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Dell MD1280 Storage Enclosure Getting Started Guide - Page 8
... with your rack solution describes the process of installing your system into a rack. • The Service Guide provides information about enclosure service and maintenance. This document is available online at dell.com/support/home. • The Administrators Guide provides information about how to configure, manage, and update your MD1280 Storage Enclosure. This document is available online at...
Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide - Page 5
... about enclosure service and maintenance.
Dell Storage MD1280 overview
A Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure holds the physical disk drive storage. The interface between the controller I/O cards and the enclosure is referred to as back‐end connectivity.
Dell Storage MD1280 hardware
The Dell Storage MD1280 is a 5U SAS enclosure and supports up to 84 hard drives in 3.5-inch carriers, installed in...
Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide - Page 11
... standby mode (the other PSU is working)
Connect the external power supply source to this connector. The power switch controls the PSU output to the system.
If all three LEDs are off then there is no AC power supplied to either PSU.
DDIC indicator
The Disk Drive In Carrier (DDIC) includes one status indicator.
Figure 6. DDIC...
Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide - Page 23
... Service Tag information or print a new tag.
Replacing rack rails
Rack rails are used to install the Dell Storage MD1280 enclosure into a rack. About this task To replace rack rails, complete the following tasks:
NOTE: This procedure contains high‐level tasks. For more information about the instructions, see the Rack Installation Instructions document available at www.dell.com/support...
Dell Storage MD1280 Service Guide - Page 24
... the power.
NOTE: Always turn on the enclosures before turning on the host. 3. Ensure that the host is turned on. 4. Use the secli component of the Storage Enclosure Management Software to verify the replacement
device is up and running. For more information on using the secli to identify failed devices, see the Dell Storage MD1280 Administrator's Guide 5. Install all available firmware update...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 3
... syntax structure...16 Managing your storage enclosure...16
Identifying installed HBAs...16 Identifying enclosures and EMMs 17 Identifying drawers...17 Identifying drives...17 Updating drives...18 Updating EMM firmware...19
4 CLI reference...20
Commands listed by type...20 Drive commands...20
Blink drive...20 Drive power...21 List commands...21 List adapters...21 List physical enclosures...22...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 4
...event log ...32 Update commands...33 Update drive firmware...33 Update EMM firmware...34 Update Adapter...35 Status Adapter...36 Global Topology...36
5 Storage enclosure monitor 37
Local log file...37 Windows event log ...37 Linux syslog...38 SNMP...38 Critical events...38
6 The Dell Storage enclosure ReST API 40
Accessing the ReST service...40 Device inventory...41
Adapters...42 Enclosures...42...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 6
...) - This component provides a command-line interface (CLI) used to obtain device and status information of storage enclosure components. In addition, the secli is used for firmware update of Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs) as well as hard drives and solid-state drives within the enclosure.
• Storage Enclosure Monitor - This component runs continuously, monitoring and logging the status...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 8
... on which the software performs actions.
NOTE: For detailed descriptions about the enclosure features, see the Owner's Manual for the specific enclosure.
About your host
When connecting the storage enclosure to a Dell PowerEdge server, the server must have a supported SAS HBA installed: • See the Dell Storage Enclosure Support Matrix for information on supported SAS Host-bus Adapters
(HBA...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 12
... installation
1. Download the Storage Enclosure Management Software installation package from dell.com/ support.
2. Navigate to the download directory of the installer. 3. Double-click the installation program, StorageEnclosureManagement-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe. 4. Complete the on-screen instructions and accept the End User License Agreement.
NOTE: Installation of the SNMP monitoring service...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 13
...
1. Download the Storage Enclosure Management Software installation package from dell.com/support. 2. Navigate to the download directory of the installer. 3. Double-click the installation program, StorageEnclosureManagement-x.x.x.x--installer. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions and accept the End User License Agreement.
NOTE: You can choose to start the SNMP monitoring service once installation...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 15
...updates on dell.com/support and read the update first because they often supersede the information in other documents. The Storage Enclosure CLI is a software tool that enables storage installers, developers, and engineers to monitor and update storage enclosures and drives...8226; Display status information about the objects in the system. • Update storage device firmware (EMM, drives).
Using...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 16
... your storage enclosure
To keep the EMM firmware and drives up-...version of your Storage Enclosure Management Software.
Identifying installed HBAs
Many secli commands require a respective adapter as an input parameter. To get the proper values for this parameter, run the following command:
secli list adapters
The following output is displayed.
Note and record the values presented in the Adapter...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 18
...latest drive firmware for supported drives can be found at support.dell.com. Dell recommends stopping all I/O between the server and the attached enclosures containing the drives that you want to update. To update all drives visible to a specified adapter: secli update drive -a= -file= To update all the drives in a specified enclosure: secli update drive -a= -enc= file= To update all the drives in...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 19
... file path contains spaces, enclose the filepath in quotes ("") . For example, - file="C:\My Files\my firmware.fwh" NOTE: Only firmware files with the .fwh extension are supported for updating drives using the secli.
Updating EMM firmware
1. Download the latest firmware package from dell.com/support. 2. Stop all I/O between the server and the attached enclosures containing the EMMs you intend to...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 34
... of the drive's firmware version being equal to or newer compared to the firmware file.
Using this option causes drive updates to happen simultaneously, increasing overall update speed significantly. The speed increase is apparent during multi drive updates.
Command examples
• update drive -a = 1 -enc = 1 -w = 2 -file = C:\Users\Administrator\firmware \upgrade.fwh
• update drive -enc...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 35
...emm = 500a123456789012 -file = C:\Users\Administrator\firmwares \emm_upgrade.esm
Update Adapter
Description After running the following command, the updated firmware file's version will get installed.
Command syntax secli (update adapter | updateadapter) ( -a= file= | [-h])
Parameters
Table 24. Update Adapter Parameter -h, -help
-outputformat
-a, -adapter
-file
Description
Provides additional...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 40
... Dell storage enclosures support the following ReST operations: • Device inventory using the GET commands available in the Storage Enclosure Management
Command-Line Interface (SECLI) • Device actions:
- Updating firmware - Validating firmware - Blinking a drive - Powering off a drive
Figure 3. Storage enclosure ReST queries are built into the device hierarchy
Accessing the ReST service...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 43
...in a specified enclosure [base_url]/a//enclosures//fans
Power supplies
Provides information about all power supplies in a specified enclosure [base_url]/a//...Device actions
Certain devices can have actions performed on them such as updating firmware or blinking a drive. In addition, firmware files can be validated. These device actions require additional options at the end of the URL for a device...
Dell Storage MD1280 Administrators Guide - Page 44
...Update firmware
Table 30. Updating firmware
Drive Update Single drive with a firmware file
Query Syntax [base_url]/adapters// enclosures//drives/ ? action=update&File=
Force an update to a single drive with a firmware file
[base_url]/adapters// enclosures//drives/ ? action=update&File=&force=on
Update all drives within a specified enclosure with a firmware file
Force an update to all drives...