NEW: EqualLogic Firmware 5.2.0 EPA

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Marc Malotke

Early Production Access for V5.2 firmware is fully supported by Dell Technical Support. It may be used in production or by customers who want to begin preparing for and assessing deployment of this new firmware in their EqualLogic environments. Please read the documentation and release notes prior to updating your firmware.

The feature set of version 5.2 is equivalent to version 5.1 but version 5.2 contains additional fixes. 

Version 5.1 includes the following new features:

  • Enhancements to Automatic Performance Load Balancing
  • Support for LDAP and Active Directory
  • Support for VMware Thin Provision Stun
  • Data Center Bridging with PS6010 and PS6510 arrays
  • Auditing of Administrator Actions
  • Scalability and performance improvements

Please read the PS Series Release Notes V5.2.0 for information about updating firmware, including update paths and which firmware versions can co-exist in a group. Be sure to follow the best practice of backing up data before performing system maintenance.

https://support.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=6442454068

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NEW: EqualLogic HIT/ME 4.0.0 Officially Released

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Marc Malotke

Host Integration Tools version 4.0 supports the following new features:

  • HIT Groups for managing multiple hosts from a single instance
  • Enhanced Support for Cluster Shared Volumes
  • Redesigned GUI featuring a dashboard
  • Remote installation via an Add hosts wizard
  • PowerShell Tools Enhancements
  • Proactive Alerts
  • Volume-Based Collections enhancements

https://support.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=3199

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Dell TechCenter: EqualLogic Load Balancing Videos

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Marc Malotke

The following are great videos that detail how the new Load Balancing works in EqualLogic Firmware 5.x.

Part 1
Part 2

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NEW: Tech Report EqualLogic Reference Architecture for Cisco Nexus 5020

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Marc Malotke

This document provides details on configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch for use with Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series storage arrays. The goal of this paper is not to provide a comprehensive set of possible configurations, but to illustrate one possible solution that provides excellent performance and scalability as validated by testing in our labs.

http://www.equallogic.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=10812

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NEW: EqualLogic HIT/ME 4.0 EPA

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Marc Malotke

Early Production Access software is fully supported for production use. Customers should read the documentation and plan an upgrade in keeping with their organization’s business practices.

Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools integrate Windows systems with PS Series storage arrays. This allows fast provisioning of Windows Systems on a PS Series SAN.

For customers who are using Host Integration Tools with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2-based Failover clustering and are planning to upgrade their PS Series Array firmware to V5.0.2 or higher, it is recommended that they upgrade the HIT kit on ALL their cluster nodes to HIT V3.4.2 or higher, before upgrading the firmware.

Host Integration Tools version 4.0 supports the following new features:

  • HIT Groups for managing multiple hosts from a single instance
  • Enhanced Support for Cluster Shared Volumes
  • Redesigned GUI featuring a dashboard
  • Remote installation via an Add hosts wizard
  • PowerShell Tools Enhancements
  • Proactive Alerts
  • Volume-Based Collections enhancements

https://support.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=6442454046

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NEW: Tech Report Configure and Install EqualLogic MEM with vSphere 5

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Marc Malotke

High availability is an important requirement of any system in the datacenter. This availability is even more critical if that system is a component in the virtual infrastructure upon which a virtualized datacenter is built. Redundant hardware and RAID technologies form a critical foundation. When using shared storage, the paths from the servers to the storage need to also be redundant and highly available.

This Technical Report details the benefits of Dell’s EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module, MEM, for VMware® vSphere™ 5, as well the installation and configuration process to provide multipath I/O for highly available access to the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SAN. Also covered are a number of overall virtual environment iSCSI design considerations and best practices.

http://www.equallogic.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=10798

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NEW: Tech Report Configure iSCSI Connectivity with vSphere 5 and EqualLogic

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Marc Malotke

VMware® vSphere™ 5 is VMware’s newest flagship product allowing for advanced server virtualization and management. Many of the advanced features provided by VMware including the ability to move running Virtual Machines (VMs) between active servers, High Availability clustering (HA), and advanced load balancing all require some manner of shared storage accessed by each of the servers. The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series SAN is a highly virtualized shared storage platform that works with VMware vSphere 5 to provide these advanced features.

This Technical Report will discuss how to configure your VMware ESXi 5™ environment to communicate with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SAN, as well as the steps involved for utilizing the software iSCSI initiator inside the ESXi host.

http://www.equallogic.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=10799

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NEW: EqualLogic MEM 1.1 EPA for vSphere 5

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Marc Malotke

Early Production Access software is fully supported for production use. Customers should read the documentation and plan an upgrade in keeping with their organization’s business practices.

The EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module (EqualLogic MEM) provides the following enhancements to the standard VMware vSphere multipathing functionality:

  • Automatic connection management
  • Automatic load balancing across multiple active paths
  • Increased bandwidth
  • Reduced network latency

https://support.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=6442454022

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NEW: EqualLogic HIT/VMware 3.1.1 Officially Released

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Marc Malotke

Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for VMware integrate ESX systems with PS Series storage arrays.

Host Integration Tools for VMware version 3.1 supports the following new features:

  • Support for VMware Version 5
  • Support for VMFS 5
  • Support for VMware thin provision stun option
  • Support for vStorage API for Storage Awareness (VASA)
  • Support for Datastore Clusters and Storage DRS
  • EqualLogic Datastore Manager option to delete datastores
  • A new method for managing ACL policies is available from the Manage ACL Policy wizard.
    • This wizard can be selected from Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition (ASM/VE), EqualLogic Datastore Manager, and the Virtual Desktop Deployment Utility.

https://support.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=10721

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NEW: EqualLogic SANHQ 2.2.0 Officially Released

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Marc Malotke

SAN HeadQuarters provides centralized performance and event monitoring for multiple Dell EqualLogic PS Series groups.

This version of SANHQ adds the following functionality:

  • 95th Percentile Reporting
  • Support for Multiple Server Connections
  • Live View
  • Group Diagnostics Report
  • RAID Evaluator
  • Support for PS Series V5.1 Firmware features, including Audit Logs and DCB Configuration Information
  • Usability enhancements

https://support.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=10720

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