If you have already added the drives, use the Dell MD Storage Manager (MD3000/32xx/36xx compatible download link here: ftp.dell.com/.../DELL_MDSS_Consolidated_RDVD_4_1_2_29.iso ) and do an automatic discovery. If the software finds your array great, if not you will need to find out the management ip addresses. If its not written anywhere, you can retrieve this with the serial cable.
Hopefully the new drives show up as compatible. The new drives will have to have a dell PPID on them however not all Dell drives will have the logo.
Here is an example of a seagate drive with no dell logo but has a ppid.
Once in the software and with working drives, go to the configuration tab and create a new disk group with the disks, also a new virtual disk on the new raid group. Set up your iscsi sessions from the new server to the MD3000i, then go back to the storage manager software and in the configuration tab create a host to virtual disk mapping to point your new drive at your new server. Rescan the storage adapters on your server and see if the disks show up. If your server is windows or linux you will need to run the software cd on the server and install the host portion so that multipathing works correctly. If in esx you will not need to do this.
If you happen to be using ESX here is a good setup guide.
You do this in the Modular Disk Storage Manager software.
You may need to upgrade the array (raid controller) firmware before it will use the new drives if you never kept the unit up to date in firmware in the last 3 years. If your drives don't have a Dell logo and Dell part number on them, they will never work.
I did check the firmware virtion and it is 07.35.22.61, also in the summery tab I can see the totall disks 12, this means that the 6 new drives has been recognized by the Device.
the current configration of de device is: we did connect only one of the ISCSi ports (de left side) to an enternet port of a Dell r910 server, and we did also connect both managemnt ports to the same switch as the the dell r910,
question,
1. if we want the new disks to be availble for the second server, should we connect the second ISCI port (right side on3) to the second server? or no need for that.
2. to configure the new disks the managment port muse connected?
TechnicalDiffic
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November 22nd, 2013 12:00
If you have already added the drives, use the Dell MD Storage Manager (MD3000/32xx/36xx compatible download link here: ftp.dell.com/.../DELL_MDSS_Consolidated_RDVD_4_1_2_29.iso ) and do an automatic discovery. If the software finds your array great, if not you will need to find out the management ip addresses. If its not written anywhere, you can retrieve this with the serial cable.
Hopefully the new drives show up as compatible. The new drives will have to have a dell PPID on them however not all Dell drives will have the logo.
Here is an example of a seagate drive with no dell logo but has a ppid.
dellfirmware.seagate.com/.../drive_sn_ppid.gif
Once in the software and with working drives, go to the configuration tab and create a new disk group with the disks, also a new virtual disk on the new raid group. Set up your iscsi sessions from the new server to the MD3000i, then go back to the storage manager software and in the configuration tab create a host to virtual disk mapping to point your new drive at your new server. Rescan the storage adapters on your server and see if the disks show up. If your server is windows or linux you will need to run the software cd on the server and install the host portion so that multipathing works correctly. If in esx you will not need to do this.
If you happen to be using ESX here is a good setup guide.
en.community.dell.com/.../3043.aspx
For all other documents use this link
www.dell.com/.../powervault-md3000i
Dev Mgr
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November 22nd, 2013 06:00
You do this in the Modular Disk Storage Manager software.
You may need to upgrade the array (raid controller) firmware before it will use the new drives if you never kept the unit up to date in firmware in the last 3 years. If your drives don't have a Dell logo and Dell part number on them, they will never work.
mrshahin
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November 25th, 2013 03:00
Hi,
Thanks for your replay,
I did check the firmware virtion and it is 07.35.22.61, also in the summery tab I can see the totall disks 12, this means that the 6 new drives has been recognized by the Device.
the current configration of de device is: we did connect only one of the ISCSi ports (de left side) to an enternet port of a Dell r910 server, and we did also connect both managemnt ports to the same switch as the the dell r910,
question,
1. if we want the new disks to be availble for the second server, should we connect the second ISCI port (right side on3) to the second server? or no need for that.
2. to configure the new disks the managment port muse connected?
Thanks