Please make sure that you are using a version of MSM software which is tested to work with our products and is listed below. Login details for accessing MSM or Avago Management is: Username: raid Password: raid For DSS V7 ver. up57: v14.11.01.00: MSMv14.11.01.00 v16.02.00.04: ...

1 - Adaptec/Microsemi controllers maxView Storage Manager v2.03.22476 is required. 2 - Change the default password for the Adaptec Storage Manager to gain read/write access. To do this, Login to the DSS V7 webGUI, and navigate to SETUP -> H/W Raid -> Adaptec administration. If you do not do...

Thanks to Jadar Simoes from SDC who provided this MIB for all to use. Provided and contributed by: Jader Simões Diretor de Tecnologia www.sdc.com.br

Description: iSCSI Target must pass same block as the exported device ( RAID array is most cases). If you use 4k disks, the RAID controller will also make 4k device and iSCSI Target must export it as 4k LUN. As result, VMware will not accept such LUN. Conclusion: For iSCSI you must use 512 disks,...

Please note, when using the maxView Storage Manager, issues with a failed secure connection can appear on the newest web browsers. To log in using Firefox browser, you need to change "security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes" 128 and 256 to false in about:config. After RAID configuration is completed, it is...

Every 4 weeks the software raid will be checked for its integrity using the mdadm_checkarray function. This is a read only process unless bad data is discovered. If bad data is discovered, the function will try to rewrite the data from other disks in the array. You will recieve an email alert...

Configuring LSI RAID Controller alerts sent to DSS V7 Alerts sent to DSS V7 from the LSI MegaRAID Controller can be enabled, or disabled in the following categories: Information, Critical, and Fatal. To do this, you may disable them, by category, or individually, from the 'System Log' on the...

1. Introduction We will describe how to setup NTFS block size under Windows system to achieve better write performance on Software and Hardware RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays. From the tests that we performed it seems that there is performance drop while NTFS block size isn't configured...

According to 3ware knowledge base: "It is not possible to use the following browsers with 3dm2: Chrome, Firefox 10, IE 9. Please use IE8 or an older Firefox version to see the 3dm2 WebGUI" Please also see (for Windows users): kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16625.aspx

Log on to DSS WebGUI Go to SETUP → H/W RAID Choose your Areca controller and press Areca button Areca Management should open in a new window Go to Create RAID Set Choose available disks to create...