Hello ivcubr, You need to have the first 4 slots filled with hard drives in order to have your MD3000i boot correctly. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
I have a PowerVault MD3000i with an iSCSI controller which I have connected to using a CT109 cable purchased from Dell and a USB to serial adapter connected to my laptop. I know both cables work because I was previously able to use this configuration to reset the controller to its factory default settings. I am attempting to do the same process again. I have outlined the steps I have taken below. [IMAGE] Console output:     -=<###>=-    Attaching interface lo0... done     Adding 9767 symbols for standalone.   All the lights point to the PowerVault operating properly. The front LEDs are blue and green, both power supplies are all green, and the controllers are showing green. Both controllers have been operational in the past and I had reset then a few years back. Troubleshooting steps so far and have achieved the same results in all cases: What is causing the problem that I am not able to see the output from the controller in the console? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
PowerVault MD3000i serial connection hangs