Connecting MSA 1040 10GbE dual controller storage with HPE FlexFabric 5700...
I want to connect my MSA 1040 10GbE dual controller storage with HPE FlexFabric 5700 32XGT 8XG 2QSFP+ Switch using 10GbE cables. Please suggest me which cable should i use and the technology behind...
View ArticleConnecting MSA30/MSA20 to MSA100/MSA1500
Hi All,I have fine workinfg disk arrays consisting of 1) MSA1000 and one MSA30 2) MSA1500 with 2 MSA20They work fine with my OpenVMS system However I needed some more disk space. So I connected...
View ArticleUpdate Firmware
For which firmware version should I update the: TS201P007 I tried with several and I could not, I would like to help me with the correct one. Thank you.
View ArticleHow do I find the serial number for my HP VSA
Support are asking for the serial number for my virtual SAN. I have looked on the hosts and no sign of a serial number which I'm told will start CZ3 or SGH.Can anyone help with this please. Thanks
View ArticleController Rebooting itself
HiI have a dual controller MSA2000fc g1, attached to a 2nd enclosure (each controller is attached). The MSA is attached to a windows server by fibre only from controller A (not best practice I know) I...
View ArticleConvert Raid 5 to Raid 6
Hi all,I want to convert two Raid 5 VDisks to Raid 6. One of them by adding an additional Disk, the other by converting it. My questions would be, is it possible to convert an existing Raid 5 VDisk to...
View ArticleHP MSA 2040 SAS Dual Controller as Shared Storage
Hi,Can the "HP MSA 2040 SAS Dual Controller" be used as a shared storage to build a Hyper-V cluster of 4 HP DL380 Gen9 Nodes (with windows server 2016)? all nodes are directly connected to the MSA with...
View ArticleMSA 2040 LUN 0
Hi,recently I've reconfigured all storage pools and I've started assigning volumes from LUN ID 1, leaving free LUN ID 0 , as suggested from some colleagues. Is this correct or not? I have this doubt...
View ArticleP2040 what if a Vraid fail on virtual pool
Hido we loose whole virtual pool in case of loosing any of it's internal Vraids ?
View ArticleMSA 2040 VASA
Hi,I've read in HP specification page / document for MSA 2040 that supports VMware VASA, but I don't understand how to get this functionality. For configure VASA, on VMware side, the requested...
View ArticleMigrating from MSA 2012sa to MSA 2042, data copying question
Hi,I have a pretty basic setup with two ESXi servers connected to the MSA 2012sa by SAS and we are getting ready to migrate to an MSA 2042 connected by FC.The 2012 SAN has two volumes, one for storing...
View ArticleRegister new MSA 2040 G4 to hpe.com
Greedings All! I have a new MSA 2040 G4 Storage and i want to register it at hpe.com under my account. But under "Link warranties" the page wants to input both Serial Number and Product Number. What...
View ArticleMSA 2040 G4 - Locking ID to register Advance Data Services?
Hi all, i have a new MSA 2040 G4 storage and i need to register my MSA Advanced Data Services LTU. Visiting http://MyEnterpriseLicense.hpe.com i have to imput my Entitlement Order Number. After that...
View ArticleHow to add host in MSA 2040 SAN storage?
When i try to add a host to initiator "Add to host" option is greyed out (see the attached)I am already created pool with linear disk.
View ArticleCreating new pool on MSA 2040
Hi all, We just purchased a new MSA 2040 with a group of the drives being 15K SAS and the other being 400GB SSD. When creating the pool for the 15K SAS drives, everything went fine, but when creating...
View ArticleP2000 G3 trusted Vdisk after drives in LEFTOVR state.
Hi guys!The scenario is a MSA P2000 G3 storage with one expansion enclosure. There's just one Vdisk (RAID 5) created with 15 drives and one hotspare. We had a power outage last night and the 5 drives...
View ArticleHPE Storevirtual - 2 hosts dead - No Quorum - stuck
Hello gents,1st - it`s stupid I know - not a SAN guru myself but trying it - problem is that I`ve tried in my "prod" environmentPast scenario 3 hostshost1 - VSA 500gb host2 - VSA 500gbhost3 - FOMall...
View ArticleMSA2000/P2000 G3 Compact Flash card format?
I've got a MSA2000/P2000 G3 controller from a customer which had a funny problem. Every time he wanted to create a vdisk on that controller he got an error. Creating the same vdisk on the other...
View ArticleP2000 San Mappings
Hi we have a P2000 SAN that consists of 2 Controllers with 3 to 4 volumes on each controller. We also have multiple hosts listed under the host section. We are trying to remove some older hosts that...
View ArticleHP MSA 2040 VS Lenovo V3700
Hi Guys, Doing some comparisons between HP MSA 2040 and Lenovo V3700.IBM V3700 has standard SAS ports and you can add either SAN or another SAS Ports the question is can we use SAS ports and SAN (for...
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