There are a couple possibilities I can think of right off the bat.
One, they didn't swap out the compact flash card from the old controller, and put it in the replacement controller. So the controller isn't booting up and connecting to the primary controller.
Two, they didn't swap out the CF card and the one in the replacement doesn't match the primary so failover cannot occur.
Three, the replacement controller is defective.
If you do a member select Member02 show controllers That will give you more information.
I personally do not have faith in the EOL support we are receiving (Non-dell support). They are advising we need to shut down the SAN which is not possible and I dont believe it's the solution.
Well I looked into that error and they are correct. The only resolution is a complete shutdown. Shtudown the servers. Power off the array for at least two minutes and bring it back up. That should resolve the issue.
Also, just FYI: Dell is now offering extended H/W only support up to 12 years from original ship date on arrays like the PS SANs.
dwilliam62
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March 19th, 2019 22:00
Hello Brendan,
There are a couple possibilities I can think of right off the bat.
One, they didn't swap out the compact flash card from the old controller, and put it in the replacement controller. So the controller isn't booting up and connecting to the primary controller.
Two, they didn't swap out the CF card and the one in the replacement doesn't match the primary so failover cannot occur.
Three, the replacement controller is defective.
If you do a member select Member02 show controllers That will give you more information.
Regards,
Don
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March 19th, 2019 23:00
Hi Don,
Cheers for the information that was useful.
I personally do not have faith in the EOL support we are receiving (Non-dell support). They are advising we need to shut down the SAN which is not possible and I dont believe it's the solution.
Here's the output
member select Member02 show controllers
___________________________ Controller Information ____________________________
SlotID: 0 Status: active
Model: 70-0300(TYPE 10) BatteryStatus: ok
ProcessorTemperature: 58 ChipsetTemperature: 0
LastBootTime: 2019-01-25:14:20:04 SerialNumber: -------------
Manufactured: 2710 ECOLevel: C00
CM Rev.: A01 FW Rev.: Storage Array Firmware V9.1.4
NVRAM Battery: good (R443182)
BootRomVersion: 2.3.3 BootRomBuilDate: Wed Mar 31 16:37:31
EDT 2010
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
SlotID: 1 Status: secondary
Model: 70-0300(TYPE 10) BatteryStatus: ok
ProcessorTemperature: 64 ChipsetTemperature: 0
LastBootTime: 2019-02-22:14:21:45 SerialNumber: -------------
Manufactured: 2313 ECOLevel: C00
CM Rev.: A06 FW Rev.: Storage Array Firmware V9.1.4
NVRAM Battery: good (R443182)
BootRomVersion: 2.3.5 BootRomBuilDate: Mon Apr 30 17:08:16
EDT 2012
_______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________ Cache Information ______________________________
CacheMode: write-back Controller-Safe: disabled
Low-Battery-Safe: enabled
_______________________________________________________________________________
Brendan
cheers
dwilliam62
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March 20th, 2019 04:00
Hello Brendan,
Well I looked into that error and they are correct. The only resolution is a complete shutdown. Shtudown the servers. Power off the array for at least two minutes and bring it back up. That should resolve the issue.
Also, just FYI: Dell is now offering extended H/W only support up to 12 years from original ship date on arrays like the PS SANs.
Regards,
Don
Dvr111
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March 20th, 2019 19:00
Thanks Don,
Yes we plan on moving back to dell support shortly.
dwilliam62
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March 21st, 2019 05:00
Hello,
You are very welcome. I am glad that I could assist you.
Regards,
Don