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Dell PowerVault NX1950 Important Information Manual

Dell powervault nx1950: supplementary guide
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  • Page 1: Important Information

    Dell ™ PowerVault™ NX1950 Systems Important Information w w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m...
  • Page 2 Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Known Issues Firewall Issues Backup Exec Issue Dell OpenManage Server Assistant Restore Issues Restoring Dell OpenManage Server Assistant Locally Restoring the Storage Array Software Installing Additional Components Knowledge Base Articles Single Instance Server ......
  • Page 4 Contents...

  • Page 5: Known Issues

    Dell PowerEdge™ Installation and Server Management CD. While installing Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x64 using the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD, the IIS component is not selected in the Advanced tab. After the installation is complete, all the IIS components are installed on the system even when the IIS component is not selected.
  • Page 6 • Sorting operation on size does not work as expected. In the PowerVault NX1950 console, the columns are sorted based on the character value instead of the numeric value. This issue occurs in the following wizards: –...
  • Page 7 Storage Provision wizard, the volume cannot be formatted. This is a known issue • The PowerVault NX1950-specific video driver is not present on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD. The standard Windows video driver is present on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD.
  • Page 8 Multiple attempts to configure the array reports the array type as Unknown in a storage array setup. While running the Dell Storage Initialization wizard during the initial configuration, multiple attempts to the initial wizard in the Array log in page reports the array type as Unknown and is behaving as designed.
  • Page 9 PowerVault NX1950 console is limited to 26 drives. Only 26 drives are available when using the PowerVault NX1950 console. If the number of drives are exceeded, the PowerVault NX1950 console crashes when the user tries to launch the Create LUN wizard from the Storage Manager for SANs snap-in.
  • Page 10 • The help links in the Dell Management Tools snap-in point to the PowerVault NX1950 console 3.0 help. The help links listed in the Dell Management Tools snap-in point to the help page for the PowerVault NX1950 console 3.0. This issue occurs as help pages are not available for the tools listed in the Dell Management Tools snap-in.
  • Page 11 With two disks of different sizes, the Storage Manager for SANs snap-in does not support striped or mirrored LUNs. The VDS provider for the Dell PowerVault MD3000 does not support mixed capacity drives. If the system has two disks with different sizes, the Storage Manager for SANs snap-in does not support the drives to be used for striped or mirrored LUNs.
  • Page 12 Storage Attached SCSI (SAS) host bus adapter (HBA) to the PowerVault MD3000 storage array. The PowerVault NX1950 supports redundant paths through a single or dual SAS HBA controllers. When it is configured to support a redundant path through a single controller, the failover time is unpredictable.

  • Page 13: Firewall Issues

    TCP port = 2049: NFS Server TCP • TCP port = 1047: NFS Lock • TCP port = 1039: NSM • TCP port = 25: Storage Processor • TCP port = 443: Java CLI/Secure • TCP port = 137: NetBIOS TCP Important Information...

  • Page 14: Backup Exec Issue

    10.x for Windows Server Symantec addresses this issue with Knowledge Base article 285187, which is available on the Veritas Support website located at support.veritas.com. Dell OpenManage Server Assistant Restore Issues • Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 MUI packs are not installed during a Server Assistant restore.

  • Page 15: Restoring Dell Openmanage Server Assistant Locally

    Target snap-in provided with the PowerVault NX1950 Management console. • The Dell Storage Initialization wizard does not launch after a Server Assistant restore. To work around this issue, log out and log in back to the system. Restoring Dell OpenManage Server...
  • Page 16 4 If you are not using the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD for the first time, the Welcome to Dell OpenManage Server Assistant window appears. Go to step 5. If you are using the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server...
  • Page 17 If the hard drive has a partition, the Confirm to delete partition window appears. Click Continue. Server Assistant deletes all existing partitions on the hard drive. NOTE: For maximum system security, Dell recommends selecting NTFS-NT file system. The Network Adapter(s) configuration window appears. Important Information...
  • Page 18 NOTE: Internet Information Services (IIS) is a required component for Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003. Although this is not selected in the Advanced tab, this component is installed as part of the operating system installation. No additional user interaction is required.
  • Page 19 NOTE: During the installation process the system will reboot several times. Dell recommends that you do not interrupt the installation process. 19 The Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x64 components are installed and configured, along with the Dell customization. No user intervention is required.

  • Page 20: Restoring The Storage Array Software

    Drivers NOTE: The SAS 5/E adapter driver is not restored during the operating system restore process. You must install the driver from the Dell PowerVault MD3000 Resource CD. You must restore the software required to support the storage arrays connected to the PowerVault NX1950 storage systems. The software requirements vary depending on the solution that you have purchased.

  • Page 21: Installing Additional Components

    Dell Storage Initialization wizard walks through the detection and any required configuration of the storage arrays. Upon exit, the PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration Tasks wizard appears and completes the setup of the PowerVault NX1950 storage systems. For more information, see the PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration Tasks wizard. NOTE:...

  • Page 22: Knowledge Base Articles

    4 Select the components that you want to install. 5 Follow the instructions on your screen to complete the installation. Knowledge Base Articles NOTE: To download the latest hotfixes for your operating system, visit the Microsoft Support website at support.microsoft.com. The following section provides links to Knowledge base articles on the Microsoft Support website.

  • Page 23: Single Instance Server

    NFS is installed. 918899 Provides a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. 913109 Provides a fix for Single Instance Storage (SIS). 917969 Provides a fix for PCI.sys 904714 Provides a fix to support Windows Indexing Service. Single Instance Server The SIS service is not enabled by default.
  • Page 24 Important Information...
  • Page 25 Index DFS, 5 DRAC, 7 IIS, 5 Internet Information Services, 5 Issues, 5 Backup Exec Issue, 14 Dell OpenManage Server Assistant Restore Issues, 14 Firewall Issues, 13 Knowledge Base Articles, 22 LUNs, 6 RDP, 7 SIS, 5 wizards, 6 Create LUN wizard, 6, 9...
  • Page 26 I n d e x...

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