Dell Unity: Unity Not Compatible with Unisphere Central, Received Message ID: 14:5010003

Summary: Unity array shipped with version 5.3 which may generate alerts. (User Correctable)

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Symptoms

Unity not compatible with Unisphere Central

Received Message ID: 14:5010003

Error message:
The Unisphere Central server version is incompatible with the storage system software version Unity Ver: 5.3.0.0.5.120 Central Ver: 4.0.10.1673904.

Cause

Unisphere Central is removed from Unity OE 5.3.

See Dell Unity Release Notes 5.3 to find changed features (Page 4).

Resolution

The Unisphere Central application is built on SuSE SLES 11 SP3, which is no longer available and is no longer supported by SuSE. Unisphere Central no longer supports Unity arrays shipped with OE 5.3. While there is no direct replacement for Unisphere Central.

CloudIQ is a cloud-native application that provides simple monitoring and troubleshooting of your Dell storage and Connectrix switch environments. It does provide the same functionality, although it is designed differently.

General procedures to onboard Unity arrays to CloudIQ:
Dell Unity: General procedures to onboard Unity arrays to CloudIQ.

How to enable CloudIQ:
Whitepaper - Dell CloudIQ: A Detailed Review

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell Unity Operating Environment (OE)
Article Properties
Article Number: 000225451
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 29 May 2024
Version:  1
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