Dell PowerVault MD3000 Update Instructions page 3

Updating Your MD3000 to Support
SATA II Disks
SATA Support Available in MD3000 Storage
Arrays
MD3000 storage arrays now support a total of 45 3.5" SAS and/or SATA II
physical disks. The enclosure can contain a mixture of SAS and SATA physical
disks; however, a disk group must consist of either SAS or SATA physical
disks. If SAS disk groups and SATA II disk groups are configured in the same
storage array, a hot spare must be available for each type and of equal or
greater size than the disk group member drives. Both SAS and SATA physical
disks are hot-pluggable, allowing you to remove and insert disks without
shutting down your enclosure.
NOTE:
SATA I Physical disks are not supported in the MD3000 storage array
enclosure.
NOTE:
Please follow the included guidelines to insert or remove physical disks
from the enclosure.
This document covers the steps you must perform to upgrade your MD3000
storage array to support SATA physical disks.
Who Needs to Perform These Steps?
You only need to perform these steps if your storage array controller firmware
or Modular Disk Storage Manager versions are earlier than those shown in
Table 1-1.
You can check the MD Storage Manager version by going to the Support tab
and clicking About Modular Disk Storage Manager. You can also determine
the Controller Firmware Version by going to Support→Download
Firmware→Download RAID Controller Module Firmware while connected
to the MD3000 that is to be updated. The current firmware version will be
displayed in the window.
Updating to Support SATA II Disks
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