Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Two questions real quick guys:

1) Can the Snap OS be "downgraded" from V4 to V3?

Reason I ask, is I swore I would never buy another Snap server again due to adaptec buying them out, and I sold all the ones I had, minus a 1000 and an 1100 (can't ignore the convenience of this tiny footprint). I now find myself in a pickle, and am looking to pickup another 1100, but would rather stick with v 3.4.805 since I am used to it. I took my existing Snap 1000 and 1100s and "imaged" the drives and did a drive upgrade, and tucked the origional drives away in case of disaster. So....I have v3 OS, but I am conerned about using a V3 OS in a Snap server that came with V4 OS (do they make any firmware changes???) I don't need AD support, and really even large drive support isn't necessary for what I need to do.

2) How many active connections does the Snap server support in a Windows File Sharing environment? I recently hit the 10 concurrent connection limit in 2K/XP, and need a quick workaround. I am not familiar with any true Server OS configuration, and the Snap Server is about as quick a workaround as I can think of since I am already very familiar with them.

Thanks!

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Unfortunately, using just the v3 OS will not let you downgrade from V4.


The 10 simultaneous connections i thought were only XP SP2, never heard of anything for 2000



With V4 there would be some bug fixes and such, but the main addition was AD support in a Server 2003 Domain environment

With Adaptec releasing a 3.4.807, im presuming with such a small revision, that would be just bug fixes in the OS

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Yeah 10 connection limit I am 100% positive is in Windows NT workstation, 2000, and XP. Not sure about DOS or Win9x though. (Thats why they sell Windows NT Server, 2000 SERVER, 2003 SERVER, etc).

Okay, so I'm stuck with v4. I guess that is okay. -EDIT- Maybe you misunderstood me; I know that using Snap Assist and just trying to apply the 3.4.805 update won't work; that I know. But what I am wondering is, lets say I take my image of one of my 1100s that is running 805 and and slap the drives into a brand new 1100 that's running v4. Will that work? If a v3 to v4 upgrade only happens on the hard drive, I'm golden, but if it does something to the BIOS, then I'm kinda screwed. -END EDIT-

Also, What about the max concurrent connections; does anyone know?

We don't have an AD environment, PDC, or anything like that. Just a simple peer-to-peer (Workgroup) environment. Problem is, I have about 50 machines, and have almost 2 dozen connections that need to be made to a "central" file share. Things were working great using a Windows 2000 Professional PC sharing a few folders, but once I had user #11 connect, that is when the trouble started.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/122920/EN-US/

-Alan

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Hello - could any one PLEASE send me the update files for 3.4.805 or 3.4.807? I am truly grateful. the email address for this is:

printperfectinc AT aol dot com

Thank you!!!

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Firebird,

If you have a version 2 1x00's you can by loading a different image file. So if you currenly have a v4 use then istruction in the wiki section and copy the bott tracks to a file. Do the same with the v3 if you need large disk support.

The v2 models run fine with v4 os. So I don't see the need to down grade to v3. The ram requirments are slightly higher the v3, but minimal. V4 support Large disk and AD2003 support.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

I have an m4100 that I'm willing to run experiments on to get LBA48 support.

Let me know.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Why the /1024?

2^28 sectors * 512 bytes/sector = 137,438,953,472 bytes = 137GB (gigabytes)

137,438,953,472 / 1024 = 134,217,728 KiB (kibibytes)
134,217,728 / 1024 = 131,072 MiB (mibibytes)
131,072 / 1024 = 128 GiB (gibibytes)

Hard Disk Drives are sold in GB not GiB sizes.
Windows XP reports disk sizes in GiB despite labeling them GB hence my PC has a 160GB drive and Windows reports it as 149.01GB.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

I have a Dell 701N (SnapServer 2000) with one dead drive. While I am replacing the drive I would like to go larger capacity drives. My current info is

Model Software Hardware Serial# BIOS
701N 3.1.603 (US) 2.0.0 55190 2.0.282

Could someone point me to version 3.4.805 of the OS.

TIA

Tom

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

The most recent 701N firmware is 3.4.790 (freely available from Dell at http://ftp.us.dell.com/utility/sup34790.exe ).
You also need the v3.4.790 version of assist http://ftp.us.dell.com/utility/ast34790.exe.

To upgrade any further you need to:

1) convert your unit from a Dell OEM model to a standard Snap model (instructions have been posted on this forum in the past) - easy.
2) legally obtain a copy of SnapOS 3.4.805 - hard (no longer freely available from Adaptec/Quantum/Snap).

Good luck in your efforts.

Help Needed
 

Hi,

I just aquired a 4100 from my old company. It contained 2x60GB, and 2x80GB WD drives. I upgraded all four drives to 120GB seagate 7200rpm drives. All drives format to 112GB, but when I attempted to do RAID5 the total I got out of the three drives (not counting the spare)was 224GB. Shouldn't I get a total of 360GB or approx 360GB?

Here is my M4100 Spec.

Bios = 2.4.437
OS = 3.4.790

I am new at this, and any help is appreciated.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

If you have a spare drive then you only get 1/2 your total storage rather than 3/4. You have data1, data2,parity,spare (although the parity is spread over the three non-spare drives) and it can withstand two drive failures without data loss. If you delete the raid5 and spare then recreate the raid5 using all 4 drives you should get a total of 3x 112 = 336GB (or slightly less). My 705N gets 385GB as I used 160GB drives (which format to 137GB).

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

wgong,

Thanks for the reply. I found the Dell files and upgraded to 3.4.790. I installed two 80 gig drives which formated automatically. I had to run assist again to get a language available but it looks good now. As long as I stay below 137 gigs is there any need to upgrade to 3.4.805 (if it can be found)?

Tom

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Wgong: Raid 5 is calculated roughly by total drives -1 in th array. If I read you correctly you only used 3 drives with a hot spare, so your number is corect. (112 * 3) - 112 = 224.

Oldjetdriver, itammo: Your 705N (4100) does not support large disk. So no updated is needed.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Yes, my figures of 1/2 and 3/4 were special cased for a 4 drive unit.
Oldjetdriver says he has a 701N (2000) which could use a large drive if the appropriate firmware could be found after "de-OEMing" it.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Opps, did not read very close, missed that, most all Dell's we see are the 705N's.

If I recall the Dell 701N is a v2 2000. Will need to confirm by BIOS v2+ or by DIMM memory chip. If v1 limited to no updates.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Here is my current configuration

Model Software Hardware Server # BIOS
701N 3.4.790 (US) 2.0.0 55190 2.0.282

with two 80 gig WD drives. This should be good up to 137 gig drives?

Tom

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

HW indicates to be a 2000v2 with bios 2.0.282, with proper OS yes.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to deploy a Quantum Snap 2200 240GB at my school. I would like to upgrade to (2) 250GB drives. Current specs:

Model: 2000 series
Software: 3.4.803 (US)
Hardware: 2.0.4
Server: 815045
BIOS: 3.4.758

I understand that v.3.4.807 allows for larger hard disk drives. Adaptec is not offering me a complimentary support period. Can someone help me out with the updated OS files?


jim_cureton at hotmail dot com


Jim

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

I would suggest acquiring the OS through legal chanels being a institution. Even if you have to pay for 1 support call.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

I am looking for the OS updates to my Snap 2000V2 if anyone can help me. I just want support for larger drives. Thanks...

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Then you can get that from Adaptec.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

You will need OS v3.4.805 or greater for drives larger than 137 GB.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Thanks for the help Phoenix...

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Got it all up and running now like I want it. Put two 320GB HD's into the unit and it is working great. Thanks for the help everyone...

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Glad we could help.

BTW, if you need AD 2003, then you will have to upgrade to OS v 4.0.860. If you don't need it (or even know what it is), then v3.4.805 or 3.4.807 is plenty good enough...

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Hey all,

superb forum for getting my ol' 1000 up'n'running but the ol' hardrive
is working on it's last breaths and it would be superduper to be able
to stick in something a li'l bigger in there...

anyone that knows where I can find SnapOS 3.4.805 around here?! ;)

thanks in advance...
/andreas - jerano@gmail.com

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

OK, Here is another newby looking for the info of the Gods.

I have a dell 701N, that has been setting on my shelf for 3 months and I am trying to make it useful, currently it is:

Model: 701N
Software: 3.4.790 (US)
Hardware: 2.0.0
BIOS: 2.0.282

I have whzt I believe is a valid copy of 3.4.805, but whenever I try to upgrade it, I get the error that it is not a valid .sup file.
My first question is Will the Dell Branded 2000s upgrade to 3.4.805? So I can add larger drives, I have a pair of 250 gig WDs I have purchased especially for it.
Next Question: I contacted Adaptec about purchasing version 4.0.860 so I can get AD2003 support and was less than nicely told to shove off. So Is there anyplace I can purchase it?
Next Question: Is there a version of assist available besides the dell version as I cannot connect to it any longer with the version I have.
So, Is there anyone out there that can help me?
Is there a way to De OEM it?

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

Search the forum for "dell oem" without the quotes and picking a likely result leads you to http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...light=dell+oem which answers your last question.

Why won't your Dell ASSIST talk to your 701N anymore?

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

somehow when I attempted to upgrade the HDs It keeps reporting that the IPaddress is unavailable, but I can read the system info from it just fine.

Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone?
 

You guys are awesome, It is now a Snap Appliance at 3.4.805, I can verify that it see greater than 130gigs, I am so darn happy that I am sending the 250 gig WDs back for 500gig Seagates, Would it be too much of an imposition to get pointed to the drive upgrade thread? and has anyone come across a way to purchase or access 4.0.806, so I can get it working with my AD2003? this has got me so happy I think I might even call in sick tomorrow to play with it some more. Too bad we cannot upgrade the NIC to Gigabit, then it would almost be perfect.