Dell PowerVault MD3000 - Manual (Page 8)

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Information Update
Storage Manager for SANs
Unable to Assign LUNs to Windows 2008 Server
The Windows Server 2008 Storage Manager for SANs utility can be used to
create and manage virtual disks in the MD3000 from the host server. If the
host server contains SAS 5/i HBAs, the SAS 5/i ports must be disabled in the
Storage Manager for SANs utility to prevent issues with assigning virtual disks
(LUNs) to the host server.
Perform the following steps:
1 Click LUN Management.
2 Click Manage Server Connection.
3 Select the host server.
4 In the Fiber Channel Ports tab, disable all the SAS 5/i ports and leave the
SAS 5/e ports enabled.
There are 8 SAS 5/i ports per SAS 5/i HBA in the host server. The HBA Port
WWN has the following format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:00 to
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:07.
NOTE:
SAS 5/e HBAs have two ports with HBA Port WWN as follows:
yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:00 and yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:04
Array Password Reset Using Microsoft
Windows Server 2008
To reset a lost or forgotten password on an MD3000 array, a command must
be issued via the serial port on either controller in the array to clear the
existing password. This task is accomplished through COM port connection
from a server, workstation or laptop to a controller on the MD3000 array.
On most Windows operating systems, the HyperTerminal application is used
to establish the COM port connection to the serial port on the controller.
However, HyperTerminal is not available on Windows Server 2008 systems.