You'll need to contact support and get routed into the official support queues. They are best suited to address the question.

How often does it drop the connection ? Is the firmware at the latest level ? Are you sure it is dropping on the MD3000 side and not the ethernet switch side ? Have you tried connecting to different ports on a different switch ? Is it using DHCP ? Do you have an address conflict ? What do the logs say ?

The support people will ask all these questions, so be prepared.

I logged a call with the Dell Gold Queue. Not much help, the tech just sent me the manual that I have already read.

I opted to change the duplexing on the switch side as the MDManager does not allow you to change duplex settings on the actual controls. This information was not in the manual nor did the tech mention it.

After changing the duplexing to auto/auto, this issue has resolved.

Good to know. Thanks for updating here so the information can help others. Appreciate that.