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Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes This document describes the new features, enhancements, fixed issues, and open issues in Storage Center 7.2. Current Version: 7.2.30 Release Date: 2017 - 11 Previous Version: 7.2.11 Document Revision History Document Number: 680-021-020 Revision Date Description A February 2017 Initial release of Storage Center 7.2 B May 2017 Updated for Storage Center 7.2.10 C June 2017 Added supported platforms for the Live Volume with Auto Failover feature D July 2017 Updated for Storage Center 7.2.11 E August 2017 Added support for SC8000, SC4020, and SCv2000 series storage systems F September 2017 Updated raw capacity for SC9000 storage systems G October 2017 Added support for SCv3000 series storage systems and SCv300, SCv320, SCv360, and SC460 expansion enclosures H November 2017 Updated for Storage Center 7.2.30 Contents Supported Storage Systems.................................................................................................................................................... 1 New in This Release................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Storage Center 7.2 Feature Availability and Licenses............................................................................................................... 3 Storage Center 7.2 Scalability................................................................................................................................................ 10 Fixed Issues........................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Open Issues...........................................................................................................................................................................19 Storage Center Update Information...................................................................................................................................... 23 Support Resources............................................................................................................................................................... 23 Supported Storage Systems Storage Center 7.2.1 is supported on the SC7020 storage system. Storage Center 7.2.11 or later is supported on the following storage systems: • SC9000 • SC8000 • SC7020F Document Number: 680-021-020 Rev. H 2017 - 11 • SC7020 • SC5020F • SC5020 • SC4020 • SCv3000 Series • SCv2000 Series New in This Release The following features were added to Storage Center 7.2. Dell Storage Manager 2016 Dell Storage Manager 2016 R3 is required to manage storage systems running Storage Center 7.2.1. Dell Storage Manager 2016 R3.11 or later is required to manage storage systems running Storage Center 7.2.11 or later. Drive Spare Rightsizing When Storage Center consumes a spare drive, Drive Spare Rightsizing allows Storage Center to modify the size of a larger capacity spare drive to match the capacity of the drive being replaced in the tier. After Storage Center modifies the size of the drive, the drive cannot be modified to its original size without assistance from Dell Technical Support. Drive Spare Rightsizing is enabled by default for all controllers running Storage Center version 7.2.11 or later. This feature allows Dell Technical Support to dispatch larger capacity drives of the same disk class when the same size drive is not available, providing faster delivery times. Live Volume with Auto Failover Support In Storage Center 7.2.10, the Live Volume Auto Failover feature is supported on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V. The Live Volume Auto Failover feature is also supported on the following platforms: • Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V • Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V • VMware vSphere 5.5 • VMware vSphere 6.0 • VMware vSphere 6.5 SC7020F All-Flash Storage Systems Storage Center 7.2 introduces support for SC7020F all-flash storage systems. The SC7020F consists of a 3U chassis with dual storage controllers, redundant power supplies, and up to 30 internal 2.5-inch hot swappable SSDs. The SC7020F can be expanded up to 500 drives using SC420F all-flash expansion enclosures. NOTE: The SC7020F must be updated to Storage Center 7.2.11 or later when it is installed. SC7020 Storage System Update Storage Center 7.2 performs the reallocation of SC7020 system resources from file and block to block only. The system resources that are reallocated include the CPUs, memory, and front-end iSCSI ports. An SC7020 running Storage Center 7.2 allows access to block storage from all the iSCSI ports on the SC7020 mezzanine cards. NOTE: In Storage Center 7.1, access to block storage was limited to the right two iSCSI ports on the SC7020 mezzanine cards. 2 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes SC5020F All-Flash Storage Systems Storage Center 7.2 introduces support for SC5020F all-flash storage systems. The SC5020F consists of a 3U chassis with dual storage controllers, redundant power supplies, and up to 30 internal 2.5-inch hot swappable SSDs. The SC5020F can be expanded up to 222 drives using SC420F all-flash expansion enclosures. NOTE: The SC5020F must be updated to Storage Center 7.2.11 or later when it is installed. SC5020 Storage Systems Storage Center 7.2 introduces support for SC5020 storage systems. The SC5020 consists of a 3U chassis with dual storage controllers, redundant power supplies, and up to 30 internal 2.5-inch hot swappable SAS hard drives. The SC5020 can be expanded up to 222 drives using SC400, SC420, and SC460 expansion enclosures. NOTE: The SC5020 must be updated to Storage Center 7.2.11 or later when it is installed. SC460 Expansion Enclosures Storage Center 7.2.11 introduces support for SC460 expansion enclosures. The SC460 consists of a 4U chassis with redundant EMMs, redundant power supplies, and up to 60 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS hard drives. The SC460 expansion enclosure is supported on SC5020, SC7020, and SC9000 storage systems. SCv3000 Series Storage Systems Storage Center 7.2.11 introduces support for SCv3000 series storage systems. The SCv3000 series consists of a 3U chassis with dual storage controllers and redundant power supplies. The SCv3000 storage system includes up to 16 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS hard drives and the SCv3020 storage system includes up to 30 2.5-inch hot swappable SAS hard drives. SCv3000 series storage systems can be expanded up to 222 drives using SCv300 and SCv320, and SCv360 expansion enclosures. SCv300, SCv3020, and SCv360 Expansion Enclosures Storage Center 7.2.11 introduces support for SCv300, SCv320, and SCv360 expansion enclosures. SCv300, SCv320, and SCv360 expansion enclosures are supported on SCv3000 series storage systems. • The SCv300 consists of a 2U chassis with redundant EMMs, redundant power supplies, and up to 12 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS hard drives. • The SCv320 consists of a 2U chassis with redundant EMMs, redundant power supplies, and up to 24 2.5-inch hot swappable SAS hard drives. • The SCv360 consists of a 4U chassis with redundant EMMs, redundant power supplies, and up to 60 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS hard drives. Storage Center 7.2 Feature Availability and Licenses The core licenses and support for optional licensed features varies depending on the storage system. Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 3 SC9000 Features and Licenses SC9000 storage systems provide the following licensed features and optional value-added bundles. Core Software Bundle • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Reduction (Compression and Deduplication) • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate • Local Data Protection • Multi-VLAN Tagging • Virtual Ports • Volume QoS • VVols Optional Licenses • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback Storage Protection Bundle • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication Storage Optimization Bundle • Data Progression • Fast Track Total Feature Bundle • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback • Storage Optimization Bundle • Storage Protection Bundle SC8000 Features and Licenses SC8000 storage systems provide the following licensed features: Core Licenses • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Reduction (Compression and Deduplication) • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity 4 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate • Local Data Protection • Multi-VLAN Tagging • Volume QoS • VVols Optional Licenses • Replay Manager • Data Progression • Fast Track • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback • Virtual Ports SC7020F Features and Licenses SC7020F all-flash storage systems provide the following licensed features and optional value-added bundles. Total Feature Bundle • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Progression • Data Reduction (Compression and Deduplication) • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Local Data Protection • Multi-VLAN Tagging • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • Replay Manager • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback • Virtual Ports • Volume QoS • VVols SC7020 Features and Licenses SC7020 storage systems provide the following licensed features and optional value-added bundles. Core Software Bundle • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Reduction (Compression and Deduplication) • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 5 • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate • Local Data Protection • Multi-VLAN Tagging • Virtual Ports • Volume QoS • VVols Optional Licenses • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback Storage Protection Bundle • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication Storage Optimization Bundle • Data Progression • Fast Track Total Feature Bundle • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback • Storage Optimization Bundle • Storage Protection Bundle SC5020F Features and Licenses SC5020F all-flash storage systems provide the following licensed features and optional value-added bundles. Total Feature Bundle • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Progression • Data Reduction (Compression and Deduplication) • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Local Data Protection • Multi-VLAN Tagging • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • Replay Manager • SED FIPS Secure Data 6 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes • Storage Manager Chargeback • Virtual Ports • Volume QoS • VVols SC5020 Features and Licenses SC5020 storage systems provide the following licensed features and optional value-added bundles. Core Software Bundle • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Reduction (Compression and Deduplication) • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate • Local Data Protection • Multi-VLAN Tagging • Virtual Ports • Volume QoS • VVols Optional Licenses • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback Storage Protection Bundle • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication Storage Optimization Bundle • Data Progression • Fast Track Total Feature Bundle • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback • Storage Optimization Bundle • Storage Protection Bundle Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 7 SC4020 Features and Licenses SC4020 storage systems provide the following licensed features: Core Licenses • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Reduction (Compression and Deduplication) • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate • Local Data Protection • Multi-VLAN Tagging • Volume QoS • VVols Optional Licenses • Replay Manager • Data Progression • Fast Track • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback • Virtual Ports Performance/Optimization Bundle • Data Progression • Fast Track Remote Data Protection Bundle • Remote Instant Replay (Replication) Remote Data Protection with Live Volume Bundle • Remote Instant Replay (Replication) • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover SCv3000 Series Features and Licenses SCv3000 series storage systems provide the following licensed features and optional value-added bundles. Core Software Bundle • Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Data Compression • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity • Dynamic Controllers • Live Migrate 8 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes • Local Data Protection • Virtual Ports • Volume QoS • VVols Optional Licenses • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback Storage Protection Bundle • Replay Manager • Live Volume and Live Volume with Auto Failover • Remote Instant Replay (Replication), including Cross-Platform Replication Storage Optimization Bundle • Data Progression • Fast Track Total Feature Bundle • SED FIPS Secure Data • Storage Manager Chargeback • Storage Optimization Bundle • Storage Protection Bundle SCv2000 Series Features and Licenses SCv2000 series storage systems provide the following licensed features: Core Licenses • Dell Storage Manager • Dynamic Capacity • Dynamic Controllers Optional Licenses • Flex Port • Local Data Protection (Snapshots) • Remote Data Protection (Asynchronous replication only) Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 9 Storage Center 7.2 Scalability The following scalability guidelines apply to Storage Center 7.2. Storage System Scalability Guidelines The following scalability guidelines apply to SC9000, SC8000, SC7020F, SC7020, SC5020F, SC5020, SC4020, SCv3000 Series, and SCv2000 Series storage systems. NOTE: Raw storage space is expressed in decimal units (for example, 1 TB = 1012 bytes). Addressable storage space is expressed in base 2 units (for example, 1 TB = 240 bytes). Therefore, a 1 TB drive measured in decimal units is equal to 0.909 TB base 2 units. Storage System Supported Maximum SC9000 (Dual-Controller) with 128 GB or 256 GB of memory per controller • • SC8000 (Dual-Controller) with 64 GB of memory per controller • • SC8000 (Dual-Controller) with 16 GB of memory per controller • • SC7020F or SC7020 with 128 GB of memory per controller • • SC5020F or SC5020 with 64 GB of memory per controller • • SC4020 with 16 GB of memory per controller • • 3.2 PB raw and 2.0 PB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size 750 TB raw and 500 TB addressable storage space using a 512 KB page size 3.1 PB raw and 2.0 PB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size 750 TB raw and 500 TB addressable storage space using a 512 KB page size 750 TB raw and 500 TB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size 400 TB raw and 300 TB addressable storage space using a 512 KB page size 3.1 PB raw and 2.0 PB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size 750 TB raw and 500 TB addressable storage space using a 512 KB page size 2 PB raw and 1350 TB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size 0.5 PB raw and 338 TB addressable storage space using a 512 KB page size 1054 TB raw and 700 TB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size 500 TB raw and 400 TB addressable storage space using a 512 KB page size SCv3000 Series with 16 GB of memory per controller • • 2 PB raw and 1350 TB addressable storage space using a 4 MB page size 1 PB raw and 675 TB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size SCv2000 Series with 8 GB of memory per controller • 672 TB raw and 450 TB addressable storage space using the standard 2 MB page size Storage Center Scalability Guidelines The following scalability guidelines are the maximum recommended design guidelines for storage systems running Storage Center 7.2. SC9000, SC8000, SC7020F, SC7020, SC5020F, SC5020, and SC4020 Storage Systems The following scalability guidelines are the maximum recommended design guidelines for storage systems running Storage Center 7.2. Storage Center Object Supported Maximum Disk Folder 10 disk folders Server • 10 500 servers (Total number of servers includes physical servers, virtual servers, and server clusters) Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes Storage Center Object Supported Maximum • • 500 server folders 1000 server HBA initiator ports (Total number of HBA initiator ports includes all physical and virtual ports that are visible to the SAN) Volume • • • 500 TB maximum volume size (or the maximum addressable storage space, whichever is less) 2000 volumes 500 volume folders Deduplication 1 PB data ingestion limit (SC4020 – 500 TB data ingestion limit) Live Volume 100 Live Volumes Thin Import 10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports) QoS Profiles • • • 100 Volume QoS Profiles 100 Group QoS Profiles 100 Volumes per Group QoS Profile Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • Snapshots: • • • • – SC9000 – 32,000 snapshots – SC8000 – 16,000 snapshots – SC7020F or SC7020 – 16,000 snapshots – SC5020F or SC5020 – 8000 snapshots – SC4020 – 8000 snapshots 1000 snapshot profiles 100 snapshot history profiles 200 consistency groups 100 volumes per consistency group (SC4020 – 40 volumes per consistency group) • Source replications: • – SC9000 – 1000 source replications – SC8000 – 500 source replications – SC7020F or SC7020 – 1000 source replications – SC5020F or SC5020 – 500 source replications – SC4020 –500 source replications 2000 target replications (SC4020 – 1000 replications for FC and 230 replications for iSCSI) Replications SCv3000 Series Storage Systems The following scalability guidelines are the maximum recommended design guidelines for SCv3000 series storage systems running Storage Center 7.2. Storage Center Object Supported Maximum Disk Folder 10 disk folders Server • • • Volume • • • 250 servers (Total number of servers includes physical servers, virtual servers, and server clusters) 250 server folders 500 server HBA initiator ports (Total number of HBA initiator ports includes all physical and virtual ports that are visible to the SAN) 500 TB maximum volume size (or the maximum addressable storage space, whichever is less) 1000 volumes 500 volume folders Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 11 Storage Center Object Supported Maximum Live Volume 100 Live Volumes Thin Import 10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports) QoS Profiles • • • 100 Volume QoS Profiles 100 Group QoS Profiles 100 Volumes per Group QoS Profile Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • • • • • 4000 snapshots 1000 snapshot profiles 100 snapshot history profiles 200 consistency groups 25 volumes per consistency group Replications • • 250 source replications 250 target replications SCv2000 Series Storage System The following scalability guidelines are the maximum recommended design guidelines for SCv2000 series storage systems running Storage Center 7.2. Storage Center Object Supported Maximum Disk Folder 4 disk folders Server • • • 100 servers (Total number of servers includes physical servers, virtual servers, and server clusters.) 100 server folders 200 server HBA initiator ports (Total number of HBA initiator ports includes all physical and virtual ports that are visible to the SAN.) Volume • • • Thin Import 10 volumes (maximum simultaneous imports) QoS Profiles • • • 100 Volume QoS Profiles 100 Group QoS Profiles 100 Volumes per Group QoS Profile Data Instant Replay (Snapshots) • • • • • 2000 snapshots 1000 snapshot profiles 100 snapshot history profiles 100 consistency groups 25 volumes per consistency group • • 124 source replications 500 target replications NOTE: Data Instant Replay is a licensed feature. Replications 12 500 TB maximum volume size (or the maximum addressable storage space, whichever is less) 1000 volumes 500 volume folders Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes Fixed Issues The following sections summarize the issues fixed in Storage Center 7.2. NOTE: Storage Center 7.2.11 contains all the issues fixed in Storage Center 7.1.12 and earlier. For more information, see the Storage Center 7.1 Release Notes. Fixed Issues Related to Data Reduction The following issues are fixed in Storage Center 7.2. Table 1. Fixed Data Reduction Issues in Storage Center 7.2.30 Issue Description SCOS-43864 A storage system might experience read latency spikes while Deduplication is running. SCOS-42569 A storage system might experience read latency during ingestion of data on a volume with Deduplication enabled. SCOS-42446 Data ingestion might fail if a number of drives are removed from a storage system during a RAID restripe operation. SCOS-42281 Controllers in a storage system might reboot due to stale metadata pointer access. SCOS-42024 In rare instances, increased latency might occur because of high CPU utilization while performing data progression on a storage system with Deduplication enabled volumes. SCOS-38263 A storage system might report more used drive space than actual used drive space after the rehydration of compressed data. SCOS-21857 A storage system might experience high CPU utilization during data ingestion. Table 2. Fixed Data Reduction Issues in Storage Center 7.2.11 Issue Description SCOS-42157 Performing a non-service affecting update of a dual-controller storage system to Storage Center 7.2.10 might result in I/O timeouts for some volumes when the controllers are running different versions of the Storage Center software. Table 3. Fixed Data Reduction Issues in Storage Center 7.2.10 Issue Description SCOS-40135 A storage system with Deduplication enabled might display a false positive metadata validation failure message in the Storage Center console and generate validation failure alerts in the Deduplication map table. SCOS-39128 A storage system with Deduplication enabled might experience increased latency while expiring deduplicated data or during Data Progression. SCOS-34642 A controller might reset if too many storage system resources are consumed during Deduplication and snapshot expiration of deduplicated pages. SCOS-27942 A storage system with Deduplication enabled might fail to remove page pool devices during a RAID rebalance because of performance issues. SCOS-24830 A controller might reset during lost space recovery in the Deduplication page manager. SCOS-24167 A storage system with Deduplication enabled volumes might experience performance issues during the Deduplication page manager clean-up process. Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 13 Issue Description SCOS-22379 The Compression and Deduplication page manager defragmentation process might cause high CPU utilization and impact system performance. SCOS-21671 Rehydration of deduplicated or compressed data does not place the data in the tier specified by the volume storage profile. Table 4. Fixed Data Reduction Issues in Storage Center 7.2.1 Issue Description SCOS-31054 Enabling Deduplication on a volume that is part of a replication might result in hundreds of Ingestion failure due to SecondaryStorage infrastructure is not ready log messages. SCOS-22590 A storage system running Storage Center 7.1.3 with Deduplication enabled might experience performance issues during the defragmentation portion of Data Progression. SCOS-21275 After updating from Storage Center 7.1.1, a storage system might fail to enable Deduplication on some volumes. SCOS-21160 On a storage system with compression enabled, the secondary storage deactivate process might fail to flush prefetch pages. SCOS-21129 A storage system might incorrectly report snapshot bad pages when the system is low on memory. SCOS-20960 The IOPS of a storage system might decrease and I/O latency might increase significantly because of high CPU usage during the Data Progression defragmentation process. SCOS-20449 A controller reset might occur because of out of range memory access during the Data Progression defragmentation process. SCOS-20240 Data Progression might fail to move pages to tier 3 for volumes that are larger than 32 TB. If a specific history has multiple view volumes, Data Progression might fail to move pages for volumes smaller than 32 TB. SCOS-20075 A storage system with Flash Optimized storage types and Deduplication enabled might suffer an outage during On Demand Data Progression if the system is low on space in tier 1 RAID 10. SCOS-19570 A storage system running Storage Center 7.1 with compression enabled and over 25 TB of data ingested into the Deduplication process might suffer from I/O delays because of high CPU usage at the end of Data Progression. SCOS-19002 Enabling Deduplication on a storage system while one controller is in a failed state might result in volumes that appear to be deduplicated, when in fact they are not deduplicated. SCOS-14931 On Demand Data Progression may not complete successfully when Deduplication is enabled on a volume. SCOS-13649 Volumes on separate controllers might show the same Deduplication reduction rates when the Deduplication reduction rates are different. SCOS-13159 Deduplication and Compression might take volumes offline when responses to storage type status are incorrect. 14 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes Fixed Issues Related to Hardware The following issues are fixed in Storage Center 7.2. Table 5. Fixed Hardware Issues in Storage Center 7.2.30 Issue Description SCOS-41806 Storage system iSCSI ports might hibernate when a failed TCP checksum is received on an inbound packet. SCOS-41452 Larger than normal Ping payloads might cause a storage system iSCSI I/O card to hibernate. SCOS-16813 A single disk with failing I/Os might cause storage system-wide performance degradation. Table 6. Fixed Hardware Issues in Storage Center 7.2.11 Issue Description SCOS-42111 An SC7020 or SC5020 storage system might lock access to drives connected to the Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) if the storage system is unable to read the chassis signature for the SEP firmware. Table 7. Fixed Hardware Issues in Storage Center 7.2.10 Issue Description SCOS-41017 An iSCSI I/O card might fail to exit hibernate mode after a reset. SCOS-40207 On storage systems running Storage Center 7.1.3 or 7.1.4, an iSCSI I/O card might reset because of an IORP timeout that is 10 seconds greater than the IORP requested timeout. SCOS-36797 A target port on a storage system with Fibre Channel host bus adapters might fail to respond to an incoming login attempt. SCOS-20800 In certain degraded conditions, data miscompares might occur when running software FCoE on an Intel X520 adapter in an ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 host. SCOS-18759 The QLe246x Fibre Channel I/O Card takes longer to rebalance in Storage Center 7.1 than it did in previous versions of Storage Center. HPEM-507 An SC7020 or SC5020 storage system might unexpectedly reset because of false temperature, power supply, or fan alerts. Table 8. Fixed Hardware Issues in Storage Center 7.2.1 Issue Description SCOS-18490 When connected directly to the Storage Center using the Storage Manager Client, an error occurs in the hardware change wizard while performing a hardware migration from an SC040 running Storage Center 6.7 to an SC8000 running Storage Center 7.1. SCOS-18174 On SC7020 storage systems, the status of a new Liebert UPS is not changing from DC to AC in the Storage Manager Client when power is restored to the UPS. SCOS-10427 In rare instances, an SCv2000 series or SC4020 storage system may not initialize following a reset or power cycle. Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 15 Fixed Issues Related to Replication and Live Volume The following issues are fixed in Storage Center 7.2. Table 9. Fixed Replication and Live Volume Issues in Storage Center 7.2.10 Issue Description SCOS-40210 When performing an update from Storage Center 6.7.5 to 7.1.4 on a storage system with a secondary Live Volume, I/O might become stuck on volumes on the source system. SCOS-36665 A controller reset might occur while attempting to fail over a Windows cluster on an RDM volume mapped to non-unified ESXi hosts when using Live Volume High Consistency. SCOS-35656 Live Volume proxy disk space might be counted towards the total available system disk space. SCOS-32134 Access to a volume might be lost if out of memory errors occur before the replication enters the suspending state. SCOS-7793 A storage system might fail to delete a replication when the QoS node is blocked and there is outstanding I/O. Table 10. Fixed Replication and Live Volume Issues in Storage Center 7.2.1 Issue Description SCOS-22156 The VVols feature in ESXi 6.0 Update 2 fails to work properly with Storage Center 7.1.2. Fixed Issues Related to Alerts and Reporting The following issues are fixed in Storage Center 7.2. Table 11. Fixed Alert and Reporting Issues in Storage Center 7.2.30 Issue Description SCOS-45091 The SNMP service might stop unexpectedly and require a restart. Table 12. Fixed Alert and Reporting Issues in Storage Center 7.2.10 Issue Description SCOS-29664 The storage system might report hundreds of Log Corrupt Page Address error messages during a RAID restripe. HPEM-493 The syslog daemon might restart and cause an SC7020 or SC5020 storage system to reset unexpectedly due to a large number of false temperature, power supply, or fan alerts. Table 13. Fixed Alert and Reporting Issues in Storage Center 7.2.1 Issue Description SCOS-21331 The Storage Center email process might stop and fail to restart. Because of this issue, the Storage Center alert email queue fills up, which might cause a controller to reset. 16 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes Fixed Issues Related to Security The following issues are fixed in Storage Center 7.2: Table 14. Fixed Security Issues in Storage Center 7.2.10 Issue Description SCOS-40490 Updated the OpenSSL version on the Storage Center to OpenSSL 1.0.1u to address the following security vulnerabilities: • • • • • • • • • SCOS-40083 CVE-2016-2177 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2177/ CVE-2016-2178 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2178/ CVE-2016-2179 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2179/ CVE-2016-2180 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2180/ CVE-2016-2181 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2181/ CVE-2016-2182 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2182/ CVE-2016-2183 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2183/ CVE-2016-6302 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6302/ CVE-2016-6303 www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6303/ Clickjacking vulnerability found on web server ports in Storage Center. Fixed Issues Related to Storage Management The following storage management issues are fixed in Storage Center 7.2. Table 15. Fixed Storage Management Issues in Storage Center 7.2.30 Issue Description SCOS-41405 An SSD with an endurance life that extends beyond February 2106 displays a premature end of endurance life. SCOS-41036 A single large raid device consumes all SSD drive space when adding only a small amount of drives. SCOS-41018 A controller might reboot when deleting a very large number of objects such as volumes, servers, or volume mappings. SCOS-40063 A replacement drive cannot be managed in the same enclosure slot as a failed drive that could not complete the system archiving process. SCOS-2658 A rare timing window in which rebalancing local ports at the same time as volume level operations (view volume creation, mapping/unmapping to a server, etc.) leads to the rebalance not completing. SCOS-1392 When upgrading from a 3G SAS I/O card to a 6G SAS I/O card using the hardware change wizard, the new I/O card is displayed in slot 100x, where x is the slot number. Table 16. Fixed Storage Management Issues in Storage Center 7.2.10 Issue Description SCOS-40999 Metadata on inconsistent RAID mirrors/stripes might cause Data Progression failures and lead to inefficient system space usage and performance degradation. SCOS-40856 A controller might reset if the iSCSI initiator is redirected to an IPv4 address of 0.0.0.0. SCOS-40725 A controller might reset when updating statistics for page moves between classes if the source page is on a device marked for deletion. Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 17 Issue Description SCOS-40677 When setting up an SC7020 storage system using Dell Storage Manager, the "Launch Initial Configuration" link might be redisplayed after clicking finish in the initial setup wizard. SCOS-40529 A controller reset might occur if there are a large number of metadata space allocation requests at the same time for a volume. SCOS-40491 SNMP management queries might fail to function properly on storage systems running Storage Center 7.1. SCOS-37561 A controller might reset unexpectedly under certain rare timing conditions. SCOS-40094 Storage Center might delay Data Progression/restripe activity to unacceptable levels if there are other higher priority background processes. SCOS-37719 A controller might reset after updating to Storage Center 7.1.3, 7.1.4, or 7.1.5. because of an issue with memory fragmentation. SCOS-36475 A storage system might encounter high CPU usage during page validation stage of Data Progression. This issue is limited to pages consumed from the storage type. SCOS-36534 Storage Center is unable to create more than a single spare drive on an SC280 enclosure if an SC220 and SC280 were connected to the storage system during the initial system configuration. SCOS-36336 A controller might reset when the lock associated with a particular message type cannot be found. Due to variable timing conditions within the platform, messages can arrive out of order. SCOS-36319 On storage systems that only have spinning drives and have large volumes with a large number of new page writes, existing snapshots take a very long to expire. SCOS-35648 Removing a port from a fault domain while a controller is down might result in storage system configuration issues. SCOS-32925 In rare instances, a storage system might experience performance degradations due to a mismatch in a virtualization threshold value. SCOS-31707 Importing multiple volumes from an external device using Thin Import causes the volumes to appear as external devices with the following error: illegal character found for Attribute: Name [Illegal Chracters: [<, >, &] ]] SCOS-18247 Drives in the archived disk folder might count against the total number of managed drives in the storage system. SCOS-4797 If QoS limiting is not enabled, system latency might increase when writing to volumes using RAID 5 or RAID 6. Table 17. Fixed Storage Management Issues in Storage Center 7.2.1 Issue Description SCOS-21562 In Storage Center 7.1, manual and scheduled restripes are restricted to 12 hours per day. SCOS-21399 A controller might reset during cross-platform replication initialization with a PS Series array. SCOS-20142 A controller might reset when the settings of a new Fault Domain are modified. SCOS-18899 A storage system might incorrectly report snapshot bad pages when the system is low on memory. SCOS-18540 A controller revert might take several minutes to complete while deactivating the history of a large volume (several TBs) if the storage system has space management snapshots. SCOS-14111 Secondary storage deactivation process is not flushing prefetch pages. 18 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes Fixed Issues Related to Updating, SupportAssist, and Licensing The following issues are fixed in Storage Center 7.2. Table 18. Fixed Updating, SupportAssist, and Licensing Issues in Storage Center 7.2.30 Issue Description SCOS-40558 A storage system with SupportAssist enabled that is unable to successfully complete the sending of SupportAssist information might be unable to manage new drives or manually remove drives safely. Table 19. Fixed Updating, SupportAssist, and Licensing Issues in Storage Center 7.2.11 Issue Description SCOS-42056 After updating a storage system to Storage Center 7.2.10, the storage system might stop sending SupportAssist information to Dell Technical Support on a regular schedule. SCOS–18488 The Storage Center System Manager user interface is not disabled after updating a dualcontroller storage system from Storage Center 6.6.5 to Storage Center 7.1.1. Table 20. Fixed Updating, SupportAssist, and Licensing Issues in Storage Center 7.2.10 Issue Description SCOS-40141 After updating a storage system to Storage Center 7.1.4, controllers might reset while processing the Link Configuration initialization step. SCOS-35674 An SC4020 storage system might suffer an outage after updating from Storage Center 6.7 to 7.1 if the storage system exceeds the maximum number of snapshots. SCOS-35458 Applying a core license might fail when the storage system tries to validate a feature set that does not exist in the Storage Center software. Open Issues The following issues are present in Storage Center 7.2. Open Issues Related to Data Reduction The following open issues are related to Data Reduction. Table 21. Open Data Reduction Issues Issue Description SCOS-13237 The Storage Type Data Reduction statistics might be incorrect if the amount of data eligible for Data Reduction contains fewer than 256 pages. Workaround: None Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 19 Open Issues Related to Replications and Live Volumes The following open issues are related to replications and Live Volumes. Table 22. Open Replication and Live Volume Issues Issue Description SCOS-41280 Using a cluster shared volume (CSV) on a Storage Center within a Windows 2016 cluster solution might result in an I/O failure during an infrastructure fault condition where one of the Windows hosts is isolated from both its peer and its quorum witness. Workaround: Use redundant physical switches to reduce the possibility of the I/O failure. SCOS-41191 When the Dell Storage Manager Client is directly connected to a Storage Center, the option to delete a volume associated with a Live Volume or Live Migration is displayed, but it is not supported. Workaround: Connect to the Storage Center through the Dell Storage Manager Data Collector, and delete the Live Volume or Live Migration before deleting the volume. SCOS-18102 The status of a cross-platform replication partner changes to down when the number of snapshots exceed 1025. Workaround: The maximum number of supported snapshots for a cross-platform replication is 512. To resolve this issue, manually remove the snapshots until there are fewer than 512 snapshots and change the expiration dates of snapshots for the replication volume to a manageable expiration time. SCOS-17981 Server mappings may not be completely removed when a server is removed from an OS cluster using Dell Storage Manager before the server is removed from the OS cluster. Workaround: Remove the server from the cluster through the OS first. After the server is rebooted, remove the server object using Dell Storage Manager. SCOS-12067 When importing a volume, Storage Manager does not allow you to select 0 as the LUN number. Workaround: None Open Issues Related to Reporting The following open issues are related to hardware. Table 23. Open Reporting Issues Issue Description SCOS-38226 In rare instances, a Sync LiveVolume Auto Failover alert is not cleared when the condition is corrected. Workaround: Use Dell Storage Manager to manually acknowledge and clear the alert. SCOS-38023 The email alert message that provides the location of a failed drive might be confusing. Workaround: In the email alert message, the physical location of the drive is displayed after the [StatusAlert] text and is shown as the Disk xx-yy, where xx is the enclosure ID and yy is the enclosure drive slot. 20 Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes Open Issues Related to Storage Management The following open issues are related to Storage Management. Table 24. Open Storage Management Issues Issue Description SCOS-41547 This issue is limited to a storage system on which a new version of the Storage Center software has been downloaded, but not yet installed. When a storage controller is replaced in the storage system, the storage system might fail to automatically update the low-level firmware to the same version as the active storage controller. As a result, the storage controllers in the storage system might end up with different versions of the low-level firmware. Workaround: Install the downloaded Storage Center updates immediately after completing the storage controller replacement process. SCOS-41051 When connected to a Storage Center through a Data Collector, Dell Storage Manager does not allow you to change the name of an enclosure and asset tag. Workaround: Use the Dell Storage Manager Client to connect directly to the Storage Center, then change the name of the enclosure and the asset tag. SCOS-40668 Importing a volume from a Dell PowerVault MD-Series iSCSI storage array might take longer than expected. Workaround: Use Dell Storage Manager to change the MTU on the iSCSI fault domain from 1500 to 1472. SCOS-40311 If a portable volume USB device is connected to the lead controller and the lead controller fails over, a portable volume copy might fail to resume when the storage system fails back to the original lead controller. Workaround: Disconnect and reconnect the portable volume USB device to resume the copy. SCOS–22260 iSCSI I/O cards fail to honor an MTU value change made on a router. Workaround: Contact Dell Technical Support. SCOS-22150 In very rare instances, a controller failover on an SC7020 or SC5020 storage system might prevent Secure Console access. Workaround: Contact Dell Technical Support. SCOS-22026 Removing an HBA or deleting a server object before unmapping it from volumes could result in the server losing access to volumes and a controller failover will not complete properly. Workaround: Remove volume mappings from the HBA prior to removing the HBA or server object from the system. SCOS-14951 After deleting volumes and snapshots, Storage Center does not immediately report the deleted volume space as free space for a disk folder. Workaround: Contact Dell Technical Support. SCOS-8627 AIX servers cannot boot from SAN using Dell Storage Software Suite for AIX version 2.2.0.17. Workaround: Use the latest version of Storage Center and the Dell Storage Software Suite for AIX listed in the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix. HPEM-541 In rare instances, SC7020 updates do not complete successfully and the Storage Center might indicate that updates are still required. Workaround: Contact Dell Technical Support. Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 21 Open Issues Related to User Management The following open issues are related to Storage Center user management. Table 25. Open User Management Issues Issue Description SCOS-11192 Storage Center cannot authenticate directory service users that are configured to use an alternate DNS suffix. Workaround: None Open Issues Related to Hardware The following open issues are related to hardware. Table 26. Open Hardware Issues Issue Description SCOS-6516 In rare instances, the internal boot device on an SC9000 controller may become unusable following an unexpected power event and the controller will not boot. Workaround: Contact Dell Technical Support. Open Issues Related to Vendors The following open issues are related to vendors. Table 27. Open Vendor Issues Issue Description SQAI-7 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel server adapters (for example, LPe1200x, LPe1205, and OEM equivalents) are unable to boot from SAN when using Emulex boot code 7.x. Workaround: Use boot code 5.x rather than boot code 7.x with the Emulex LPe1200x, LPe1205, and OEM equivalent server adapters. SQAI-2 An ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 host with an Emulex FC/FCoE HBA running driver version 11.0.x.x might crash during a controller failover. Workaround: Update the Emulex FC/FCoE HBA to driver version 11.1.145.18, which is available on the VMware website. SQAI-3 Software FCoE timeouts might occur when using QLogic CNAs in NIC mode. Workaround: See the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix for the list of supported firmware and drivers. SCOS-27133 Server bandwidth to the onboard 10 Gb ethernet ports on an SC7020 drops significantly on reads when the server iSCSI initiator has interrupt moderation set to default (enabled). Workaround: From the server, disable interrupt moderation on the iSCSI cards as described in Dell EMC SC Series Storage: Microsoft Multipath I/O Best Practices. SCOS-23090 An ESXi 5.5 (Update 3b) host using FCoE and QLogic 8262 might cause the host to fail during controller failovers. Workaround: Avoid using ESXi 5.5 9 (Update 3b). SCOS-18123 22 Fibre Channel volumes that are mapped to a Hyper-V virtual machine using NPIV are not discovered by the virtual machine when the server has a QLogic HBA with out-of-date drivers. Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes Issue Description Workaround: Update the HBA to the latest version of the QLogic driver listed in the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix. SCOS-10166 Emulex FC and FCoE driver version 10.7.170.0 might cause an ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 host to fail during controller failovers. Workaround: Use the latest recommended driver version for the Emulex adapters. See the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix. SCOS-9404 A storage system might experiences high max latency on the onboard 10 GbE network ports when the server iSCSI initiator has Nagles’ algorithm enabled. Workaround: Disable Nagle’s algorithm on the host server when connecting to the SC7020 onboard 10 GbE network ports as described in Dell EMC SC Series Storage: Microsoft Multipath I/O Best Practices. CQ00358236 ESXi 5.x hosts with QxE82xx iSCSI adapters using QLA4xxx driver version 634.5.18 (ESXi 5.1) or 6.34.55.20 (ESXi 5.5) might fail to log in to the Storage Center after a controller reset or failover. Workaround: Use the latest recommended driver version for the QLogic adapters. See the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix. CQ00252780 On a storage system with iSCSI front-end ports, if a controller or port is in a failover process when a Windows boot from SAN is requested, the boot might fail. Workaround: Subsequent boot from SAN requests succeed when the controller or port is up. Storage Center Update Information Contact Dell Technical Support to determine the Storage Center software version that is required to update to Storage Center 7.2. NOTE: When updating both the Storage Center software and Dell Storage Manager, update the Dell Storage Manager before updating the Storage Center software. Support Resources The following section provides resources for finding more information on using a Storage Center storage system. Related Documentation The following documents are available for a storage system running Storage Center 7.2. • Dell Storage Center Software Update Guide Describes how to update Storage Center software from an earlier version to the current version. • Dell Storage Center Update Utility Administrator’s Guide Describes how to use the Storage Center Update Utility to install Storage Center software updates. Updating Storage Center software using the Storage Center Update Utility is intended for use only by sites that cannot update Storage Center using standard methods. • Dell Storage Manager Installation Guide Provides installation and setup instructions. • Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide Provides instructions for using the Data Collector Manager and the Dell Storage Manager Client. • Dell Storage Manager Online Help Provides context-sensitive help for the Dell Storage Manager Client, Data Collector Manager, and Storage Manager Server Agent. • Dell Storage Manager Release Notes Dell Storage Center 7.2 Release Notes 23 Provides information about Dell Storage Manager releases, including new features, enhancements, fixed issues, and open issues. • Dell Storage REST API Release Notes Provides information about the Dell Storage REST API, which allows you to manage the Storage Manager Data Collector and Storage Centers. Finding Documentation The following locations contain documentation for a storage system running Storage Center 7.2. • Dell Support Provides documentation for Dell storage products. Go to www.dell.com/support. • Dell TechCenter Provides technical white papers, best practice guides, and frequently asked questions about Dell storage products. Go to http:// en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/. Contacting Dell Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services might not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, go to www.dell.com/support. • For customized support, type your system service tag on the support page and click Submit. • For general support, browse the product list on the support page and select your product. Copyright © 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. 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