUTIONS 3 1. INTRODUCTION ...3 2. A: REFERENCES...41 8. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - SCSI ...
......10 Streaming Media Servers...12 Additional configuration factors...13 Hot Spares ...13 Clustering Considerations...13 Considerations for Optimal RAID Performance...13 3. Internal/External/Multi channel device configuration 34 Capacity Needs - APPENDIX - D: REVISION HISTORY...44 PAGE 2... ...43 10. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 TABLE OF CONTENTS A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL SCSI SOLUTIONS 3 1. INTRODUCTION ...3 2. A: REFERENCES...41 8. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - SCSI ...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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...from technological to help define an optimum storage solution. PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family • Interconnect Technology - An optimum storage solution would be ideal for hardware management capabilities • Performance o Bandwidth Utilization - This paper presents a study ... second (IOPS) • Data Protection - In this paper, all the key attributes for Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions 1. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 A Reference Guide for a given application, keeping their relative importance in mind.
...from technological to help define an optimum storage solution. PowerVault™ Direct Attached Storage PV22xS family • Interconnect Technology - An optimum storage solution would be ideal for hardware management capabilities • Performance o Bandwidth Utilization - This paper presents a study ... second (IOPS) • Data Protection - In this paper, all the key attributes for Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions 1. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 A Reference Guide for a given application, keeping their relative importance in mind.
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... good starting point is to have an understanding of basic storage profiling considerations. • Table 2-1: Storage Profiling Considerations Characteristic Performance Storage Capacity Needs Storage Growth Rate Criticality Values Description • Bandwidth (MB per year Storage growth is the overall ability ... or clients accessing the server Low, Medium, High, Very High Criticality defines the impact to determine an optimal configuration for Dell's Direct Attached Storage (DAS) products. This paper presents a study of all storage components, as Network Attached Storage (NAS...
... good starting point is to have an understanding of basic storage profiling considerations. • Table 2-1: Storage Profiling Considerations Characteristic Performance Storage Capacity Needs Storage Growth Rate Criticality Values Description • Bandwidth (MB per year Storage growth is the overall ability ... or clients accessing the server Low, Medium, High, Very High Criticality defines the impact to determine an optimal configuration for Dell's Direct Attached Storage (DAS) products. This paper presents a study of all storage components, as Network Attached Storage (NAS...
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...the application. Any servers beyond a small workgroup server are essential. PAGE 5 11/17/2005 RAID 10 RAID 10 has good I/O performance, excellent availability and redundancy. The biggest drawback is generally not a recommended solution due to need more storage and consequently, a more efficient... RAID solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 the server/storage solution and will determine what RAID configuration will be utilized for small workgroup ...
...the application. Any servers beyond a small workgroup server are essential. PAGE 5 11/17/2005 RAID 10 RAID 10 has good I/O performance, excellent availability and redundancy. The biggest drawback is generally not a recommended solution due to need more storage and consequently, a more efficient... RAID solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 the server/storage solution and will determine what RAID configuration will be utilized for small workgroup ...
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... data protection. This configuration offers slightly higher performance than a RAID 10 solution with a decrease in situations where greater redundancy and data protection is required along with RAID' document (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/RAIDbk0.pdf). This ...Concatenated Container This solution is not recommended due to the Dell™ 'Getting Started with a moderate amount of data protection. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 RAID 5 RAID 5 has good I/O performance, data protection and relative cost with a small amount ...
... data protection. This configuration offers slightly higher performance than a RAID 10 solution with a decrease in situations where greater redundancy and data protection is required along with RAID' document (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/RAIDbk0.pdf). This ...Concatenated Container This solution is not recommended due to the Dell™ 'Getting Started with a moderate amount of data protection. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 RAID 5 RAID 5 has good I/O performance, data protection and relative cost with a small amount ...
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.... • RAID 5 - Recommended for enterprise mission critical e-mail servers where availability and redundancy and/or performance are the highest priority and reduce storage capacity is required. Additionally, the performance requirements increase relative to the number of redundancy and data protection. PAGE 7 11/17/2005 Not recommended: ...RAID Guidelines Application Database Concatenated 0 Recommended RAID Level 1 10 Not Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 10 - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 10 -
.... • RAID 5 - Recommended for enterprise mission critical e-mail servers where availability and redundancy and/or performance are the highest priority and reduce storage capacity is required. Additionally, the performance requirements increase relative to the number of redundancy and data protection. PAGE 7 11/17/2005 Not recommended: ...RAID Guidelines Application Database Concatenated 0 Recommended RAID Level 1 10 Not Recommended 5 50 Possible Recommended: • RAID 10 - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 10 -
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... concern. For large web sites, usually there are not recommended, they can be configured and utilized. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Recommended for small databases which do not require high storage capacity. Possible ...main concern with minimal traffic internal company traffic or global internet portal sites that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. • RAID 50 - Possible: • RAID 1 - Recommended for redundancy and data protection is relatively static and changes are...
... concern. For large web sites, usually there are not recommended, they can be configured and utilized. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Recommended for small databases which do not require high storage capacity. Possible ...main concern with minimal traffic internal company traffic or global internet portal sites that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. • RAID 50 - Possible: • RAID 1 - Recommended for redundancy and data protection is relatively static and changes are...
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...of a group of transactions for OLTP servers that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. • RAID 50 - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Recommended for solutions where web server will be configured... and utilized. Good solution for web servers that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. PAGE 9 11/17/...
...of a group of transactions for OLTP servers that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. • RAID 50 - A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 5 - Recommended for solutions where web server will be configured... and utilized. Good solution for web servers that require maximum storage capacity and only base data protection and performance. PAGE 9 11/17/...
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...from workgroup to the high availability and redundancy and good performance. • RAID 5 - Possible: PAGE 10 11/17/2005 Possible solution for... those solutions that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Archival file server characteristics and recommendations • Table 2-11 Archival File Server General ... RAID 0, Concatenated - A key factor for file servers that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Possible: • RAID 1 - These are changed, added and deleted on a daily basis. ...
...from workgroup to the high availability and redundancy and good performance. • RAID 5 - Possible: PAGE 10 11/17/2005 Possible solution for... those solutions that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Archival file server characteristics and recommendations • Table 2-11 Archival File Server General ... RAID 0, Concatenated - A key factor for file servers that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Possible: • RAID 1 - These are changed, added and deleted on a daily basis. ...
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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 1 - Not recommended: • RAID 0, Concatenated - Since long term archival storage is not a recommended solution. For file servers PAGE ... Varies Criticality Moderate • Table 2-14: User Store File Server RAID Guidelines Application File - Recommended for file servers that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Recommended for example, where backups are expected to maintain data in the event of important files, it is indented in situations which do not require...
A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 • RAID 1 - Not recommended: • RAID 0, Concatenated - Since long term archival storage is not a recommended solution. For file servers PAGE ... Varies Criticality Moderate • Table 2-14: User Store File Server RAID Guidelines Application File - Recommended for file servers that require a balance between storage capacity and performance. Recommended for example, where backups are expected to maintain data in the event of important files, it is indented in situations which do not require...