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I am Dale Hayter, a Microsoft and VMware certified Technical Consultant.

My blog has been built up over the years from my experience of working on an IT helpdesk and also from being out on-site.

January 31, 2014

Check the Raid Reconstruction on a Dell EqualLogic

On a Dell Equalogic SAN you might want to check the status of a reconstruction of a raid set when you have a failed drive. You can do this by telnetting to the SAN’s managament address and then running the command

July 31, 2012

HP P2000 SAN SMU

HP Storage Management Utility, SMU, default username / password

The default is Username : manage Password : !manage

January 9, 2012

HP MSA passcode SAN vDisk

HP MSA vdisk verify passcode

If you ever need to verify the vdisk on a HP MSA it will ask for a passcode. The Passcode is “parity”. This will then…