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.

Set EMM up for DHCP

This one is pretty simple, too. Go to the Admin menu, select the network config option, set IP address value to "."

	 [p] Dump Configuration Profile
	 [s] List Seven Segment Display Codes
	 [?] Help

<main>:c

	Entering Admin mode


_________________________________________________________________

		   ESM Applications 2 Admin Menu

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

_________________________________________________________________
	 [c] Command Line Interface
	 [d] Dump State Capture Buffer (large)
	 [e] Display Enclosure Status and Health
	 [i] Display Enclosure Inventory
	 [l] Load Image
	 [n] Set Network Configuration
	 [p] Dump Configuration Profile
	 [q] Quit Admin Interface (Return to User-level menu)
	 [r] Reboot the ESM (Temporary drive path loss will occur!)
	 [s] List Seven Segment Display Codes
	 [t] Set Enclosure Tray ID
	 [?] Help

<main>:n

	Enter "." for the IP Address to set DHCP mode.
	DHCP Currently Enabled. . . . . . : Yes

	IP Address. . . . . [172.16.10.116] : .
 A Reboot is required for DHCP to take effect

_________________________________________________________________

		   ESM Applications 2 Admin Menu

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

_________________________________________________________________
	 [c] Command Line Interface
	 [d] Dump State Capture Buffer (large)
	 [e] Display Enclosure Status and Health
	 [i] Display Enclosure Inventory
	 [l] Load Image
	 [n] Set Network Configuration
	 [p] Dump Configuration Profile
	 [q] Quit Admin Interface (Return to User-level menu)
	 [r] Reboot the ESM (Temporary drive path loss will occur!)
	 [s] List Seven Segment Display Codes
	 [t] Set Enclosure Tray ID
	 [?] Help 

<main>:

Then reboot the EMM with the "r" menu option.

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.