Limitations Of Ntfs-Formatted Disks; Password Reset Procedure - Dell PowerVault MD3000 Systems Information Update

Limitations of NTFS-Formatted Disks

The following error may occur when formatting virtual disks larger than 2TB
using the NTFS protocol:
The format operation did not complete because the
cluster count is higher than expected.
This error is caused by the limitations of NTFS-formatted disks based on
cluster size.
Table 1-1. Limitations of NTFS-Formatted Disks Based on Cluster Size
Cluster size
512
1,024
2,048
4,096
8,192
16,384
32,768
65,536
As seen in Table 1-1, you will need to modify cluster size to format certain virtual
disks. To expand existing virtual disks beyond the limits, back up the data on any
existing virtual disks and reformat the virtual disk with the new cluster size.
Please refer to Microsoft KB302873 and KB814594 for additional information.

Password Reset Procedure

The password reset procedure differs slightly between the first generation
and second generation controllers. Please see the latest version of the
Dell PowerVault MD3000 RAID Controller Password Reset on
support.dell.com for details on the password reset procedures.
Maximum NTFS Volume Size (bytes RAW)
2,199,023,255,040 (2TB)
4,398,046,510,080 (4TB)
8,796,093,020,160 (8TB)
17,592,186,040,320 (16TB)
35,184,372,080,640 (32TB)
70,368,744,161,280 (64TB)
140,737,488,322,560 (128TB)
281,474,976,645,120 (256TB)
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