Expansion Enclosure Limit Exceeded

What Caused the Problem?

The storage array has detected an Out of Compliance status because it contains more than the allowed number of expansion enclosures. The Recovery Guru Details area provides specific information you will need as you follow the Recovery Steps.

Important Notes

This problem may cause other problems to be reported in the Summary area, such as device limits exceeded, lost of redundancy, and errors for missing drives or virtual disks. Complete the recovery steps for this problem first before addressing any other problem. After you click the Recheck button, some or all of the other problems may be resolved.
The following events will occur while the storage array has an Out of Compliance status:
- This storage array will remain in a Needs Attention state
- A critical event will be logged once every 24 hours
- Alert notifications will be sent, if configured
- You will NOT be able to:
  - Create new configuration objects (such as virtual disks, snapshots, virtual disk copies, and storage partitions)
  - Change the segment size of a virtual disk
  - Change the RAID level of a disk group
  - Assign hot spares
  - Invoke the Automatic Configuration Wizard

Recovery Steps

1	Remove the most recently added expansion enclosure(s) that exceeded the supported configuration.
2	If you altered your cabling configuration to add or remove the expansion enclosure, refer to your cabling documentation and ensure that you have a valid cabling configuration.
3	Click the Recheck button to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area.

Note: Additional information on this issue may be available. Please visit the Dell support website at support.dell.com and select your product model. Choose "troubleshooting" as your tool option, then search by this procedure title.