Dell EMC Unity Family

Dell guidance to mitigate risk and resolution for the side-channel analysis vulnerabilities (also known as L1 Terminal Fault or L1TF) for servers, storage, and networking products. For specific information about affected platforms and next steps to apply the updates, see this guide.

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NDMP backup is failing with error code: "Specified record size (262144) is bigger than readWriteBlockSize (65536)"

Cannot update destination because destination pool is full

Arrays's own FC Port WWNs visible in the initiators tab in Unisphere after upgrade to 4.4 (User Correctable)

This is an entry point for starting to troubleshoot a Unity to EMC ESRS connection issue. It is designed to show where to look for messages & common meanings for the related error problems.

Dell Unity ESRS Integrated Support credential and support contract fail (User Correctable)

[ERROR] System: The FS object ID 0 associated with the LUN 6006016083c042xxxxxxxxxx is invalid (User Correctable)

Error activating SOL payload: Unspecified error

Dell's response to reported vulnerabilities in the hardware encryption of certain self-encrypting solid-state drives as described in Vulnerability Note VU# 395981. For information on the affected Dell Client models affected, please refer to this guide.

Destination NAS server was promoted and started to respond the requests from clients. (Dell Correctable)

Broadcom has announced the deprecation of vVols in VCF/VVF 9.0, with removal planned for 9.1. Customers using vVols with Dell Unity should avoid upgrading to VCF/VVF 9.0, as support will be limited to critical fixes only. Customers can migrate from vVols to Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) using Storage vMotion or XCOPY (starting in VCF 9.0).

UnityOS Image upload may fail due to network instability during the transfer process. This document describes the symptoms, a possible cause, and resolution steps.

During a Non-Disruptive Upgrade (NDU) to PowerStoreOS v3.0.0, the PowerStore Manager user interface (UI) may become inaccessible. The UI fails to load after the second node reboots as part of the update process.

When a storage array runs out of space, we must ensure no data loss. This feature was created with that purpose, to avoid data loss. This article explains the best practices to follow to clear this error without disrupting production.

Explore the Dell End of Service Life (EOSL) and End of Life (EOL) list for converged infrastructure, storage, and storage networking products. Access End-of-Life documents for hardware, software, and firmware release and service dates

On a Unity NAS server, NFSv4 locks may be held on files for more than five minutes following an unexpected client shutdown, or a network partition. (User Correctable)

This article explains Unity Link Aggregation and how to configure it. (User Correctable)

Unable to refresh managed server %2 because of an internal issue. (User Correctable)

Preventing "Queue full" issues on CLARiiON, VNX and Unity arrays, by adjusting the maximum number of simultaneous I/O that is sent from ESX to the SP ports.

This article provides links to several Dell Community pages.

Dell Unity OE Matrix, release dates, recommended code, and so on.

Dell Unity: The value specified for the '-lunHosts' qualifier is invalid: hostname OBSOLETE. The specified host was not found. (Error Code:0x6401060)

This article covers the procedure to place a storage processor (SP) into service mode and how to clear service mode using the Unisphere GUI or CLI.

One or more 25GbE ports with a four-port mezzanine or I/O module may not initialize and remain link down upon a SP reboot or initial cabling/recabling.

Dell EMC Unity: Is Unity vulnerable to CVE-2018-8781? (User Correctable)

The system's root drive is running out of space.

Dell Unity: Cannot modify snapshot access from "ModifyAccess" under "Access" page in lun's properties Unisphere in OE 4.1 and later

Unity: Adding VCenter gives error, "Failed: Please chck the connectivity between the storage server and the vMware hypervisor. (Error Code: 0x5c000007)." (User Correctable)