Dell PowerVault MD3000i Support Note

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How w to Differ rentiate B
Sec ond-Gene eration Sy
Inform mation in this s support matrix
first-ge eneration MD D3000i firmwar
Secon d-generation f firmware enab
includ ding support fo or RAID 6, gre
suppo rt.
To dete ermine your firmw ware level:
1 From a mana agement statio
2 Select the
Su upport
3 Click on
Stor age Array Profil
If the versio on is 06.xx.xx.x
If the versio on is 07.xx.xx.x
To dete ermine your MD Storage Manage
1 From MD St torage Manage
2 Click on
Abou ut Modular Dis
If the versio on is 02.xx.xx.x
If the versio on is 03.xx.xx.x
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Table 1.
Networking a and Connectivity
Rule es
A de edicated IP SA AN is highly
trans smission. Ma anagement tr
sepa arate managem ment networ
Host ts can connec ct to an iSCS
2 (sw witched) or L Layer 3(route
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ion on suppor ted software a
ution.
ware released by Dell are support
ownloads section n at support.dell.
Between First- and
ystem So ftware
x is divided in to two distinct
re and second- -generation M
les a new featu ure set with op
ater than 2TB B virtual disk ca
on, connect to the MD3000i
tab.
and look for r the firmware
le
xx: The firmw ware is first-gen
xx: The firmw ware is second-g
er version:
er, select the S upport tab.
sk Storage Man ager
xx: The firmw ware is first-gen
xx: The firmw ware is second-g
3000i Rule es
y
recommende ed for iSCSI
raffic can be i isolated on a
rk.
SI storage arra ay using a La
d) network sw witches.
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and hardware f for Dell
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D3000i firmw ware.
ptimized funct
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version.
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generation.
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generation.
First
Gen.
data √
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1
st driver and
ts:
tionality,
MART battery y
orage Manage r.
Second d
Gen.
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