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1. PERC H200 02 00 02 00 07 00 01 00 Not 07 00 01 00 Adapter Supported PERC H200 02 00 02 00 07 00 01 00 Not 07 00 01 00 Integrated Supported PERC H200 02 00 02 00 07 00 01 00 Not 07 00 01 00 Modular Supported 6Gbps SAS 02 00 02 00 07 00 01 00 Not 07 00 01 00 HBA Supported PREREQUISITE DRIVERS AND FIRMWAR Gl On a system that does not meet the driver and firmware requirements controllers and their features are not displayed by Storage Management At Storage Management runtime you can determine whether the system meets the firmware requirements by checking your application log files for notifications on outdated firmware On SCSI controllers Storage Management displays the firmware version at runtime On SAS controllers Storage Management displays both the firmware and the driver version at runtime KKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KEK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK RARA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA A KKK Corrected Problems KEKE KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK AAA KKK KKK A A FH KA KKK KKK AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AA KKK The following problems were reported in the 3 5 A00 version and have been corrected in this release DF457031 The firmware version check fails only on the new supported platforms Dell PowerEdge R210 II and Dell PowerEdge T110 II using S100 Software Raid and alert 2166 is reported2. 1 08 06 Native Not Applicable Not Supported PERC 4 IM Native on a 2 processor 7U Modular System 1 09 11 1 09 11 Native SP1 12091153 Native PERC 4 IM Native on a PowerEdge 1855 Lu OG LT 1 09 11 Native SP1 1 09 11 53 Native CERC Not ATA 100 4CH Supported 46 41 41 Not Supported PERC 5 E 2 24 0 64 14 24 24 PERC 5 1 24 0 64 ntegrated N H 14 24 24 PERC 5 1 2 24 0 64 Adapter 14 24 24 SAS 5 iR 1 28 03 01 Integrated 24 04 40 28 03 01 28 03 01 03 01 SAS 5 iR 1 28 03 01 Adapter 24 04 40 28 03 01 28 03 01 03 01 SAS 5 1 1 28 03 01 Integrated 24 04 40 28 03 01 28 03 01 03 01 SAS 5 E 1 24 04 40 1 28 03 01 1 28 03 01 1 28 03 01 1 28 03 01 Adapter PERC 6 E Not Supported 2 24 0 32 2 24 0 64 2 24 0 32 2 24 0 64 Adapter PERC 6 i Not Supported 2 24 0 32 2 24 0 64 2 24 0 32 2 24 0 64 Integrated PERC 6 i Not Supported 2 24 0 32 2 24 0 64 1 25240232 2 24 0 64 Adapter SAS 6 iR Not Integrate
3. t ESX Vmware 10 for Intel USE Linux Ent R o access the RHN i 4 0 Update 1 and later EM64T with rise Server 11 with rp tec hnology CO PATIBILITY WITH OTHER RAID S TORAGE MANAGE EN T UTILITIES p anagement nstalli PERC Console ng Storage install anagemen ed is no installi ed recommended that you uninsta ng Storage disabled at ing Storage Storage provided by FAST and the P anagement ESG run time anagement anagement on a system tha supported It i l FAST and the P Storage Manage on a system tha anagement ERC Console and FAST Compatibility Issues when Installing Storage t has FAST or the s ERC Console before ment or the FAST features t also has FAST replaces all storage management Compatibility with Linux Utilities ERC Console has features not provided by FAST and the PERC In addition Installing Storage Management on a system running a Linux operating system and configured with 3rd party RAID storage management utilities is not supported It is recommended that you uninstall these utilities before installing Storage Management Storage Management replaces the storage management features provided by these utilities Examples of 3rd party Linux utilities include LinFlash Del Del INL
4. DELL TM OPENMANAGE TM SERVER ADMINISTRATOR STORAGE MANAGE Version 3 5 Release Notes KKEKKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK AAA AA AAA AAA AAA zj E Z H KKK This is the readme file for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management version 3 5 For additional information see the Server Administrator readme file and the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User s Guide Note The Storage Management service is installed using the T Server Administrator installation process See the i M nstallation readme readme ins txt on the Dell Systems anagement Tools and Documentation DVD for the latest installation information Note Installing the Storage Management service on a system that does not have a supported controller or that has a controller that is not attached to storage is not supported It is recommended to use Server Administrator Storage Management 3 5 only on controllers that have PERC 7 2 firmware or later If you install or run Storage Management using an unsupported configuration it can result in unexpected and undesirable system behavior Note With Dell OpenManage Systems Management software version 5 0 or later Array Manager is not an installable option If the Array Manager is installed on your system and you need information on how to migrate from Array Manager to Storage Man
5. Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for the latest installation information ae I he Installing Server Administrator chapter in the Server Administrator User s Guide In addition to the Server Administrator installation requirements the following requirements apply to Storage Management nagement may experience instability if thes Ma not SAS tech met icrosoft R icrosoft Windows icrosoft Windows icrosoft Windows icrosoft Windows nology Windows Server R Storage requirements are 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1 Small Business Server 2011 and HPC Server 2008 is required to support Windows R to support SAS technology NOTE Wi Red Hat R or Enterprise Linux R for Storage Management and Red Hat R later is required for the Red Hat Network 5 x or later Enterpr 2000 Server 32 bit with Service Pack 4 or later required ndows 2000 Server 64 bit is not supported is required ise Linux R Update 7 RHN service to update your system software with the latest update package before deployi service ng your VMware and Citrix Xen SUSE Linux Ent Service Pack 3 Service Pack 1 system See ESX 4 1 Update 1 and later Server 5 6 FP1 rprise Server or later and S is required to support SAS www redhat com and download updates
6. KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK Global Support KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK For information on technical support visit www dell com contactus AkkgAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKK Information in this document is subject to change without notice O 2011 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc is strictly Trademarks used in this text Dell OptiPlex Latitude PowerEdge PowerVault KACE FlexAddress and Vostro are Xeon Core and Celeron are regist the U S and other countries A AMD Phenom forbidden the DELL logo Dell Precision PowerConnect OpenManage EqualLogic trademarks of Dell Inc ered trademarks of In Intel Pentium tel Corporation in D is a registered trademark and AMD Opteron and AMD Sempron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server MS DOS and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks States and or other countries Red Hat registered trademarks of Red Hat countries Novell is a registered trademark an the United States and other countrie Oracle Corporation and or its affili XenMotion ar ither regi
7. Modular LSI 1020 LSI 1030 PERC H800 Adapter PERC H700 Integrated PERC H700 Adapter PERC H700 Modular PERC H200 Adapter PERC H200 Integrated PERC H200 Modular and 6Gbps SAS HBA Controllers Controller Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 Server Server Server Server Server 32 bit 2003 2003 2008 2008 Driver 32 bit 64 bit 32 bit 64 bit Driver Driver Driver Driver PERC 4 SC 5 48 6 46 2 32 6 46 3 64 Native Native PERC 4 DC 5 48 6 46 2 32 6 46 3 64 Native Native 32 bit Native PERC 4 DC 64 bit 48 32 64 Native PERC Native 4e DC 48 32 64 Native Native 4e Si 48 32 64 Native PERC Native 4e Di 48 32 64 Native PERC Native on a OT 4 Di 2 Processor U System XP 48 32 64 Native Not on a Power 2600 PERC 4 Di Applicable Edge 48 6 46 2 32 6 46 3 64 Native Native on a PERC 4 Di 2 Processor 48 6 46 2 32 6 46 3 64 Native 5U System XP PERC 4 Di Not on a Applicable PowerEdge 1750 6 46 2 32 6 46 3 64 Native PERC 4 IM Not on an Supported ES3005 1 08 06 Native Not Applicable Not Supported PERC 4 IM Not on a Supported PowerEdge 1655MC
8. 00 00 03 21 6 00 00 04 31 00 00 03 21 6 00 00 04 29 Integrated PERC 5 i 00 00 03 21 6 00 00 04 31 00 00 03 21 6 00 00 04 29 Adapter SAS 5 iR 3 12 29 00 6 Native 3 12 29 00 6 Native Integrated SAS 5 iR 3 12 29 00 6 Native 3 12 29 00 6 Native Adapter SAS 5 1 3 12 29 00 6 Native 3 12 29 00 6 Native Integrated SAS 5 E 3 12 29 00 6 Native 3 12 29 00 6 Native Adapter PERC 6 E 00 00 04 31 100 00 03 21 6100 00 04 29 Adapter Not supported PERC 6 i 00 00 04 31 100 00 03 21 6100 00 04 29 Integrated Not supported PERC 6 i 00 00 04 31 100 00 03 21 6100 00 04 29 Adapter Not supported SAS 6 iR Native 1 3 12 22905006 4 00 538 02 81 Integrated Not supported SAS 6 iR Native 3 12 29 00 6 4 00 38 02 3 Adapter Not supported SAS 6 int Native 3 12 29 00 6 4 00 38 02 3 Modular Not supported LSI 1020 on 2 05411403 Native Not Not a PowerEdge Applicable Applicable 1600SC LSI 1030 on 2055 11 03 Native Not Not a PowerEdge Applicable Applicable 1730 PERC H800 00 00 04 27 00 00 04 31 Not 00 00 04 Adapter Supported PERC H700 00 00 04 27 00 00 04 31 Not 00 00 04 Integrated Supported PERC H700 00 00 04 27 00 00 04 31 Not 00 00 04 Adapter Supported PERC H700 00 00 04 27 00 00 04 31 Not 00 00 04 Modular Supported wld 29 29 29
9. consistent data A virtual disk with inconsistent data cannot be imported When importing multiple virtual disks in a single operation however the Import Foreign Configuration task may report successful completion even when inconsistent virtual disks are present and have not been imported successfully Solution If the Import Foreign Configuration task is unable to import an inconsistent virtual disk then the physical disks that belong to the virtual disk continue to display a Foreign state after the Import Foreign Configuration task completes In this case repeat the Import Foreign Configuration task until one of the following occurs There are no longer any physical disks in Foreign state after the Import Foreign Configuration task completes You receive an error stating that the Import Foreign Configuration task has not completed successfully This error indicates that there are no longer any consistent virtual disks available to be imported Therefore all unimported virtual disks are inconsistent and you can either perform a Clear Foreign Configuration to remove the virtual disks or remove the physical disks from the controller On a SAS 6 iR using the command line interface CLI to clear a foreign configuration displays an error message 154604 Problem When using the following command on a SAS 6 iR controller omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig cont
10. D PERC 4e Di 5B2D PERC 4 Di 252D ona 2 Processor 5U System XP PERC 4 Di 422D PERC 4 IM 1 00 12 00 on an ES3005 PERC 4 IM 1 03 23 90 on a 2 Processor 7U Modular System PERC 5 E 5 2 2 0076 PERC 5 i 5 2 3 0074 Integrated PERC 5 i 5 2 3 0074 Adapter SAS 5 iR 00 10 51 00 Integrated 06 12 05 00 SAS 5 iR 00 10 51 00 Adapter 06 12 05 00 SAS 5 1 00 10 51 00 Integrated 06 12 05 00 SAS 5 E 00 10 51 00 Adapter 06 12 05 00 PERC 6 E 6 3 0 0001 Adapter PERC 6 1 6 3 0 0001 Integrated PERC 6 1 6 3 0 0001 Adapter SAS 6 iR 00 25 47 00 Integrated 06 22 03 00 SAS 6 iR 00 25 47 00 Adapter 06 22 03 00 SAS 6 int 00 25 47 00 Modular 06 22 03 00 PERC H800 Adapter 12 10 0 0025 PERC H700 Integrated 12 10 0 0025 PERC H700 Adapter 12 10 0 0025 PERC H700 Modular 12 10 0 0025 PERC H200 Adapter 07 02 01 00 PERC H200 Integrated 07 02 01 00 PERC H200 Modular 07 02 01 00 6Gbps SAS HBA 07 02 01 00 xxx Windows Drivers for PERC 4 SC 4 DC 4e DC 4 Di 4 1M 4e Si 4e Di CERC ATA100 4ch PERC 5 E PERC 5 i Integrated PERC 5 i Adapter SAS 5 iR Integrated SAS 5 iR Adapter SAS 5 i Integrated SAS 5 E Adapter PERC 6 E Adapter PERC 6 i Integrated PERC 6 i Adapter SAS 6 iR Integrated SAS 6 iR Adapter SAS 6 int
11. KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK As a general rule use only one RAID utility to configure and manage storage Installing the Storage Management service on a system that has native RAID utilities or RAID utilities provided by vendors is not supported The Storage Management servic nables you to perform storage tasks that are data destructive The Storage Management servic should be used by experienced storage administrators who are familiar with their storage environment KK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK AAA AAA AAA KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA KK Fixed Issues defects KK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KK KKK AAA AAA FH A AA KKK Not Applicable KkkkkKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK Known issues and Workarounds KkkkkkKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK The following sections describe known problems associated with Storage Management or the supported controllers If a CacheCade drive is imported as part of a foreign configuration verify the state of the drive as it may have been imported as a regular RAID 0 volume and not a CacheCade drive CacheCade will need to be reconfigured Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management 3 3 does not support PERC 4 controllers and earlier versions on VMware ESX4 x ESXi 4 x and all 64 bit Linux Operatin
12. RC 5 1 Integrated PERC 5 i Adapter SAS 5 iR Integrated SAS 5 iR Adapter SAS 5 i Integrated SAS 5 E Adapter PERC 6 E Adapter PERC 6 i Integrated PERC 6 i Adapter SAS 6 iR Integrated SAS 6 iR Adapter SAS 6 int Modular SI 1020 LSI 1030 PERC H800 Adapter PERC H700 Integrated PERC H700 Adapter PERC H700 Modular PERC H200 Adapter PERC H200 Integrated PERC H200 Modular and 6Gbps SAS HBA Controllers Controller Red Hat Red Hat SUSE SUSE Linux Linux Linux Linux Driver Driver 9 64 Bit 10 64 bit 4 0 55 Driver Driver PERC 4 SC 2 20 4 4 Native Native Not Applicable PERC 4 DC 2 20 4 4 Native Native Native 32 bit PERC 4 DC 2 20 4 4 Native Native Native 64 bit PERC 4e DC 2 20 4 4 Native Native Native PERC 4e Si 2 20 4 4 Native Native Not Applicable PERC 4e Di 2 20 4 4 Native Native Not Applicable PERC 4 Di 2 20 4 4 Native Native Not on a Applicable PowerEdge 2600 on a 2 processor 5U System XP PERC 4 Di 2 20 4 4 Native Native Not on a Applicable PowerEdge 1750 PERC 4 IM Not Not Native Not on a ES3005 Applicable Applicable Applicable PowerEdge 1655MC PERC 4 IM Native Native Native Not on a Applicable 2 Processor 7U Modular System CERC 2 10 1 2 20 4 4 Native Not ATA 100 4CH Applicable PERC 5 E 00 00 03 21 6 00 00 04 31 00 00 03 21 6 00 00 04 29 PERC 5 1
13. agement s the product documentation prior to Storage Management 2 1 or the Systems Management software version 5 1 KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK AAA AAA A A FH AAA KKK What s New in this Release kkkkkkkikkxkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxkkxAkkk XXX This release of Storage Management provides the following new features The GUI in storage enclosures displays the Dell System Express Service Code along with the Dell System Service Tag e With Solid State Disks SSDs you can configure a CacheCade for your virtual disks For more information see CacheCade Using Solid State Drives With the latest firmware SATA drives with capacity of more than 2 TB are supported For the minimum required firmware and driver versions go to the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator and click Storage Storage Controller Firmware Driver Version The new Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller PERC H200 driver and firmware supports 3 TB NL SAS hard drives 3 TB NL SATA hard drives and SAS SSDs Added support for the following operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1 e Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 VMware ESX 4 1 Update 1 VMware ESXi 4 1 Update 1 VMware ESX 4 0 Update 3 Vmware ESXi 4 0 Update 3 Citrix Xen Server 5 6 FP1 For information on Alert Messages S the Dell O
14. al Rescan then reboot the system Storage Management SNMP traps are not filtered by Server Administrator 120475 Problem Server Administrator allows you to filter SNMP traps that you do not want to receive To implement SNMP trap filtering select the System tr gt Alert Management tab gt SNMP Traps subtab The SNMP Traps subtab has options for enabling and disabling SNMP traps based on severity or the component that generates the trap Even when the SNMP traps are disabled Storage Management will generate SNMP traps Solution SNMP trap filtering will be provided in a future release of Storage Management Firmware for PERC 4 SC 4 DC 4e DC 4 Di 4 UU UW tn EEE ti PI IM 4e Si 4e Di CERC ATA100 4ch PERC 5 E PERC 5 i Integrated ERC 5 i Adapter SAS 5 iR Integrated SAS 5 iR Adapter S 5 i Integrated SAS 5 E Adapter PERC 6 E Adapter RC 6 i Integrated PERC 6 i Adapter SAS 6 iR Integrated S 6 iR Adapter SAS 6 int Modular LSI 1020 LSI 1030 RC H800 Adapter PERC H700 Integrated PERC H700 Adapter RC H700 Modular PERC H200 Adapter PERC H200 Integrated RC H200 Modular and 6Gbps SAS HBA Controllers D Controller Firmware BIOS PERC 4 SC 352D PERC 4 DC 352D 32 bit PERC 4 DC 352D 64 bit PERC 4e DC 5B2D PERC 4e Si 5B2
15. d Supported 1 28 03 01 1428 03501 1 28 03 01 128303 01 SAS 6 iR Not Adapter Supported 228 038 3010 128 03500 1 28 03 01 1 28 03 01 SAS 6 iR Not Modular Supported 1 28 03 01 1 28 03 01 1 28 03 01 1 28 03 01 LSI 1020 on 1 09 11 10 911 1 09 11 Not Not a PowerEdge Applicable Applicable 1600SC LSI 1030 on 1 09 11 1 09 71 109 11 Not Not a PowerEdge Applicable Applicable 1750 PERC H800 Not 4 31 1 32 4 31 1 64 4 31 1 32 4 31 1 64 Adapter Supported PERC H700 Not 4 31 1 32 4 31 1 64 4 31 1 32 4 31 1 64 Integrated Supported PERC H700 Not 4 31 1 32 4 31 1 64 531 132 4 31 1 64 Adapter Supported PERC H700 Not 43 45 1 32 4 31 1 64 4 31 1 32 4 31 1 64 Modular Supported PERC H200 Not ZEDILLO 20512410 2505 1210 2 0512 10 Adapter Supported PERC H200 Not 220 12 0 10 gt 22ts On 120 25041210 2 0 12 10 Integrated Supported PERC H200 Not 22012 10 2 0 ZO 20572520 20 12 10 Modular Supported 6Gbps SAS Not 250 12310 2 0 12 10 20412000 20 12 10 HBA Supported Linux Drivers for PERC 4 SC 4 DC 4e DC 4 Di 4 IM 4e Si 4e Di CERC ATA100 4ch PERC 5 E PE
16. er A physical disk is incompatible if it is too small for the existing virtual disk configuration or if it is using an incompatible technology For example if a virtual disk is using SAS physical disks then a SATA physical disk is incompatible If the Storage Management service is running and you insert an incompatible physical disk Storage Management assumes the disk is using SCSI technology and reports the disk ID in a 0 0 format The physical disk ID for SAS and SATA disks is normally in a 0 0 0 format when the physical disks are connected to the SAS 5 iR controller through a backplane r you insert an incompatible does not display the physical If Storage Management is restarted af physical disk then Storage Managemen disk at all ct ct This behavior applies to the Storage Management graphical and command line interfaces Solution Inserting a physical disk that is incompatible is an unsupported configuration When inserting or replacing a physical disk ensure the new disk meets the size and technology requirements Storage Management responds slowly when using Internet Explorer 6 x on a system with mixed SAS and SATA physical disks 60696 Problem When using the Create Virtual Disk wizard from the Storage Management graphical user interface GUI you may notice decreased performance when using Internet Explorer 6 x on a system with multiple Dell PowerVault TM MD1000 s
17. g Systems Hot removal of enclosure is not supported in Storage Management It may result in unpredictable errors such as stopping Storage anagement servic Creating many sliced span virtual disks using the spun down drives in the command line or GUI may result in unexpected result Workaround After creating one sliced span virtual disk wait for some time to create the next sliced span virtual disk In ESX4 Classic deprecated SCSI ioctl message is displayed on the console Problem In VMware ESX 4 0 Classic system the following warning message s is displayed on the console Program dsm sa datamgrd is using the deprecated SCSI ioctl Please convert it to SG_IO This is a kernel warning message displayed when storage operations are in progress This is only a deprecation warning and not an indication of a failing operation Workaround Reduce the kernel logging level By default VMware ESX kernel logging level is set to 6 to print all the kernel messages with severity higher than information Reduce it to 4 so that messages with severity error and above get printed to the console To do this execute the following command as a root user proc sys kernel printk A Security Key Identifier can contain numerals lowercase alphabets uppercase alphabets non alphanumeric characters except space or a combination of any of these No
18. ib 1Mgr 1MON MegaMgr MegaMON Note These utilities are only applicable to the following controllers PERC 4 SC 4 DC 4e DC 4 Di 4 IM 4e Si 4e Di See the Installing Server Administrator chapter in the Server Administrator User s Guide Note Note You cannot reinstall Storage Management on a system that already has Storage Management installed If you need to reinstall Storage Management you must first uninstall the existing installation using the Server Administrator uninstallation process Installing Storage Management on a system that does not have a supported controller or that has a controller that is not attached to storage is not supported If you install or run Storage Management on an unsupported configuration unexpected and undesirable system behavior may occur It is recommended to use Server Administrator Storage Management 3 5 on controllers that have PERC 7 2 firmware or later only See the WARNINGS section of this readme for additional information Criticality 2 Recommended Note The Storage Management service does not support Novell R NetWare R operating systems or fibre channel storage the Storage Management service does not provide Disk and volume management KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK WARNINGS KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
19. n VMware ESX4 Classic and embedded operating systems after creating a new virtual disk the device name does not appear In this case the operating system is not aware of the newly created virtual disk To avoid this issue refresh the browser or reboot the server after creating the virtual disk Patrol Read is not supported on SSD media The Patrol Read feature will fail for any controller that has SSD media on a virtual disk Hotplug of enclosures takes time to enumerate th nclosure and its components During this time there is a delay in the response time of tasks such as displaying the physical disks on the physical disk page and in the virtual disk selection page All virtual disks from the SAS iR controller display the name IR Virtual Disk on the Preview page On successful import another name is assigned to these virtual disks and the IR Virtual Disk name is not displayed on the Preview page Storage Management supports assignment of only one dedicated hot spare for a virtual disk on SCSI Controllers Storage Management does not permit connecting the first enclosure in single path and attaching the subsequent enclosures in multipath All enclosures must be connected in multipath to enable the multipath view An error message may not display when Import Foreign Configuration task is not successful Problem The Import Foreign Configuration task can only import virtual disks that have
20. penManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guid and for information on Command Line Interface see Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface User s Guide at support dell com manuals Title and Description Server Administrator Storage Management is a storage management application for your systems that provides enhanced features for configuring a system s locally attached RAID and non RAID disk storage Server Administrator Storage Management enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID and non RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command line interface without using the controller BIOS utilities The graphical user interface GUI is wizard driven with features for novice and advanced users and detailed online help The command line interface is fully featured and scriptable The Storage Management service supports SCSI SATA and SAS technologies kkkkkkkikkxikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxkxAkkAk KK Installation KKK K KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KK KK KK AAA AA KKK The Storage Management service is installed using the Server Administrator installation process For Server Administrator installation requirements see the following documentation The installation readme readme ins txt on the
21. roller id a failure error message may display even though the command has completed successfully Solution Verify that the Clear Foreign Configuration task completed successfully by using the Storage Management graphical user interface GUI 1 Expand the SAS 6 iR controller object in the tree view 2 Select the Physical Disks object display under the SAS 6 iR controller object 3 View the Information Configuration tab and verify that none of the physical disks display a Foreign state Slot ID for a PERC 5 E Adapter may display as Slot Not Available on the Storage object Information Configuration tab 156528 Problem When using a PERC 5 E Adapter on a Windows 2000 Server system the Slot ID property on the Storage object Information Configuration tab may display as Slot Not Available Solution If Slot Not Available is displayed you may be able to identify the slot ID by selecting the System gt Main System Chassis gt Slots object in the tree view and displaying the Information tab The Slot ID property on this tab may display the correct information Incompatible physical disks attached to a SAS 5 iR controller may not display correct physical disk IDs in the Storage Management user interface 75371 Problem You may notice that Storage Management reports incorrect physical disk IDs after attaching an incompatible physical disk to a SAS 5 iR controll
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23. te If you have used the special characters forward slash or gt single quote in the Security Key Identifier they ar displayed as _ underscore on the Change Security Key page and Import Secured Foreign Configurations page This is applicable only to the Security Key Identifier and not to the Passphrase Storage Management does not support creating or importing of sliced spanned virtual disks on the controllers that do not supported PERC 7 1 firmware You cannot create RAID 10 RAID 50 or RAID 60 in sliced manner If you create sliced spanned virtual disks using another application and attempt to import the same using Storage Management the behavior cannot be predicted If Storage Management displays a path failure message for a Logical Connector after a reboot use the Clear Redundant Path View provided in the Change Controller Properties controller task and restart the system NOTE Use this command only if you have intentionally removed the multipath connection during reboot of the system In the VMware ESX 3 5 and ESX 4 0 environment when you create a virtual disk using Storage Management you may see an error message The task failed to complete The create virtual disk task was successful but the operating system may not be aware of the new virtual disk However the virtual disk is available for all operations on rebooting of the system O
24. torage enclosures that are heavily populated with mixed SAS and SATA physical disks Solution Use a supported browser other than Internet Explorer 6 x or use the Storage Management command line interface CLI to create the virtual disk See the Server Administrator readme for information on supported browsers See the Storage Management online help or the Server Administrator Command Line Interface User s Guide for information on using the Storage Management CLI The system may require an extended period of time to boot when a tape device is attached without a driver 35823 Problem Storage Management performs a discovery process for all attached devices when the system boots The discovery process may take an extended period of time if the system has a tape device with no driver or an unsupported driver attached When this occurs the system requires a period of time in excess of ten minutes to complete the boot process Solution Either detach the tape device from the system or install a supported version of the tape driver Storage Management may not display controllers installed with the Service and Diagnostics utility 152362 Problem Storage Management may not recognize devices that are nstalled after Storage Management is already running H Solution If Storage Management does not recognize a newly added device and this problem has not been corrected with a Glob
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