Modular Disk Storage Manager - Dell PowerVault MD3000 Information Update

This document provides updated information regarding the Dell
Enclosure. The following topics are included:
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Modular Disk Storage Manager

• Physical disks
• Virtual disks
• Virtual disk migration
• Configuring the RAID controller module network
• Password resets
• Issues and workarounds in Red Hat
• MD3000 configuration considerations
• MD3000 maintenance considerations
Modular Disk Storage Manager
The following updates apply to the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MD Storage Manager):
• The MD Storage Manager graphical user interface (GUI) lists RAID 3 as an option for virtual disks.
This option is not supported for this product. If the RAID 3 option is selected, the MD3000 system
creates a RAID 5 RAID group. The level of this RAID group is erroneously reported as RAID 3. The
RAID 3 option will be removed in a subsequent release.
• In order to run MD Storage Manager on a Microsoft
8.1 Runtime for Windows application programming interface must be installed.
• If you are running the Windows 2003 operating system, install the Microsoft Hotfix B916048 software
on the host before installing the MD Storage Manager software. The hotfix is located in the
\windows\Windows_2003_Server\hotfixes directory on the MD3000 Resource CD.
• The Microsoft VSS and VDS installer services for storage provisioning are available on the MD3000
Resource CD in the \windows\VDS_VSS directory.
• When the MD Storage Manager is being installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems or SUSE
Linux Enterprise Servers, or when the MD Storage Manager is run under SUSE Linux Enterprise
Servers, Japanese and Simplified Chinese are not supported.
• If a Host Context Agent refreshes the topology to an attached array when that array is being serviced,
a Resolve Topology Conflicts message might be displayed in the Status portlet of the
Summary page. This can occur when RAID Controller Module FW is being downloaded, or when a
RAID Controller Module is being replaced or taken offline. If the Resolve Topology
Conflicts message is displayed during a service operation, complete the service and then either
wait 30 minutes or restart the Host Context Agent. Refer to the Modular Disk Storage Manager User's
Guide for more information on the Host Context Agent.
NOTE:
Do not attempt any corrective actions within the Resolve Topology Conflicts window in this situation.
Conflicts eventually resolve themselves.
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