Dell Equallogic Firmware Hack for PS Series Storage

Dell Equallogic Firmware Hack for firmware 4.* and higher, there is a neat hack that I use on the PS5000 that escapes out to the linux bash shell.

You can escape out to the bash shell by typing the following:

1. login via the console, telnet, or a SSH session as grpadmin.
2. Type the following command at the command prompt:
   

support exec bash

I haven't explored much, but in my case I was instructed to restart the snapshot/replication service:
eqlinit restart-snap MgmtExec


BTW, you may have just voided your warranty , but probably not.