No, unfortunately I've gotten different answers from the 2 resellers I checked with, but they of course want to sell a unit and drives so...here I am completely confused and ready to scrap $25k worth of existing <2yr old storage and move to another manufacturer...or spend another $25k for additional HPE drivespace that I may not be able to use....
>We have a MSA2040 connected to (2) Netgear XS724EM switches via fiber<
The switches are running Large Frame iSCI over ethernet back to the (3) DL380P Gen9 servers, but the exisating MSA 2040 uses fiber.
I suppose if the existing MSA 2040 is NOT using SAS back to the servers it makes no difference? It would seem you're indicating only 1 connection type can be used, and SAS between controllers (as pictured in both MSA 2040 and MSA 2050 manuals) is not supported because there is an existing fiber connection??
Very dissapointing and frustrating to learn this now, as our purchase decision was based on HPE telling me how easy it was to expand.
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