SC8000/SC9000 Controller max IOPs
Hi There,Where can I find info on the IOPs a single controller can handle and how much they can handle in a pair (active/active)?I cant seem to find info anywhere, I have seen 200k and 300k quoted in...
View ArticleReset Compellent SCv2000 to Factory Default
Hi,Can someone help to provide procedure or documentation on how to reset Compellent SCv2000 to Factory Default?
View ArticleCompellent SC4020 - Nagios/Icinga plugin
I need to monitor Dell Compellent SC4020 + NAS FS8600 with nagios/icinga. I can`t find any plugin online that can help me with this task. I would like status like raid, disk and volume-status. Someone...
View Articlethin or thick disk in vmware
Got myself a new SC4020 and I'm having a fun time trying to figure this thing out, especially how to calculate space usage.Per the best practice document I'm supposed to use thick (lazy zeroed) disks....
View Articlemapping a volumes to multiple esxi clusters
Hi,I want to create a iso/template datastore, and I want to map it across multiple clusters.I get a warning advising against this.....why? What is different from mapping it to one cluster instead of 3?...
View ArticleWhat cables do I need to attach sc220 to sc8000?
What cables do I need to attach sc220 to sc8000?
View ArticleDo I still need to backup the Recovery Partition?
I have a XPSL 502X laptop that came with a Recovery Partition (R)Ā to restore the system to its original Win 7 factory image.Ā The third party system image backupĀ softwareĀ Ā that I use invariably assigns...
View ArticlePowershell List Replica Replays
I am trying to automate DR by creating views of replica replays to mount to hosts. I need to enumerate the replays before I can mount them, but when I try to enumerate replays on replica volumes,...
View ArticleConsidering SC4020 all flash
Hi,we are considering a SC4020 all flash array. We got a quote with 6x 1.6TB WI and 12x 3.8TB RI TLC. They told us, that the tier 1 should be sized to hold about 12 days of writing data. What I...
View ArticleCrazy Compression Numbers SC4020
Anyone using compression on their Compellent? Ā I just enabled for our 2 large file server volumes (~2 tb each) and am seeing some crazy numbers in Enterprise Manager. Ā It appears that it compressed...
View ArticleSCV2020 Add Storage Center
I have 2 new SCV2020's that will replicate from primary to dr site. I am following the Enterprise Manager Admin instructions on how toĀ Add Storage Center with the Wizard and I am using the Dell...
View Articlei need to save my backup
hello everybodyi have a website regarderfilmvk.com for streaming and i want to save his backup every month and i don't trust in other companycan you tell me please if dell can be backup my website if...
View ArticleSCV2080 can't add unassigned disk
Hi Guys,We have a SCv2080 we are just doing the initial config for now.All is well except we were doing some testing and released some disks, this moved it to the unassigned folder.We now can't seem to...
View ArticleSC030 - 3 disks failures - How to reset storage
We just got a Compellent SC030 donated to our University but it has 3 failed disks. We are able to access the GUI, but no serial access for some reason. We deleted the volumes, servers, however we are...
View ArticleSomeone care to share their Linux multipath.conf file?
We are putting our first physical Redhat (rhel 6.8) on a compellent. sc8000/scos 6.7.5.I am using the multipath parameters that is advised in a Dell TID which is pretty much the defaults it says after...
View ArticleDell SC4020
can some one help me in configuring my new Dell sc4020 .1) what will be the default ipaddress for the management port2) what is the management tool to manage this sc4020 storage
View ArticleSC 4020 first config
Hi, I have a SC4020 bay and I have not the serial cable that comes with it ?? !!! Is there a way to make the first configuration (IP address management) without using the serial cable Is that I can...
View ArticleSC4020 Licenese
Hello,i want to where i can found my Service TAG of SC4020 and how i can get my license ??thanks a lot.this forum is helpful
View ArticleEnt Mgr DR Activation Script
We are in the process of trying to automate DR activation and I was wondering if there was any sort of scripting interface to replace manually going into Enterprise Manager and activating DR? We have...
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Default username and password for the Dell DSM VA
Hi all,I've downloaded the Dell DSM VA versionĀ 16.2.1.213 - and I've used the traditional username and password for most compellent devices (admin / Admin / mmm) and it doesnt appear to load or like...
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