Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault MD3460 Storage Arrays Owner's Manual
- About your system
- Controller modules
- Installing and removing system components
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting storage array startup failure
- Troubleshooting loss of communication
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting power supply modules
- Troubleshooting array cooling problems
- Troubleshooting expansion enclosure management modules
- Troubleshooting physical disks
- Troubleshooting array and expansion enclosure connections
- Troubleshooting a wet storage array
- Troubleshooting a damaged array
- Controller failure conditions
- Technical specifications
- Getting help
About your system
Topics:
• Introduction
• Dell EMC PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
• Related documentation
• Front-panel features
• Front-panel indicators
• Back-panel features
• Cooling fan module LED indicator codes
• Power supply module features and indicators
• Physical-disk LED indicators
Introduction
CAUTION: See the Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information document for important safety
information before following any procedures listed in this document.
The Dell EMC PowerVault MD3460 RAID storage array (12 Gbps SAS) is a 4U rack-mounted system, capable of accommodating
up to sixty 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch physical disks. You can expand the number of physical disks up to a maximum of 120 disks (180
disks with premium feature kit), by daisy-chaining your storage enclosure with up to two MD3060e SAS based expansion
enclosures.
NOTE:
Your Dell EMC MD Series Dense storage array supports two expansion enclosures (180 physical disks) after you
install the Additional Physical Disk Support Premium Feature. To order the Additional Physical Disk Support
Premium Feature key, go to dell.com/support.
This document familiarizes you with the functions of the Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage array. The document is
organized according to the tasks that you must complete after receiving your storage array.
Dell EMC PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
Dell EMC PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager (MD Storage Manager) is a graphical user interface (GUI) application used
to configure and manage one or more MD Series storage arrays. The MD Storage Manager software is located on the MD Series
resource DVD.
Related documentation
NOTE:
See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty information may be included
within this document or as a separate document.
NOTE: For all PowerVault documentation, go to Dell.com/powervaultmanuals and enter the system Service Tag to get
your system documentation.
NOTE: For all Dell EMC OpenManage documents, go to Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
NOTE: For all storage controller documents, go to Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
● Dell PowerVault MD3460/3860i/3860f Series Storage Arrays Getting Started Guide — Provides an overview of system
features, setting up your system, and technical specifications. This document is also shipped with your system.
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