dangermouse1977
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How to connect to Equallogic SAN
How to connect to a Dell Equallogic SAN
I have a Equallogic SAN that is no longer used (a PS4100)
As there is still value in it, I'd like to sell it complete with the drives that sit in it...
Before I do however, I need to ensure that there's nothing on those drives, IE: they're formatted.
How do I go about doing this - I see no ports for keyboard, mouse or monitor on the back, just cat5 ports labelled management and ethernet.
II have very little time to get this sorted, so would appreciate a simple step by step rather than a referal to official documentation.
If it helps I have a spare switch, PC and all the cables I could possibly need!
I have a Equallogic SAN that is no longer used (a PS4100)
As there is still value in it, I'd like to sell it complete with the drives that sit in it...
Before I do however, I need to ensure that there's nothing on those drives, IE: they're formatted.
How do I go about doing this - I see no ports for keyboard, mouse or monitor on the back, just cat5 ports labelled management and ethernet.
II have very little time to get this sorted, so would appreciate a simple step by step rather than a referal to official documentation.
If it helps I have a spare switch, PC and all the cables I could possibly need!
David Johnson, CD
remove the drives and insert them into another computer and run killdisk or DBan on the drives
ASKER
Unfortunately that's not a possibility, the Equallogic uses SAS drives, there is no such thing as a SAS-USB cradle and I don't have a server with a SAS backplane in it...
My only option seems to be to actually connect to the Equallogic somehow and do it that way, hence my question.
My only option seems to be to actually connect to the Equallogic somehow and do it that way, hence my question.
ASKER
In case anyone with the same problem comes across this post, I ended up managing to get connected to the SAN by setting up a miniature network with the SAN, a switch and a PC in it, I was then able to follow Dell's instructions to connect using a serial cable and flatten the array before rebuilding it using a LAN connection to the management port of the SAN controller.
A real faff but I got there in the end.
A real faff but I got there in the end.
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