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Daniel_Arrioja
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January 12th, 2016 07:00
Configuring Powervault MD3000 on Linux.
Hello people:
To be honest, my experience witn SAN are very limited and we just recieve a MD3000 to be installed on Red Hat Linux distribution. However I followed the instruction in orden to can use it. I run all the software requiered but when I try to open the SM, it saids: "Storage management software cannot determinate if you have a valid network configuration from this client. If you are running on a Unix platform, please ensure that there is a host specified in te "host" file in your /etc directory." Although we will connect the host with MD3000 vía SAS Controller and no iSCSI.
Maybe I forgot to do something. Thanks in advance for your technical help.
Kind regards.
DELL-Daniel Ca
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Posted January 13th, 2016 08:00
Hello, Daniel.
A couple things I would check first:
1. What version of Linux are you using? Here's a link that lists the supported Operating Systems - http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/powervault-md3000i/drivers?rvps=y
(Resource CD)
2. This link also provides a download for the latest version of the MDSM for that box.
Be sure all the available linux drivers are installed as well.
Further, RHEL needs xWindows to run the MDSM. You have to run it from a GUI because it relies heavily on Java. That being said, you could run the MDSM from a management server / laptop for instance. Carve out your space, and map your hosts from there.
I hope that helps. Check these things, and let me know if you have any questions.