New Failover/DR Setup with MSA
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...
View ArticleHPE Policy on End of Life gear
Hi ThereIf 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...
View ArticleHPE MSA 1040 SAN Storage Mapping to Oracle Linux
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...
View ArticleMSA 2050 Module SFP Ethernet no supported
HiI 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...
View ArticleRelease of controller firmware GL225P001 for HPE MSA 1040, HPE MSA 2040, and...
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....
View ArticleHPE MSA 2052 MPIO
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...
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Format a SAS or SSD SFF disk with a different sector format size
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...
View ArticleHP MSA 2050/2052 Communication matrix
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.
View ArticleMSA2000 issue seek for help (Urgent)
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...
View ArticleHPE MSA 2050 Storage -Volume utilization in the array differs from that of...
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...
View ArticleHP MSA P2000 G3 FC
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 ) =>...
View ArticleMSA 2052 did not detect hostport connection
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.
View ArticleNeed Sanity Check on connect MSA2050 as Enclosure to existing MSA2040 Array
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...
View ArticleMSA 2052. A volume doen't discovered by Host Bus Adapter when connected via...
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...
View ArticleAcknowledge warmings in the SMU to switch off the orange warning LED at the...
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.
View ArticleHPE MSA 2050 setup woes
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...
View ArticleP2000 Storage Management Utility - no access
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 awayThe matrix and disks are working properly only I can not manage...
View ArticleEnabling Jumbo Frames
Hi,I want to enable jumbo frames on an msa 1040 that is currently in production. in an eESXI iscsi environmentquestions..1. When enabled do iscsi connections go down in anyway that could significatly...
View ArticleMSA 2040 CLI cannot connect
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...
View ArticleConnect SAN Storage without Fibre Channel Switch
Dear allPlease 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
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