Updating the Enclosure Management Module Firmware
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...in step 2. 4 Double-click the FUPG_Exx.exe file to extract the firmware update files to your 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 ...your screen. If the storage system does not appear in step 4. 10 Double-click the .bin file and follow the directions on your PowerVault 22xS storage system using Array Manager: NOTE: In the following operating systems: • Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server • Windows ...
...in step 2. 4 Double-click the FUPG_Exx.exe file to extract the firmware update files to your 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 ...your screen. If the storage system does not appear in step 4. 10 Double-click the .bin file and follow the directions on your PowerVault 22xS storage system using Array Manager: NOTE: In the following operating systems: • Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server • Windows ...
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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...and can be removed and installed without shutting down the storage system, provided all of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your EMMs, hard drives, and host controller must replace the other Ultra 160 EMM. NOTE: To achieve full Ultra ... modules (EMMs) and installing the Ultra 320 EMMs in place. Otherwise, you replace an EMM. P/N 3W495 Rev. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - NOTICE: You should have the latest version of your storage system. This document describes how to the...
...and can be removed and installed without shutting down the storage system, provided all of the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager and host server controller firmware installed on your EMMs, hard drives, and host controller must replace the other Ultra 160 EMM. NOTE: To achieve full Ultra ... modules (EMMs) and installing the Ultra 320 EMMs in place. Otherwise, you replace an EMM. P/N 3W495 Rev. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerVault™ 22xS Systems - NOTICE: You should have the latest version of your storage system. This document describes how to the...
Upgrading to Ultra 320 EMMs
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... used in the U.S.A. NOTE: The Ultra 320 enclosure supports a mixture of Ultra 160 and Ultra 320 hard drives. Information 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. Reproduction... Ultra 320 EMM. 5 Replace the applicable Ultra 160 hard drives with Ultra 320 hard drives. All rights reserved. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2003 Dell Computer Corporation. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 2 Push the module to the back of the...
... used in the U.S.A. NOTE: The Ultra 320 enclosure supports a mixture of Ultra 160 and Ultra 320 hard drives. Information 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. Reproduction... Ultra 320 EMM. 5 Replace the applicable Ultra 160 hard drives with Ultra 320 hard drives. All rights reserved. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2003 Dell Computer Corporation. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 2 Push the module to the back of the...
Rack Installation Guide
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... front to disengage, and pull the covers up, away from the system. Rack Installation Guide 1-11 Removing the Front Bezel lock thumbscrew bezel 3 Label all hard drives and remove them from the base to reduce the weight of the chassis while you might want to remove the two power-supply and cooling...
... front to disengage, and pull the covers up, away from the system. Rack Installation Guide 1-11 Removing the Front Bezel lock thumbscrew bezel 3 Label all hard drives and remove them from the base to reduce the weight of the chassis while you might want to remove the two power-supply and cooling...
Rack Installation Guide
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... Figure 1-9): a Position the system so that the front panel extends about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) beyond the edge of the last procedure, "Removing the Bezel, Drives, Covers, and Front Panel" (see Figure 1-9). 3 Reinstall the power and cooling modules (if they were removed). b Remove the 14 4-40 x 0.25-inch...before tightening any of the screws to ensure proper alignment. 2 Secure the rack front panel to the chassis. NOTE: Do not install the hard drives until the next procedure, "Installing the System in the front panel. Rack Installation Guide 1-13 c Remove the front panel from the system ...
... Figure 1-9): a Position the system so that the front panel extends about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) beyond the edge of the last procedure, "Removing the Bezel, Drives, Covers, and Front Panel" (see Figure 1-9). 3 Reinstall the power and cooling modules (if they were removed). b Remove the 14 4-40 x 0.25-inch...before tightening any of the screws to ensure proper alignment. 2 Secure the rack front panel to the chassis. NOTE: Do not install the hard drives until the next procedure, "Installing the System in the front panel. Rack Installation Guide 1-13 c Remove the front panel from the system ...
Rack-to-Tower Conversion Guide
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Figure 1-2. NOTE: Although not necessary for instructions on removing and replacing the modules. 2 Remove the 14 T-10 Torx screws that secure the front panel .... 3 Pull the front panel away from the system chassis, using care to reduce the weight of the work surface or table. 1 Label and remove the hard drives from the system. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the conversion, you are performing this and the following procedures. Removing the System From the...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Figure 1-2. NOTE: Although not necessary for instructions on removing and replacing the modules. 2 Remove the 14 T-10 Torx screws that secure the front panel .... 3 Pull the front panel away from the system chassis, using care to reduce the weight of the work surface or table. 1 Label and remove the hard drives from the system. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the conversion, you are performing this and the following procedures. Removing the System From the...
Rack-to-Tower Conversion Guide
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... panel. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 To install the bezel: a Position the bezel so it is perpendicular to the system. Figure 1-5. Installing the Tower Front Bezel bezel 1-10 Rac k -t o -Tow er C on v e r si on Guide thumbscrew See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions). d Close the bezel. c Reinstall the hard drives and power...
... panel. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 To install the bezel: a Position the bezel so it is perpendicular to the system. Figure 1-5. Installing the Tower Front Bezel bezel 1-10 Rac k -t o -Tow er C on v e r si on Guide thumbscrew See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions). d Close the bezel. c Reinstall the hard drives and power...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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PowerEdge™ RAID Controllers ...14 SCSI Cabling...15 SCSI Hard Drive Support...16 3rd Party Hardware support...16 Server Support ...16 4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ...39 7. APPENDIX - Clustering...33 Heterogeneous vs. ...Solution 29 Controller Family...30 Data Protection Strategy ...32 High Availability Needs - D: REVISION HISTORY...44 PAGE 2 11/17/2005 INTRODUCTION ...3 2. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - PV22XS ENCLOSURE OVERVIEW ...19 Joined Bus Topology ...19 Split Bus Topology...20 Cluster Topology ...21 PV22xS ...
PowerEdge™ RAID Controllers ...14 SCSI Cabling...15 SCSI Hard Drive Support...16 3rd Party Hardware support...16 Server Support ...16 4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ...39 7. APPENDIX - Clustering...33 Heterogeneous vs. ...Solution 29 Controller Family...30 Data Protection Strategy ...32 High Availability Needs - D: REVISION HISTORY...44 PAGE 2 11/17/2005 INTRODUCTION ...3 2. DELL'S PRODUCT OFFERING...14 PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure 14 PERC - PV22XS ENCLOSURE OVERVIEW ...19 Joined Bus Topology ...19 Split Bus Topology...20 Cluster Topology ...21 PV22xS ...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... PERC 4 U320 controller Capacity 4.2TB with 300GB hard drives Up to 32 disks per virtual disk Scalability Up to eight enclosures per virtual disk Up to the mounting hardware and front bezel features. Dell's Product Offering PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure Dell™ PowerVault 220xS systems are flexible, external SCSI expansion enclosures...
... PERC 4 U320 controller Capacity 4.2TB with 300GB hard drives Up to 32 disks per virtual disk Scalability Up to eight enclosures per virtual disk Up to the mounting hardware and front bezel features. Dell's Product Offering PowerVault™ 220S & 221S Storage Enclosure Dell™ PowerVault 220xS systems are flexible, external SCSI expansion enclosures...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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..., and PERC controllers (as well as PowerEdge servers), 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 Ultra 320 SCSI. This adds tremendous value by a Dell warranty and may not deliver an acceptable customer experience. For the latest information of support...
..., and PERC controllers (as well as PowerEdge servers), 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 Ultra 320 SCSI. This adds tremendous value by a Dell warranty and may not deliver an acceptable customer experience. For the latest information of support...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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SES provides a unique set of the enclosure. Only one physical path from accidental topology changes. 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 is not required, a... to protect from the enclosure to the server. If operating with two EMM modules, which are an integral part of features to all 14 hard drives on the Split Bus Module (SBM) sets the desired enclosure topology. There can be attached between the server and the primary Enclosure Management Module...
SES provides a unique set of the enclosure. Only one physical path from accidental topology changes. 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 is not required, a... to protect from the enclosure to the server. If operating with two EMM modules, which are an integral part of features to all 14 hard drives on the Split Bus Module (SBM) sets the desired enclosure topology. There can be attached between the server and the primary Enclosure Management Module...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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... enclosure must be configured for a single host. One or two EMM modules may be installed in Figure 4-5. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 be reserved for use two PERC4/DC adapters and attach an enclosure to each. Multiple PV22xS enclosures, however...directly to the PERC4/DC adapter. The maximum number of supporting. Figure 4-5 SCSI ID Assignments Figure 4-6 SCSI ID Numbers and Associated Hard Disk Drives Multiple PV22xS Enclosures on that they have to be attached to a separate SCSI channel on a Single Host System Daisy chaining of U160...
... enclosure must be configured for a single host. One or two EMM modules may be installed in Figure 4-5. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 be reserved for use two PERC4/DC adapters and attach an enclosure to each. Multiple PV22xS enclosures, however...directly to the PERC4/DC adapter. The maximum number of supporting. Figure 4-5 SCSI ID Assignments Figure 4-6 SCSI ID Numbers and Associated Hard Disk Drives Multiple PV22xS Enclosures on that they have to be attached to a separate SCSI channel on a Single Host System Daisy chaining of U160...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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...above factors is termed a software RAID. A: References. These considerations are required to achieve an optimum solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 5. Hardware and Software RAID implementations are associated with the capability of improved performance data storage on the ... would be addressed in Appendix - For more suited for a given host system. Virtual Disk Size Each of hard disk drives. Thus, host systems which provides an overview of SCSI subsystem to software RAID. SCSI bus technology (U160/U320) and...
...above factors is termed a software RAID. A: References. These considerations are required to achieve an optimum solution. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 5. Hardware and Software RAID implementations are associated with the capability of improved performance data storage on the ... would be addressed in Appendix - For more suited for a given host system. Virtual Disk Size Each of hard disk drives. Thus, host systems which provides an overview of SCSI subsystem to software RAID. SCSI bus technology (U160/U320) and...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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...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 Adaptec controllers. This configuration is assigned to the redundant array, because of these ... one is full, then it will not coerce the larger 'child' arrays to configure storage subsystem; A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Controller Family Aside from both families are more complex storage strategies/solutions. These differences include: •...
...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 Adaptec controllers. This configuration is assigned to the redundant array, because of these ... one is full, then it will not coerce the larger 'child' arrays to configure storage subsystem; A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Controller Family Aside from both families are more complex storage strategies/solutions. These differences include: •...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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o Write Through In write-through caching, a data transfer is completed when the disk subsystem receives all of regular system maintenance for the hard drive to Table 5-2. UPS etc), the controller's cache retains data during system power loss. Data Protection Strategy • Battery back up: see "...back-up not only provide the performance benefit of redundant data in write back), but it later or to one or more arrays. o Dell recommends using dedicated hot spares for critical data. • Consistency checks o Consistency checks verify the correctness of write-back caching but does ...
o Write Through In write-through caching, a data transfer is completed when the disk subsystem receives all of regular system maintenance for the hard drive to Table 5-2. UPS etc), the controller's cache retains data during system power loss. Data Protection Strategy • Battery back up: see "...back-up not only provide the performance benefit of redundant data in write back), but it later or to one or more arrays. o Dell recommends using dedicated hot spares for critical data. • Consistency checks o Consistency checks verify the correctness of write-back caching but does ...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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...see Table 5-2. only one logical volume/array. Homogeneous environments • SCSI Technology (U320/U160/Ultra 2) It is supported as long as all hard drives within the controller BIOS. Mixing of the same spindle speed (RPM - o Patrol Read has two run so as part of SCSI technologies....Low Voltage Differential (LVD) signaling. Clustering is recommended that all the devices on the SCSI bus have all hard drives in any particular array be of array. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on rebuild process please refer to mix...
...see Table 5-2. only one logical volume/array. Homogeneous environments • SCSI Technology (U320/U160/Ultra 2) It is supported as long as all hard drives within the controller BIOS. Mixing of the same spindle speed (RPM - o Patrol Read has two run so as part of SCSI technologies....Low Voltage Differential (LVD) signaling. Clustering is recommended that all the devices on the SCSI bus have all hard drives in any particular array be of array. A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 For more details on rebuild process please refer to mix...
Optimizing Dell SCSI Solutions
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...removal of device with MSCS operating environment HBA - Ultra 320 (320MB/sec through put) Warm Plug - Hard Disk Drive Hot Plug - RAID On Motherboard SCSI - Insertion or removal of device without the need to form ...DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 8. Appendix - Collection of Independent Disks ROMB - Host Bus Adapter (non-RAID controllers) HDD - Small Computer System Interface U160 - B: Glossary Array - Power Edge RAID Controller RAID - Ultra 160 (160MB/sec throughput) U320 - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant Array of multiple physical Hard Disk Drives...
...removal of device with MSCS operating environment HBA - Ultra 320 (320MB/sec through put) Warm Plug - Hard Disk Drive Hot Plug - RAID On Motherboard SCSI - Insertion or removal of device without the need to form ...DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 8. Appendix - Collection of Independent Disks ROMB - Host Bus Adapter (non-RAID controllers) HDD - Small Computer System Interface U160 - B: Glossary Array - Power Edge RAID Controller RAID - Ultra 160 (160MB/sec throughput) U320 - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant Array of multiple physical Hard Disk Drives...