1) What are the signficant differences between the 1050 / 205# SAN devices?? (primarily 24-bay SFF boxes)
10xx have per Controller 2 Host Ports, 20xx have 4 Host Ports
20xx have a more powerful Controller
You can say, the 10xx is the small/light/entry Version from 20xx.
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/gethtml.aspx?docname=a00005875enw
2) Which is the newest model: 1050?? 2050?? 2052??
1050 and 2050 are both Up to Date.
The previous Model was 1040 and 2040.
2052 is the same as 2050, but with included License and 2x SSD Drive for Tiering.
3) Is 2040 certified for VMware 7.0?? When will it be certified??
You can check here: https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/
It shows already Certified for 7.0.
https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock2/Cont/ConfigsetView/index/113245
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