Release Notes

Dell SupportAssist
Dell SupportAssist is a support tool that collects, stores, and transmits system state information to Dell
Technical Support. SupportAssist can provide automatic case creation based on event alerting, automatic
health checks, remote software updates, real-time troubleshooting, and customer support.
User Interface Updates
Storage Center 6.6 provides the following user interface enhancements to improve usability.
• Dell SupportAssist configuration wizard
• Virtual Port Mode configuration for iSCSI ports (Legacy Mode is removed for new systems)
• Configure Secure Console wizard improvements to support Advanced Secure Shell (SSH)
• Additional dialog boxes and instructional messages that provide error recovery for anticipated errors,
such as invalid parameters, conflicting IP addresses, unmanaged disks, and so on
Enforced Redundancy Thresholds
The following tables describe HDD and SSD redundancy thresholds for Storage Center 6.6.
NOTE: These thresholds are applied when adding disks after installing Storage Center 6.6.
HDD Redundancy Thresholds
Disk Class/Size Current Advertised Capacity
No force or recommendation Maximum 966GB
Recommend Dual Redundancy — Existing and New Page Pools
966GB up to a maximum 1.93TB 1TB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB
Forced Dual Redundancy — New Page Pools
1.93TB and higher 2TB and higher
Forced Dual Redundancy — Existing Page Pool
2.79TB and higher 3TB and higher
SSD Redundancy Thresholds
Disk Class/Size Current Advertised Capacity
No force or recommendation: WI and RI up to
1.7TB
Maximum 1.6TB
Recommend Dual Redundancy — Existing and New Page Pools
WI and RI 1.7TB up to 2.78TB Between 1.78TB and 2.78TB
Forced Dual Redundancy — Existing and New Page Pools
WI and RI 2.79TB and higher 2.8TB and higher
Dell Storage Center 6.6 Release Notes
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