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Dell's PowerVault line covers several data storage and backup devices.

The PowerVault brand from Dell encompasses directly-attached disk enclosures (like the MD1000 series and MD3000 series), network-attached storage devices (like the NX series), iSCSI and Fibre Channel disk enclosures (like the MD3000i series and MD3000f series), and a range of data backup products (like the DL400 disk backup appliance or ML6010 tape library).

Since Dell acquired EqualLogic, they have used the EqualLogic brand for their high-end data storage offerings and retained PowerVault for their low- and mid-range products.

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Failure connecting to Dell MD3200i from XenServer 6.2 pool

This question also asked at Citrix Forums http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=332289 I have a MD3200i that is currently working fine with my Xen5.6 pool, but I cannot get a connection to the new 6.2 pool to work. I previously had a problem…
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connect Powervault tl2000 over network for old backup exec tapes

I need to connect a Powervault tl2000 to one of our rebuilt server to recover some data from an old tape. We don't use BackupExec or the PowerVault any more so I downloaded a trial version of BE2012 for 60 days and installed it on one of our…
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iscsi versus non-iscsi san?

We are considering adding a SAN. I have two choices right now, the Dell MD3000 and the Dell MD3000i, 15 x 146Gb san drives. Naturally the latest model is more expensive (2x as much), but can someone tell me if the speed difference is considerable…
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Proxmox and PXE boot

I have 10 rack servers, each has an 80 GB hard drive, and a Dell PowerVault with no hard drives. It is possible to take all these hard drives and put them in the PowerVault cluster, then boot proxmox on pxe with my rack servers?
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Building a SAN with a MD3000(i)

I've been by here as a lurker a few times in the past, and have found it nothing but helpful, now I have a question of my own. I'm charged with creating a VM cluster solution and have been looking into the MD3000(i) series DAS/iSCSI storage. I…
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What is the maximum number of servers that can connect to a Dell MD3000i?

What is the maximum number of servers that can connect to a Dell MD3000i ??
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Recovering data from a Dell MD3220 array after both controllers have databases that were corrupt

I have been working on trying to restore data from an array created on a Dell MD3220 PowerVault storage unit. On the phone with Dell and another support group for weeks now and running into brick walls. I was hoping that someone here might be able…
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Setup/configure MPIO in Windows Server 2016 with H810s and MD1200

I'm having a difficult time finding info out on the google for this one I have a Dell R710 with 2 PERC H810s in it running Windows Server 2016. I also have a MD1200 filled up with 3TB disks configured as a single RAID6 Virtual Disk. I've gotten the…
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dell md series device specific module for multi-path failed to return a path?

We have a Dell PowerVault 3620f (fiber) and I am getting the following errors in the Windows event log. I am no good with fiber zoning so I would need to pull in someone to take a look but figured I would ask here first. We also have a mirrored…
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Connect a pre-configured Dell Powervault to a Poweredge server

I have a Dell Poweredge (R310) connected to two Powervaults (MD1200). The Poweredge has failed leaving me unable to access the data on the Powervaults. I have another Poweredge (R610) that is in operation, connected to two Powervaults (MD1200). Both…
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After changing Dell md3000i raid controller battery unable to connect to iSCSI network ports

I have a Dell md3000i with dual raid controller modules (dual port) and have been using it for years with great success. I got a warning that the battery needed to be replaced in module 1 (age). So I bought two on eBay just in case the other module…
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ESXi 5.5 server 2012 r2 guest, can't see LUN from PowerVault MD2330i

I have created a virtualdisk inside the powervault. I assigned it to a specific host, it's own remote initiator, its own disk group (5tb). From the client I can discover the initiator but the only volume it can see is a 19mb vol that's supposed to…
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How do I expand a PowerVault MD3000i virtual disk?

I have a PowerVault MD3000i connected to a PowerEdge 1950 via iSCSI. The MD3000i has ~7TB of space. We want to use pretty much all of this space as one large file server configured with RAID 5. We have one disk group set to RAID 5, and in it, one…
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Clearing By-Passed Disk in a Dell Powervault MD3000i

We have a Dell 3000i iSCSI SAN that had a drive go. We tried popping an off-the-shelf disk in but it didn't work due to Dell requiring custom firmware on the drive. So we bought a replacement drive from Dell ($250 for a 1TB SATA drive) and put it…
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Accessing Dell PERC H800 from non-Dell server

I'm wondering if it's possible to access the Dell PERC H800A from an Intel server (not a Dell server), for performing the initial configuration of an MD1200 storage enclosure? I've not worked with an MD1200 enclosure before, but it seems as though…
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