Getting Started Guide
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... (single controller) and duplex (dual controller) array configurations. For more information, refer to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com). • Support for redundant data and system management capability; simplex configuration also available • Battery backup unit (BBU...power supply and cooling modules that are combined for a total of 45 physical disks. • Controller capable of supporting sessions from 32 iSCSI initiators (16 hosts with redundant connections) simultaneously with multiple connections per session. Performance Features •...
... (single controller) and duplex (dual controller) array configurations. For more information, refer to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com). • Support for redundant data and system management capability; simplex configuration also available • Battery backup unit (BBU...power supply and cooling modules that are combined for a total of 45 physical disks. • Controller capable of supporting sessions from 32 iSCSI initiators (16 hosts with redundant connections) simultaneously with multiple connections per session. Performance Features •...
Getting Started Guide
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...ambient temperatures • Over-temperature shutdown protection capability • Configuration and monitoring via the MD Storage Manager software Supported Operating Systems Your system supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2 • Microsoft Windows...a rack. • The Hardware Owner's Manual provides information about system features and describes how to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com. 4 Getting Started With Your System Warranty information may be found on the CDs that came with your...
...ambient temperatures • Over-temperature shutdown protection capability • Configuration and monitoring via the MD Storage Manager software Supported Operating Systems Your system supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2 • Microsoft Windows...a rack. • The Hardware Owner's Manual provides information about system features and describes how to the Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com. 4 Getting Started With Your System Warranty information may be found on the CDs that came with your...
Getting Started Guide
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...; CDs included with your system provide documentation and tools for installing, configuring, and managing your system. • The Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com provides compatibility information, including servers, operating systems, controllers, software, and hardware configurations. • Updates are sometimes ... Release notes or readme files may not be included to provide current updates to the Installation Guide provided on support.dell.com and read and follow the safety instructions and important regulatory information in this guide or if the system ...
...; CDs included with your system provide documentation and tools for installing, configuring, and managing your system. • The Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix at support.dell.com provides compatibility information, including servers, operating systems, controllers, software, and hardware configurations. • Updates are sometimes ... Release notes or readme files may not be included to provide current updates to the Installation Guide provided on support.dell.com and read and follow the safety instructions and important regulatory information in this guide or if the system ...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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....xx.xx.xx: The firmware is divided into two distinct environments: first-generation MD3000i firmware and second-generation MD3000i firmware. Dell PowerVault MD3000i Rules Table 1. How to an iSCSI storage array using MD Storage Manager. 2 Select the Support tab. 3 Click on a separate management network. Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 1 Second Gen. √ √ NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by...
....xx.xx.xx: The firmware is divided into two distinct environments: first-generation MD3000i firmware and second-generation MD3000i firmware. Dell PowerVault MD3000i Rules Table 1. How to an iSCSI storage array using MD Storage Manager. 2 Select the Support tab. 3 Click on a separate management network. Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 1 Second Gen. √ √ NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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... links. NIC teaming is recommended. The management ports only support IPv4. √ The management ports support both IPv4 and IPv6. 2 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Second Gen √ √ √ If multiple NICs are installed, it is supported, 1-Gbps NICs √ are supported on the √ MD3000i management ports. Although a 100-Mbps host NIC is recommended...
... links. NIC teaming is recommended. The management ports only support IPv4. √ The management ports support both IPv4 and IPv6. 2 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Second Gen √ √ √ If multiple NICs are installed, it is supported, 1-Gbps NICs √ are supported on the √ MD3000i management ports. Although a 100-Mbps host NIC is recommended...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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... Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Cluster environment. Second Gen. √ √ √ Table 2. Considerations Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 3 For example, if the Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 iSCSI Initiator is not supported. Rules First Gen. If using IPv6, all guest OSes) The MD3000i supports up to eight nodes in the system. First Gen. √ √ √ √ Second...
... Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Cluster environment. Second Gen. √ √ √ Table 2. Considerations Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 3 For example, if the Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 iSCSI Initiator is not supported. Rules First Gen. If using IPv6, all guest OSes) The MD3000i supports up to eight nodes in the system. First Gen. √ √ √ √ Second...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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...2003. Link failover requires at least one iSCSI session to the controller. The enclosure can be attached to the 4 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Second Gen. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ The hot spare for a disk group with...II √ physical disks. Attached MD1000 expansion enclosures must have management access to the MD3000i for multi-path support (refer √ to √ unified mode. Up to two Dell PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosures √ can contain a mixture of 45 SAS and/or SATA physical...
...2003. Link failover requires at least one iSCSI session to the controller. The enclosure can be attached to the 4 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Second Gen. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ The hot spare for a disk group with...II √ physical disks. Attached MD1000 expansion enclosures must have management access to the MD3000i for multi-path support (refer √ to √ unified mode. Up to two Dell PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosures √ can contain a mixture of 45 SAS and/or SATA physical...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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... disks can be migrated between a Dell PowerVault MD3000 and a Dell PowerVault MD3000i by following the appropriate Disk Group migration procedure* Refer to MD3xxx series coexistence compatibility matrix if you wish to use of disk labels is limited to specify both management port IP addresses on a single host. Supported Operating Systems for supporting MD3000i and MD3200 series products on the...
... disks can be migrated between a Dell PowerVault MD3000 and a Dell PowerVault MD3000i by following the appropriate Disk Group migration procedure* Refer to MD3xxx series coexistence compatibility matrix if you wish to use of disk labels is limited to specify both management port IP addresses on a single host. Supported Operating Systems for supporting MD3000i and MD3200 series products on the...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V 6 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 are not supported. Operating System Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 32-bit Standard and ... Microsoft Windows Server 2008 √ R2 Server Core Standard and Enterprise Windows Server 2008 supporting √ √ Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 √ supporting Hyper-V Required Hotfixes KB950903 and KB943545 provide required storport driver updates KB950903 and KB943545 provide...
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V 6 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 are not supported. Operating System Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 32-bit Standard and ... Microsoft Windows Server 2008 √ R2 Server Core Standard and Enterprise Windows Server 2008 supporting √ √ Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 √ supporting Hyper-V Required Hotfixes KB950903 and KB943545 provide required storport driver updates KB950903 and KB943545 provide...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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...® Linux Enterprise Server √ √ V9.0 x64 Service Pack 4 (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) XEN kernel not supported √ √ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 7 Required Hotfixes Server 2008 R2 are not supported. Multipathing not supported No XEN support) Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.0 √ Update 2, Update 3 , Update 4, Update 5 (AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit (2.6 kernel; No...
...® Linux Enterprise Server √ √ V9.0 x64 Service Pack 4 (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) XEN kernel not supported √ √ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 7 Required Hotfixes Server 2008 R2 are not supported. Multipathing not supported No XEN support) Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.0 √ Update 2, Update 3 , Update 4, Update 5 (AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit (2.6 kernel; No...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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...-dkms.noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only) iscsi-88.31.2_sles9sp31dkms. noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only) 8 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Second Gen. √ √ √ √ √ Required Hotfixes Supported iSCSI Initiators Table 5. Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 (management station only, no I/O) Microsoft Windows Vista® (management station only, no I/O) Microsoft...
...-dkms.noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only) iscsi-88.31.2_sles9sp31dkms. noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only) 8 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Second Gen. √ √ √ √ √ Required Hotfixes Supported iSCSI Initiators Table 5. Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 (management station only, no I/O) Microsoft Windows Vista® (management station only, no I/O) Microsoft...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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... II 57710 √ Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 √ * Please update to latest drivers from support.dell.com prior to the MD3000i, 1000 Mb/s switches for I /O paths and 100 Mb/s controllers for out-of -band management paths are recommended. Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 9 Second Gen. To maximize available bandwidth to using for iSCSI offload Ethernet Switches Any...
... II 57710 √ Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 √ * Please update to latest drivers from support.dell.com prior to the MD3000i, 1000 Mb/s switches for I /O paths and 100 Mb/s controllers for out-of -band management paths are recommended. Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 9 Second Gen. To maximize available bandwidth to using for iSCSI offload Ethernet Switches Any...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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... 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Model Number MAX3073RC MAX3147RC MBA3073RC MBA3147RC MBA3300RC HUS151473VLS300 HUS151414VLS300 HUS153073VLS300 10 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Supported Physical Disks NOTE: Only Dell-provided physical disks are not compatible with any industry standard server. Supported Physical Disks for the latest available physical disk firmware. Table 7.
... 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Model Number MAX3073RC MAX3147RC MBA3073RC MBA3147RC MBA3300RC HUS151473VLS300 HUS151414VLS300 HUS153073VLS300 10 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Supported Physical Disks NOTE: Only Dell-provided physical disks are not compatible with any industry standard server. Supported Physical Disks for the latest available physical disk firmware. Table 7.
MD3000i Support Matrix
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This version also supports management of Resource CD. Drive Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 1TB 7.2K RPM Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 750 ... the same level as WD500YS-18MPB1 Supported Management Software for Windows Table 9. Management Software Supported with the MD3000i (Windows servers) Software MD3000i Resource CD Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager First Gen. 1.2.153, A04 02.71.G6.07 Second Gen. 2.2.0.18, A11 03.35.G6.50 Notes Component of the MD3000. 12 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
This version also supports management of Resource CD. Drive Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 1TB 7.2K RPM Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 750 ... the same level as WD500YS-18MPB1 Supported Management Software for Windows Table 9. Management Software Supported with the MD3000i (Windows servers) Software MD3000i Resource CD Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager First Gen. 1.2.153, A04 02.71.G6.07 Second Gen. 2.2.0.18, A11 03.35.G6.50 Notes Component of the MD3000. 12 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
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....0007.exe. MPP driver 09.01.B6.751 09.00.A6.012 09.01.C6.063 Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 09.03.0B06.02341 09.03.0C06.0452.23 13 Multipath software; Software Dell OpenManage™ Management Station Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager VDS/VSS Hardware Provider MPIO driver VMware vCenter plugin First Gen. 5.4 09...
....0007.exe. MPP driver 09.01.B6.751 09.00.A6.012 09.01.C6.063 Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 09.03.0B06.02341 09.03.0C06.0452.23 13 Multipath software; Software Dell OpenManage™ Management Station Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager VDS/VSS Hardware Provider MPIO driver VMware vCenter plugin First Gen. 5.4 09...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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... CD 1 For RHEL4, and SLES9 2 For RHEL3 3 For SLES10, SLES11 and RHEL5 NOTE: The Dell PowerVault MD3000i does not support Device-Mapper Multipath for MD3000i configured with a single controller 14 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Supported Languages The Dell PowerVault MD Storage Manager is advisable to gather support information before performing any firmware upgrade. This can be performed from the...
... CD 1 For RHEL4, and SLES9 2 For RHEL3 3 For SLES10, SLES11 and RHEL5 NOTE: The Dell PowerVault MD3000i does not support Device-Mapper Multipath for MD3000i configured with a single controller 14 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Supported Languages The Dell PowerVault MD Storage Manager is advisable to gather support information before performing any firmware upgrade. This can be performed from the...
MD3000i Support Matrix
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... to the Resources sub-heading for white papers and support documents related to iSCSI and the MD3000i Refer to the Citrix XenServer Dell Edition Solution Guide for reference configuration information Refer to Windows 2008 Hyper-V Dell Edition Solution Guide for reference configuration information Refer to the ESRP Articles for the MD3000i ESRP article Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 15
... to the Resources sub-heading for white papers and support documents related to iSCSI and the MD3000i Refer to the Citrix XenServer Dell Edition Solution Guide for reference configuration information Refer to Windows 2008 Hyper-V Dell Edition Solution Guide for reference configuration information Refer to the ESRP Articles for the MD3000i ESRP article Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 15
MD3000i Support Matrix
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One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Single-Path Data, Single Controller (Simplex) 1 standalone (one or 2 two-node cluster two) host server 3 Ethernet management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network 16 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Supported Configurations Figure 1.
One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Single-Path Data, Single Controller (Simplex) 1 standalone (one or 2 two-node cluster two) host server 3 Ethernet management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network 16 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Supported Configurations Figure 1.
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If the host server has a second Ethernet connection to the array, it can be attached to the MD3000i RAID controller module. One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Dual-Path Data, Dual Controllers (Duplex) 1 standalone (one of the paths fail. ... by allowing two separate physical paths for each host, which ensures full redundancy if one or 2 two-node cluster two) host server 3 Ethernet management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network 18 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Figure 3.
If the host server has a second Ethernet connection to the array, it can be attached to the MD3000i RAID controller module. One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Dual-Path Data, Dual Controllers (Duplex) 1 standalone (one of the paths fail. ... by allowing two separate physical paths for each host, which ensures full redundancy if one or 2 two-node cluster two) host server 3 Ethernet management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network 18 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix Figure 3.
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... standalone 2 IP SAN (Gigabit 3 Ethernet host servers Ethernet switch) management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 19 Figure 5 shows how the same number of hosts can be attached (via multiple sessions) to a single MD3000i RAID controller module through an industry-standard 1 GB Ethernet switch. In Figure...
... standalone 2 IP SAN (Gigabit 3 Ethernet host servers Ethernet switch) management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 19 Figure 5 shows how the same number of hosts can be attached (via multiple sessions) to a single MD3000i RAID controller module through an industry-standard 1 GB Ethernet switch. In Figure...