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Document Number: 110-6294-EN

Rev. R8

March 2021

Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays

Firmware Version 10.0.3 Release Notes

This document describes important product information and restrictions for Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays running PS

Series firmware version 10.0.

Topics:

• Revision History

• About PS Series Storage Arrays

• PS-M4110 Precaution

• Firmware Update Kit

• What’s New in Version 10.0.2

• What’s New in Version 10.0

• System Limits and Compatibility

• PS Series Known Problems and Limitations

• Issues Corrected in Version 10.0.3

• Issues Corrected in Version 10.0.2

• Issues Corrected in Version 10.0

• Product Documentation

• Contacting Dell

• Copyright

This version of the firmware includes all corrections and enhancements made in prior releases. Unless otherwise noted, all

information in this document applies to version 10.0 of the PS Series storage arrays and all future maintenance releases for

version 10.0.

Revision History

Document number: 110-6294-EN-R8

Revision

Date Description

R1 April 2018 EPA release of PS Series Storage Arrays firmware version 10.0.0

R2 May 2018 Initial release of PS Series Storage Arrays firmware version 10.0.1

R3 October 2018 Added supported browser information

R4 December 2018 End User License Agreement (EULA) update

Bug fixes

R5 July 2019 Maintenance release v10.0.3

R6 August 2019 Corrections for maintenance release v10.0.3

R7 January 2020 Updated information about the Secure Erase feature

R8 March 2021 Clarify that the Secure Erase feature is used for decommissioning an array

Summary of content (16 pages)

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Document Number: 110-6294-EN Rev. R8 March 2021 Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays Firmware Version 10.0.3 Release Notes This document describes important product information and restrictions for Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays running PS Series firmware version 10.0. Topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Revision History About PS Series Storage Arrays PS-M4110 Precaution Firmware Update Kit What’s New in Version 10.0.2 What’s New in Version 10.
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About PS Series Storage Arrays Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays optimize resources by automating capacity, performance, and network load balancing. Additionally, PS Series arrays offer all-inclusive array management software and firmware updates. Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays, when combined with FS Series appliances, offer a high-performance, high-availability, scalable NAS solution. NOTE: PS Series storage arrays version 10.0 are compatible with FS Series appliances version 4.0 or later.
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Table 1. Supported PS Series Firmware Update Paths Starting Versions Supported Update Versions 10.0.x ● Later 10.0 releases 9.1.x ● Later 9.1.x releases ● 10.0.x releases 9.0.x ● Later 9.0.x releases ● 9.1.x releases 8.1.x ● Later 8.1.x releases ● 9.0.7 or later; cross-platform replication requires v9.0.9 or later 8.0.x ● Later 8.0.x releases ● 8.1.x releases ● 9.0.x releases NOTE: If you are updating from a version earlier than v8.0.x, contact Dell Technical Support for assistance.
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Unmap Support for VVol Datastores Unmap SCSI commands enable the EqualLogic array to reclaim the space in a thin volume. Starting with PS Series firmware v10.0, Unmap supports multiple LUNs under a single Protocol Endpoint (PE) target. In a VMware environment, whenever files are deleted or space optimization utilities are run, the guest operating system on Virtual Volume datastores issues the unmap SCSI commands. Blocks that are not used by the operating system are reclaimed.
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CLI Commands – The following commands displayed the password in plain text. These commands have been removed and replaced with new commands that do not display the passwords.
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Control Module Support The following table describes the supported control modules and the array models that use them: Table 2. Control Module Support Control Module Description Drive Type and Maximum Quantity Array Models 1 Type 19—Two 10Gb dual-media Ethernet Interfaces (two 10GBASE-T, two SFP+), labeled Ethernet 0 and Ethernet 1. Individually selectable as 10GBASE-T or SFP+. One additional port labeled MANAGEMENT, restricted to management network use. 12 x 3.5" or 24 x 2.
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Configuration Limits The following table describes the supported configuration limits for a PS Series group running version 10.0 of the PS Series firmware: NOTE: For the purposes of this table, a PS4XXX array is defined as any array in the PS4000-series family, which includes PS4100, PS-M4110, PS4110, and PS4210 systems. Only two PS4XXX-series arrays can be in a mixed group of multiple array types. A group consisting entirely of PS4XXX-series arrays has only two members.
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Table 3.
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Replication from PS Series groups to Storage Centers is supported between the firmware versions listed in the following table: Table 5. Replication Support – PS Series Groups to Storage Centers Firmware on Primary Group Firmware on Replication Partner PS Series v10.0 Storage Center 7.1 or later Dell Storage Manager 2016 R3 or later Supported Browsers NOTE: ● Group Manager requires support for the Java browser plugin.
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Supported Manual Transfer Utility Versions The Manual Transfer Utility (MTU) is available as a downloadable kit from the support website at eqlsupport.dell.com, and runs on Linux and Windows systems. MTU is documented in the Dell EqualLogic Manual Transfer Utility Installation and User’s Guide and in the Group Manager online help. The following table lists the supported PS Series firmware releases for use with MTU: Table 7.
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● 4,096 replicas created with SC4020 as the primary ● 10,000 replicas created with SC8000 as the primary Do Not Create a Storage Center Replication Volume If a Storage Center Is Not a Replication Partner If you create a Storage Center volume that only has a PS group as the replication partner, the following error is returned: There are no Storage Arrays available to be the destination of a replication.
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User Interface Launching Group Manager as an Application Generates Exception If you launch Group Manager as an application, when you click Run, the following error might display: Error. Click here for details. When you click for details, the error Illegal Argument Exception is displayed. This error can be ignored, because Group Manager will still successfully launch as an application. Click Ignore to continue.
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Unmap support requires the use of the command line utility esxcli in order to perform unmap operations on VMFS Datastores. This includes ESXi v6.5 Datastores. ESXi does not support unmap with PS series arrays in the following three cases: ● The EQL volume is replicated. (SYNC or ASYNC). This restriction is true for all operating systems supporting unmap. ● The VMFS Datastore was updated from VMFS v3.x to VMFS v5.0. It must be formatted at VMFS v5+ in order to support unmap ● ESXi v6.
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SAN Headquarters (SAN HQ) ● While running SAN HQ on a PS6210 array, user reported a large number of the following event: fsmRequest.cc:245:DIAG::7.6.5:context missing in read callback. User Interface ● User could not open Group Manager nor use Dell Storage Update Manager with Java v10.x. ● The CLI command pool select default show returned an incorrect value of unknown . ● Users could delete members in the maintenance pool using the CLI, but could not delete members using Group Manager.
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Product Documentation This section contains the following information about product documentation: ● Documentation Corrections ● Related Documentation on page 15 Documentation Corrections This section lists documentation corrections and updates that apply to PS Series storage arrays.
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● Installation Guide – Describes how to set up the hardware and start using PS Series storage arrays and FS Series appliances. ● Group Manager Administrator's Guide – Describes how to use the Group Manager GUI to manage PS Series storage arrays and FS Series appliances. This manual provides comprehensive information about concepts and procedures. ● Group Manager CLI Reference Guide – Describes how to use the Group Manager command-line interface to manage a storage array or a group and individual appliances.