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ME3220I, adding host
Hi All,
I am facing an issue with adding host to ME3220I which used to be working fine.
We purchased some new Dell servers, installed vMware ESXi 7, now I cannot add them back to ME3220I.
I have their initiators from vCenter, added to Host Mappings, added iSCSI server accordingly in the Dynamic Discovery, rescanned storage, nothing happened.
Have I missed something? any help/ advice would be appreciated.
Regards
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Posted November 30th, 2021 16:00
Thank you Erman for the response.
I worked it out, it was iSCSI server IP address, once I added the second IP address, all Virtual Disks appeared in the Datastores.
Once again thanks a lot
Regards
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Posted December 1st, 2021 15:00
Hi @Dell-ErmanO
As I mentioned once I added the second IP address which is from the other RAID controller module (in slot 1) I started to see all datastores, however MD3220I gives me a warning below
How can I fix this warning please?
thanks and regards,1124
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Posted December 1st, 2021 15:00
Hi,
You may need to redistribute the virtual disks. To redistribute virtual disks:
1. Open Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM)
2. Click on the Support tab
3. Select Manage Raid Controller Modules
4. Click on Redistribute Virtual Disks1122
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Posted December 1st, 2021 16:00
Hi
Thanks for the quick response. I've done a couple of times, it went ok for a bit, then the warning came back.
I don't have the Support tab, however I went Storage tab, Virtual Disks, Advance, Redistribute Virtual Disks.
Regards
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Posted December 1st, 2021 16:00
On the Vmware host is the MPIO pathing policy set? Is the firmware up to date? https://dell.to/3EjVeFy We have not validated it with ESXi 7 and that may be an issue.
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Posted December 1st, 2021 20:00
Yes in the vMware the MPIO pathing policy was on Round Robin.
I managed to upgrade the NVSRAM firmware from your previous link (thanks for that) but the other I cannot seem to be able to, the current firmware is 07.84.53.60.
Regards
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Posted December 2nd, 2021 07:00
Hello @ctvu1,
You may need to clear the error before being able to update the firmware. Is the error still present in the PowerVault?
Regards.1072
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Posted December 2nd, 2021 12:00
Hi
I think I'd need the instruction for upgrade the MD3220 firmware please.
Thanks and Regards
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Posted December 2nd, 2021 13:00
This thread has instructions. https://dell.to/3og599p
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Posted November 30th, 2021 05:00
Hello,
Something about adding hosts to ME may have been overlooked. Could you please check as below articles here?
Add hosts to a host group https://dell.to/2ZBffbs;
add host-group-members https://dell.to/3d5J1br
to add host to an already existing host group: right click initiator and choose to add to host>then just type the name of your new host in the box that opens>right click on your new host + initiator entry and select map initiator. Match the host to the mapping of the group you are trying to join as a member.>right click on your new host + initiator entry and select join group, select your group
Let us know how it goes!
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