Powervault MD3060e

4U tall. And space for 60 3.5inch (or 2.5inch) drives inside.

Attaching to the network

Each of the two rear mounted "enclousure management modules" ("EMMs") has a serial interface and an 8P8C modular jack for 100baseT Ethernet connectivity. The factory default IP addresses for these are 192.168.128.101 for EMM 0 (the top one) and 192.168.128.102 for EMM 1 (the bottom one). There is also a serial interface on each of the EMMs with a Mini-DIN 6 pin connector. Dell part numbers for the correct serial cables are CT109 and MN657. I have not used these and hope to not need them.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000141824/pulling-logs-on-md3060e-via-serial-for-sds-solutions has some documentation on this.

Gather network config

From a machine with an IP address in the 192.168.128.0/24 range, telnet to 192.168.128.101. There is no password needed. Send a newline (Return or Enter key) and you'll probably be greeted by a menu. If no menu appears, send a ? and a newline to the EMM.

At the menu prompt, send n<newline> to get a display of the EMM's network settings. For configuring a static DHCP assignment, the MAC address will useful. Example output:

 	 [c] Admin Interface
	 [d] Dump State Capture Buffer (large)
	 [e] Display Enclosure Status and Health
	 [i] Display Enclosure Inventory
	 [n] Display Network Configuration
	 [p] Dump Configuration Profile
	 [s] List Seven Segment Display Codes
	 [?] Help

<main>:n

===============================================================================
	Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-80-e5-27-32-36
	DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
	IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.10.116
	Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
	Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.10.1

===============================================================================

_________________________________________________________________

		   ESM Applications 2 User Menu

   (Wembley60 Tray 00, ESM-A, OEM 0, EBOD, FW 03.9F, Slots 60)

_________________________________________________________________
	 [c] Admin Interface
	 [d] Dump State Capture Buffer (large)
	 [e] Display Enclosure Status and Health
	 [i] Display Enclosure Inventory
	 [n] Display Network Configuration
	 [p] Dump Configuration Profile
	 [s] List Seven Segment Display Codes
	 [?] Help

<main>:

Repeat for the other EMM. Its IP address is going to be 192.168.128.102.

Crashing an EMM over the network

$ sudo nmap -O -p 1- 172.16.10.116
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-05-22 13:12 UTC

and wait forever. Power cycling may be required to bring it back to life at this point.