Best toys for 2019 toy fair new york 2019 best in show duration. Runs on windows and linux host systems and enables secure transfer of large amounts of data to a replication partner site when configuring disaster tolerance. Dell equallogic arrays are defined by serial numbers, not. Connect to your array group ip in your browser and choose group, member and then array member name and tab disks. Dell equalogic ps6000 how to upgrade array firmware and hard. Equallogic virtual storage manager vsm is a must have if you have storage running on either a ps or fs array. Dell equallogic ps series array firmware update using group manager gui. How to find the dell equallogic service tag in group manager. Dell equallogic ps series array firmware update using group. If we want to check this in the consolecli we need to connect to the group manager ip address trough ssh or ftp. Dell equallogic ps series array firmware update using. Messages on the console, in the event log, or in the group manager gui alarms panel.
Its a very simple process, equallogic make everything very easy compared to other sans on the market. The dell equallogic group manager administrators manual and the group manager command line interface cli help describe how to use the cli to manage a nas cluster. Technical support for technical support cases please login to techdirect or call 18009453355 us only. Equallogic ps series firmware update using the cli. Dell equallogic ps4210 hardware owners manual pdf download. You need a dell support login to download the files and also the. After hit is installed, you may get the iqn for use of restricting volume access in the equallogic group manager by typing the following. Restarting the equallogic group manager interface virtual grind. Ssh to the ip of one of the ports on the san and not the group ip 2 once you are logged in, type in the following commands to either disable or enable the ftp service disable ftp service. How to gather a diagnostic report from your dell equallogic arrays as a part of the problem resolution or rma process, the customer support team may ask you to gather diagnostic information from one or more dell storage arrays.
Administrators are not required to have extensive network or storage system experience. Restarting the equallogic group manager interface i have run in to a few occasions over the last couple of years where the equallogic group manager interface stops responding. Part 1 includes a demonstration of dsm as it relates to managing dell storage ps series. Dell equalogic ps6000 how to upgrade array firmware and. Prior planning before you get started configuring your equallogic san and vmware hosts, you will definitely be ahead of the game if you already have some things mapped out such as. Rightclick the gui application for the group and select delete. Thank you for your interest in equallogic ps series storage products. Deployed as a standalone java application, dell storage update manager runs independently of group manager and san headquarters, but offers a similar interface and help features.
Dell equallogic arrays are defined by serial numbers, not service tags. After our equallogic ps6000 decided to go into a netbsd kernel panic crash while performing a firmware update from version 5. The diagnostic process gathers internal state and configuration data from an array, encodes it for transmission, and. After installing equallogic hit and ran remote setup wizard, open ip address to access group manager gui. As we can see in the above image, we have hd firmware version kd08 and pd04, depending on the hd model. We can do this in two ways one using the gui, other using array console. This change is result of the growing class2 hdd capacities and the degree of data protection that different raid policies. Page 36 ps4210 hardware owners manual 3 maintaining control modules software steps see the dell equallogic group manager administrators manual for the procedure to configure the management network in the group manager gui. This feature can be enabled only when group read permission is enabled.
Providing a comprehensive single point of management, group manager eliminates the need for a dedicated management workstation or server by enabling administrators to remotely manage virtually any aspect of their equallogic iscsibased san or. If you change the ip address of a group for which you are running the gui locally, or if you configure a management network for the group, you must uninstall the. Equallogic software is included in the cost of the array. Installing and starting the standalone gui application. Equallogic firmware equallogic group manager gui equallogic group manager cli. The ps series group administration manual provides details on storage concepts and how to use the group manager gui to manage a group. Microsoft windows server 2003, windows server 2008, including hyperv tm, windows server 2008 r2, including hyper. Learn how to use the equallogic update manager to perform firmware updates with your equallogic products. Groupmanager was one of the first permission plugins ever available for bukkit. Performing a firmware upgrade with the gui youtube. The dell equallogic storage management pack suite for microsoft system center operations manager enables monitoring of dell equallogic ps arrays on system center operations manager. Equallogic manual transfer utility is a hostbased tool that enables the replication of large amounts of block storage data using removable media. Second, yes the group ip, and each iscsi interface ip i. Configuring and installing the equallogic multipathing.
Although there are plugins such as luckperms with more functionality than groupmanager, and the official support and development of essentials plugins has ended, groupmanager is still preferred over other plugins by lots of server administrators. Where can i download the latest group manager software for use on a. Rom that is shipped with the product, along with the group administration and cli reference manuals and the group manager online help. You can then create a volume which a host can connect to using an iscsi initiator. Open group manager and login with grpadmin and password, via web gui 2. Jan 28, 2009 how to access equallogic group manager gui post a reply.
Equallogic san headquarters unable to download manager file. In dell equallogic auto snapshot manager, ps group access can be checked and modified if required. How to replace a dell equallogic controller sps pros. Equallogic san headquarters unable to download manager. Creating a snapshot using equallogic group manager. Got the maintaince window scheduled and went to get the firmware and i can not for the life of me find a download. Apr 15, 2014 1 ssh or use a serial connection to connect to the equallogic san. How to find the dell equallogic service tag in group. Equallogic san headquarters unable to download manager file 20214 by rasmus haslund 4 comments today a customer called me because he was unable to launch the equallogic group manager from within equallogic san hq.
As were in the process of building a new site and getting new infrastructure we really dont want to put support on these guys. Creating a snapshot using equallogic group manager vmadmin. If your browser does not support java, a page opens which allows you to launch group manager as an application. This video is part 1 in the 2part video series on daytoday management with dell storage manager dsm. Mar 07, 2014 best toys for 2019 toy fair new york 2019 best in show duration. Sep 23, 2015 the ps series group administration manual provides details on storage concepts and how to use the group manager gui to manage a group. Dell equallogic ps series storage arrays firmware version 9. If a controllercontrol module has failed you must replace it. Again we need to connect to the group manager ip address trough ssh or ftp. The gui is a java applet thats downloaded from the group itself. Group manager is an easytouse san and nas management tool integrated with the dell equallogic ps series firmware. Add a dell equallogic ps series array san to system. The behavior of the group manager gui in this scenario does not provide clear instructions as to how to launch the application until the user arrives at this page. For information about using th e group manager graphical user interface gui to manage a group.
There are two methods you can use to run the group manager gui. The dell equallogic configuration guide is provided as an aid to help storage administrators determine how best to build an iscsi. Obtain the host integration tools cdrom from the shipping box, or download the host. All in all the setup went very smoothly and the equallogic software group manager interface is pretty intuitive. Customers with a valid dell prosupport agreement can download software updates without paying additional license fees.
After we update our hd, we should and will update the equallogic. Page 26 dell equallogic fs7610 hardware owners manual. Equallogic group manager administrators can manage ps series arrays in a san through a single interfacethe equallogic group manager see figure 3. Recently, when trying to access an application through a web interface that uses java, i received the following error. It is also important to recognize that raid 50 is not a best practice for arrays with 3tb or larger sata and nlsas disk drives. Dell equallogic fs7610 series hardware owners manual pdf. Providing a comprehensive single point of management, group manager eliminates the need for a dedicated management workstation or server by enabling administrators to remotely manage virtually any aspect of their equallogic iscsibased san or nas. When opening up a program that i knew was trusted in the example below i was accessing an equallogic gui, i typically just click ok and ignore any errors or warnings. Equallogic san basic initial iscsi setup virtualization. See the dell equallogic ps series release notes for details about.
Enablingdisabling equallogic san ftp service the panzero. This web browserbased graphic user interface gui helps eliminatethe need for a dedicated management workstation or server and allows administrators to remotely manage virtually any aspect of. Available for download equallogic firmware is supported on the family of equallogic arrays. Dell equalogic ps6000 provirtualzone virtual infrastructures. Mar 08, 2010 the last few months we where asked several times to reset a password set on the main account for dell equallogic storage, also known as the grpadmin account. Provides a graphical user interface for managing a. Dell storage update manager supports ps series array firmware versions 6. If you really dont know the password set on the grpadmin but still have physical access to it you can start a recovery procedure to reset the grpadmin account back to the default. In the gui, select the tools menu at the lower left hand corner. Provides a graphical user interface for managing your array group manager cli.
Nov 25, 2015 all in all the setup went very smoothly and the equallogic software group manager interface is pretty intuitive. Updating firmware for dell equallogic ps series storage. Equallogic san basic initial iscsi setup virtualization howto. Group manager gui and cli output the member controllers window or the member select show controllers command output shows the control module status not installed.
Audience the ps series documentation is designed for administrators responsible for managing a ps series group. If you have not enabled and configured that feature you would use the iscsi discovery address as the management ip address as well. You continue to search around the gui and find a tab under maintenance that says service tag, but it says no service tag. May, 2016 this video is part 1 in the 2part video series on daytoday management with dell storage manager dsm. Seems all of our equallogic equipment feel out of warranty at the end of last year. Equallogic group manager gui equallogic group manager cli equallogic manual transfer utility. Download the firmware to a host that has network access to the array. The ps series cli reference manual describes how to use the group manager cli to manage a group and individual arrays.
Equallogic group manager provides cli and a gui compatible with microsoft internet explorer and mozilla firefox web browsers. A basic how to create a snapshot using the equallogic group manager. After installing equallogic hit and ran remote setup wizard. For customer service support or questions please email us at equallogic customer service certified channel partner help desk to learn more about the partnerdirect program and how we can assist our partners be more successful with equallogic solutions please contact the resources in your area. If you change the ip address of a group for which you are running the gui locally, or if you configure a management network for the group, you must uninstall the gui application and then install it again. The manual transfer utility supports offnetwork replication of volume data. The last few months we where asked several times to reset a password set on the main account for dell equallogic storage, also known as the grpadmin account. Select the download page of dell equallogic ps series firmware. Although the saveconfig option can be enabled through the group manager gui, the actual saveconfig operation is performed through the cli only. Java deprecation group manager launches using the java plugin, but some of the latest browsers do not support java. Dell equallogic ps4100e virtualized iscsi san array. If you are using the dedicated management feature then yes you use the management ip address to access the gui. The group manager graphical user interface gui enables you to perform group administration tasks using windows and dialog boxes. In the java 7 security settings, you should ensure that the url for group manager has been added to the site list for security exceptions.
Equallogic group manager is available as a cli or gui with search functionality, accessible through web browsers with a connection to the equallogic san. Use the group manager gui or cli to set the raid policy for the member. Group manager online help describes how to use the group manager graphical user interface gui to manage a nas cluster. For information about using the group manager graphical user interface gui to manage a group, see the ps series group administration manual. Usually, the statistics will start to fail or the login page is simply inaccessible. Provides a command line interface for managing your array. Now that our new dell equallogic ps6000 is racked, networked, initialized and configured its time to bring the firmware version uptodate.
Collect the diagnostics report for the specific array or for the group from the group manager gui or from the array management command line interface. The equallogic manual transfer utility can be launched from the equallogic group manager graphical user interface gui or accessed through a command line interface cli packaging available for download availability equallogic software is included in the cost of the array. Depending on the java version, the gui application for a group might have two componentsthe applet and the library. First, you cant use the management interface to setup the array using the remote setup wizard, you need to be using one of the iscsi eth interface i. Customer service for customer service support or questions please email us at equallogic. Installing and starting the standalone group manager gui. When the browser does not support the java plugin, the group manager gui can be started by using any one of the following methods. Dell equallogic storage management pack suite dell us.
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