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
● Dell PowerVault MD3460 Series Storage Arrays Owner’s Manual — Provides information about system features and
describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or replace system components.
● Rack Installation Instructions—Describes how to install your system into a rack. This document is also shipped with your rack
solution.
● Dell PowerVault MD Series Storage Arrays Administrator's Guide— Provides information about configuring and managing
the system using the MDSM GUI.
● Dell PowerVault MD Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide — Provides information about configuring and managing the system
using the MDSM CLI.
● Dell EMC PowerVault MD3460 Series Storage Arrays Deployment Guide — Provides information about deploying the
storage system in the SAN architecture.
● Dell PowerVault MD 34xx and 38xx Series Support Matrix— Provides information about the software and hardware
compatibility matrices for the storage array.
● For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this document, see the Glossary at Dell.com/support/manuals.
● For Online Help Resource, navigate to Dell.com/PVResources.
NOTE: For the latest documentation updates, check Dell.com/support/manuals.
NOTE: When upgrading your system, it is recommended that you download and install the latest Modular Disk Storage
Manager (MDSM), RAID controller firmware, physical disk firmware, and EMM firmware for your system from Dell.com/
support.
Front-panel features
Figure 1. Front-panel features
1.
drawer (5) 2. drawer release latch (2 per drawer)
3. physical disk slot numbering 4. drawer indicator LEDs
5. front-panel indicators
NOTE: The drawers are numbered from 0 to 4, with Drawer 0 being the top drawer.
6 About your system