Hi Guys, I have a client that has bought 4 DL380 servers (2PR and 2DR) as well as 2 MSA 2050 (1PR and 1DR).
The environment is purely Windows, hence Hyper-V will be in use for virtualization. Any advice on how to achieve HA/Failover across the two sites?
Is MSA replication and clustering able to achieve this?
Hi There
If HPE release a new product do they ensure that that new product is compatible with products that are recently End of Life.
For example from what I can read the 900GB SAS 10k 12GB disk Model Number EG0900JFCKB is compatible with G1 - G7 servers. Does that mean its not compatible with G9 servers? Do HPe release a new disk for the G8-G9 servers? What happens if a someone (a friend of mine!) has bought a disk without checking the Model Number and starts to notice performance issues that he cannot explain?
What about old storage array compatibility with disks; the disk fits in the slot - but thats that mean the disk and the storage are compatible?
SPOCK doe snot provide this level of detail about compatibility - the release notes do not seem to provide this level of detail on compatibility.
hello,
I have an MSA 1040 SAN here and I need to know how to map its LUNs or Volumes to Oracle Linux 6.9 Servers?!!
is it from the management console only in the Mapping section like windows server do or Linux demand another method to MAP the Volume ??
I need to mount these LUNs or Volumes on the system permanently to be available to the applications and the system even after any restart to the servers.
the SAN connected Directly to the servers through Qlogic HBA Cards without any SAN Switches.
any help, please ?!!!
Hi
I have a big problem, I have a 2050 msa with firmware VL270R001-01,
only I just installed two modules sfp ethernet ref: C8S75B-C 1GB RJ45 iscsi sfp 4pk,
unfortunately the msa does not recognize the module ( sfp not supported),
I applied FC and ISCSI mode,
how can I fix this problem please?
Thank's advanced !
Howdy All!
Just wanted to announce the release of controller firmware GL225P001 for HPE MSA 1040, HPE MSA 2040, and HPE MSA 2042. This firmware was released last week and is the most current version.
You can find the download link and release notes link on www.hpe.com/storage/MSAFirmware
Cheers!
/Kipp
Hi guys,
I have connected directly (iscsi, dac cables) 2 servers with vmware 6.5 to my storage, server1 to ports A1 B1 and server2 to ports A2 B2, on array i have one pool on a Storage A.
In vmware i have configured vSwitch with 2 vmkernel and iscsi software adapter, path policy is round robin and I see from each server 2 path but one of them is Active and the other is Active (I/O).
Failover is working properly, but I was thinking that this array is Active/Active, and with mpio host should use all avaible path to array, but from my testing it using only one vmnic (one path) at the same time.
I assumed that I would be able to utilize 2 10Gbps connections from every host, by connecting them to 2 controllers A and B, and both controllers works simultaneously.
How to connect 2 servers to array to use Active/Active mode and have link with more than 10Gbps?
Any suggestions would be great
Thanks
Hi,
When I purchase a HP disk it comes with a sector format of 512n or 512e.
Is there a way to change this format?
I want all my disks to be 512n or 512e (I've comes across a problem when I mix disks of different format sector sizes)
cheers
Hi. Can anyone help me with the list of required ports/protocols for HP MSA? I have read a lot of docs, but couldn't find any relevant and trusted info. Thanks in advance.
Dear all,
I know MSA2000 has already EOL, but this is my only chance to raise the discussion here to seek for help. Hope anyone can help with this please.
My MSA2000 cannot login to the controllers to start the services at this stage, but I am able to ping 2 controllers' IP addresses, The login page is dimmed and prompted a message below showing "The syetem is currently unavailable". I am able to telnet the controllers via PUTTY too, but also not able to restart the mc. Anyone can help with this please?
Many thanks for your help!!
Best Regards,
Steven
Hi,
we have HP MSA storage with 14 TB total and we see around 11TB free space. But when checked on the VM end they come up with data that only 1TB is free.
I dont understand how can there be so much difference? can someone help on this?
Hello All,
I have one HP MSAP2000 G3 FC Storage with 18 populated disks in one enclosure. However we have following disk utilized for each vDisk as mentioned on below.
vd01 ( RAID 5 ) => 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/1.10/1.18
vd02 ( RAID 5 ) => 1.11/1.12/1.13/1.14/1.15/1.16/1.17
Available Disk : 1.1
Problem : Disk Location 1.1 was got replaced recently. We are unable to make it Disk 1.1 as Global Spare. However it is again available status after few seconds after made it as Global Spare.
Taken Action :
(1) 1.1 Disk Health is OK State and this disk details are mentoned on below. Even we do have it with many more disks in the same enclosure.
Model: EG0600FBDSR | Revision : HPD4 Revision | Size : 600 GB | Type : SAS
(2) I have created new vdisk (vd03) with the problematice disk (Disk location 1.1) with NRAID Option and even created a volume too which was created successfully wihtout any issues then I have destrored it temporary created vd03. I thought that again tried to make as Global Spare but it has again available in few seconds.
(3) I have all these tasks through manage user
Installed Firmware :
Bundle Version : TS240P004-02
Storage Controller Version : T240P02-01
Suspection :
Maybe there is some issue with known bug in the above bundle version which may cause the issue
Hi, I connected mini SAS cable from ProLiant DL325 Gen10 with HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 to MSA 2052 but the MSA did not detect a host port connection. Do you have any ideas? Thanks.
Hello HPE folks,
I am looking for a sanity check on whether it is supported to connect a new MSA2050 (as an enclosure) to an existing MSA2040 array. I haven't been able to find documentation one way or another. Anyone know the answer, or a link to docs?
(There is another thread similar to this, discussing startup procedure, but I wasn't sure the compatibility question had been touched.)
Thanks!
Mike
Hello,
We have
- HPE DL380 GEN10 hosts with HBA SN1100Q (Windows Server 2016)
- HPE FlexFabric 5930 with 24p QSFP+
- MSA 2052 8QFP+
The direct connection between Host and MSA is working well. LUN is mapped to Host automatically.
The connection via switched fabric is not working.
MSA has the same configuraion of volume's mapping. Even it permits connection from any initiators.
We use single cables between host-switch and switch-msa for the moment without redundancy.
On switch zones are configured.
The Host and MSA are logged in to switch. (Checked via "fc login")
The Host and MSA are registered in Name-Service Database (checked via "fc name-service database") and provide correct FC4 parameters (initiator and initiator/target)
The QlogicConsole Application on Host presents correct physical topology with all of participants: Host, Switch, and MSA controllers.
Nevertheless there is no drive in Windows and the host have not been discovered in MSA GUI.
I guess there is some problem with obtaining information of resources on switch, but I don't know how to check this.
There are no events in logs.
Thanks in advance.
Alex.
Hello,
I would like to know how we can acknowledge warnings in the SMU of an MSA 1050 storage to switch off the orange warning LED at the front panel.
I'm having great difficulty in understanding the new MSA 2050 disk and snapshot setup.
We have fully populated with 22 1.8TB SAS drives in addition to the two SSDs. I want two pools in Raid10 and set this up as 1-12 in pool a (SSDs as performance), and 13-24 in pool b (for archive data). I was unable to enable snapshots after creating an 8TB volume on each pool. What I noticed was if I created a smaller volume I was able to create a snapshot, but then the "enable overcommit" box became checked and greyed out!
Can someone please assist in helping me understand what has change between the 2040 and 2050 to stop me creating a thick disk and having snapshots? The issue we have is that someone filled the drive initially and stopped VMware, all we want is two thick volumes, and one or two snapshots on the SAN.
Thanks!
I have not got access to SMU for some time. When I try to log in, I have the "The system is currently unavaiable" message right away
The matrix and disks are working properly only I can not manage it.
The attempt to restart the controller did not work :(
Any tips, tips, suggestions?
How can I get into management?
Help me.
Hi,
I want to enable jumbo frames on an msa 1040 that is currently in production. in an eESXI iscsi environment
questions..
1. When enabled do iscsi connections go down in anyway that could significatly impact production servers.
2. If the esxi hosts have a default MTU (1500) when we enable jumbo frames will there be any issues ( since mtu is lower than than what is allowed i expect no issue)
Cheers
Hello,
We have a problem with our MSA 2040 cabin. The device itself it's working, but we haven't been able to connect via http for a while, so I'm trying to use the USB cable, but it's a nightmare.
First, there are only drivers for windows servers and they don't work on virtualized systems. So we had to find a non-virtual Windows 2012 R2 Server. I installed the drivers and reboot (just in case). But when I connect the cable the device is no recognized. I get a "unknown USB device". Windows seems to have a problem getting the device descriptor.
I understand thar the cable is a normal USB to mini-USB cable, so a standard one should work.
Any idea about how to workaround this problem and get to connect the MSA 2040?
Thanks in advance.
Dear all
Please help, it is possible if we connect SAN Storage to some Server without Fibre Switch?
My SAN Storage is HP StorageWorks P6300 and my server DL380/RX6600.
best regards,
dharma
