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By admin, July 5, 2014 4:53 pm

I’ve received an alert this morning saying “Time-of-day clock battery charge is low” from my Equallogic array.

Googled a bit and turned out to be a false alarm (this was also double verified with Dell Pro-Support with EQL Diag log), it only happens with older firmware prior to v5.2.10 (and currently I’m still using v5.2.2). The only way to dis-alarm such warning is to upgrade to the latest firmware release (ie, >v5.2.10).

However I do remember there are certain EQL components depend on specific firmware version. Luckily, I’ve found out this chart, it’s really a time-saver and it’s advised to check out this list every time you plan to do a major firmware upgrade.

For me, my MEM is v1.1.0, SANHQ is 2.2.0, EQL Virtual Storage Manager for VMware is v3.1.1, so my best and most safe play is upgrade to EQL firmware v5.2.11 which is the latest. If I upgrade to v6 or v7, then many related components may not work.

Of course this chart also shows the possible upgrade path:

Extra Notes:

* Something special for latest MEM v1.2 only supports ESXi v5.0 or above, so for those of you still running ESX/ESXi 4.x, please stay with v.1.1.2.

* Also found out all Release Notes contains tips regarding upgrade path or different versions compatibilities, so better check out this document first.

Finally, saw this Unfortunate Reminder from the latest EQL v7.x firmware Release Notes…so older Equallogic arrays can loaded with the latest firmware IS NO LONGER TRUE, sigh…

In additional, there is a good stuff that finally we can use 4k or 512-byte sectors, so this should save a lot of wasted space in Snapshots.

Update: July 6, 2014

Problem still exists after upgrading to v5.2.11, what the hell? Local Pro-Support at XiaMen remains unprofessional probably even worst than 4 years ago as he asked me “Can you accept Downtime” when restarting the controller? $#%R$#@!@!!!!!

The other thing I found out is the Restart Button in EQL Group Manager GUI is actually a way for active controller to failover, so your volume will still remain on-line just like firmware upgrade controller restarting  process.

Update: July 7, 2014

Dell L2 support team head called me this morning, he mentioned US EQL support also noticed this specific error remains even with latest firmware v6.x applied, and it will be fixed in a later firmware hopefully.

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By admin, July 4, 2014 3:59 pm

90年代的經典法拉利真苗條，線條依舊那麼美麗動人!!!

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By admin, July 4, 2014 1:08 pm

想不到這次Aston Martin One-77首先推出的顏色竟然是我最喜歡的黑色加棕色內飾，太好了!

另外TSM稍後也會推出同是1比18 Diecast開門版的Mclaren F1 LM Papaya Orange，這樣同場撕殺的場面歷史上還是比較少見的，噢，最近的一次對壘應該是AA和迷你切的那台Mclaren MC4-12C，當然AA完全KO Minichamps。至於這次的 F1 LM，因為TSM明顯有技術上的優勢，所以驅逐中原，還未知鹿死誰手，哈哈。

最後發現Minichamps終於用回了UT多年前的模具，再次推出了#59的 Mclaren Le Mans冠軍車，的確精細了不少，但是各部位的縫隙也確比以前大了一點點。

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By admin, July 3, 2014 5:29 pm

平均都要4千多港幣，比eBay平均成交價加運費還要貴，看來這些絕版的經典Exoto一級方程式賽車市場價格隨著時間只有”沒有最貴，只有更貴”!!!

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By admin, July 1, 2014 10:56 pm

Sir Stirling Moss今年再次出現在Goodwood Festival of Speed，並駕駛著#8號的W196R Monoposto奔馳在賽道上，領隊的則是由Lord March(Goodwood的創辦人)駕駛的W196R Streamliner，兩台完全可以並稱為50年代的F1神器!

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By admin, July 1, 2014 1:05 pm

昨晚在英國Chichester Goodwood的Bonhams汽車拍賣會上，一台1954的法拉利 375 Plus創出了1.4億港幣的成交價，竟然比2010年那台黑色紅嘴的250 Testa Rossa還要貴，! 成為Classic Car拍賣成交史上第3名，僅次于去年Fangio的那台奔馳W196和法拉利1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S N.A.R.T。

原來我曾經讀書的英國小鎮Chichester自1993年起就開始舉辦Goodwood Festival of Speed，週邊的環境是如此優美，當年竟然全錯過了。

最後也是剛看到的，有人估計以下這台McQueen的GULF 917K很可能在今年8月的拍賣會上刷新紀錄成為另一台的最貴，更有可能打破去年那台W196，所以說”沒有最貴，只有更貴”，就讓我們拭目以待吧!

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By admin, June 29, 2014 10:09 am

這幅圖給了我們不少靈感.

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By admin, June 28, 2014 10:19 pm

They are all from the 50s, the beginning of motor racing gold age! The classic cars are the winner of Pan Americana (1952 & 1954) and yeah that Rollei is from 1958 too.

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By admin, June 28, 2014 10:16 pm

They are all from the 50s, the beginning of motor racing gold age! The classic cars are the winner of Pan Americana (1952 & 1954) and yeah that Rollei is from 1958 too.