LOL We'll pray for you and your up-, er, downgrade tonight...
* * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com>wrote: > Just to advise the list:**** > > ** ** > > Dell has pulled their 4.x.x.x versions of firmware for their 10Gb > PowerConnect switches. There are known issues with flow control, and they > can fail under high load after having been in service for extended periods > of time.**** > > ** ** > > This is particularly triggered in iSCSI environments. In our case it was > Dell’s own EqualLogic SAN’s that killed them for us. For some time the > EqualLogic and PowerConnect groups disagreed on which firmware was “good”. > We finally got them to talk and v3.1.4.16 has their blessing.**** > > ** ** > > Of course, the syntax was changed significantly between v3.x.x.x and > 4.x.x.x, thus if you are already at 4 you cannot export your current > configuration and re-import on the downgraded v3 chassis. You must manually > reconfigure.**** > > ** ** > > Here’s pulling for a successful downgrade tonight…**** > > ** ** > > -sc**** > > ** ** > > PS- I claim this is NT related because we have NT boxen mounting iSCSI > LUN’s via these switches J**** > > ** ** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
