Re: Is it easy to extend the volume on MSA 2040
Reserved space is used for RAID parity and system metadata. The other definitions differ slightly depending on whether you are using virtual or linear storage pools. (Reference guide attached.)For...
View ArticleRe: ACU NO_Drives Error on MSA1500CS
I am glad that the issue is resolved !There is no compatibility matrix as such which could be viewed by customer for this product.The above solution was based on our previous experience.
View ArticleSAS Mapping MSA 2040 do not appear on VMWare 6.0
Hello,after adding 8 disks to an MSA 2040 storage, and configured the mapping the new volumes do not appear on VMWare to create the datastores. The storage is connected to vmware hosts via SAS...
View ArticleUpgradepath FC Switch 8/24 (AM868A)
Hi, I want to upgrade a FC-Switch 8/24 (AM868A) to the newest v7.4.1.c. Which is the right OS path steps?Now I have the Fabric OS 7.2.0a, I saw that there are many versions between 7.20a and...
View ArticleMSA 2040 SAN LED amper no error
Hello,We have a MSA 2040 with a disk where the right LED indicator(1) is amber end the left LED(2) is off. According to the storage troubleshooting guide it means that the disk is offline.But when we...
View ArticleRe: A question about MSA2040 and D3700 connectivity
ccording to the HPE Sales Builder Tool, You can in fact utilize 1.8TB harddrives for the D2700, when utilizing the D2700 along with the MSA2040. You should probably confirm this with Your preferred...
View ArticleRe: Upgradepath FC Switch 8/24 (AM868A)
Best, go to the next .x Level.7.2 > 7.3 > 7.4Use the latest Version in each Level if possible.
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 SAN LED amper no error
Hi Stephan,The right LED (Fault LED) which is amber, is it a solid amber or flashing amber ?If the disk Online led (Left LED) is off and Right LED (Fault LED) is solid, this means that the disk is...
View ArticleRe: Upgradepath FC Switch 8/24 (AM868A)
Hi Cali Thanks!!! Have a nice summertime!werner
View ArticleP2000 MSA problem
I have 3 enclosures. 1 and 2 have 12 slots and the third has 25. I have a warning saying enclosure 2 is degraded.. A subcomponent of this component is unhealthy. At the bottom where it lists the...
View ArticleRe: P2000 MSA problem
Hi,Could you share the event ID for the message which lists the sub-component as un healthy.In terms of number 3.20, well that numbers refers to the current drawn from the a/c source when the MSA is...
View ArticleRe: Upgradepath FC Switch 8/24 (AM868A)
Hi,Recommended Migration Paths to FOS v7.4.1c as per 7.4.1c release notes are as follows:Migrating from FOS v7.3• Any 8G or 16G platform running any FOS v7.3.x firmware can be non-disruptively upgraded...
View ArticleRe: SAS Mapping MSA 2040 do not appear on VMWare 6.0
Hi,As per HPE SPOCK, VMWare 6.0 is supported in direct connect mode with MSA 2040.Is this is a new installation, were any volumes from the MSA already presented to the VMware host ?Also as per SPOCK"HP...
View Articleset up new MSA 2040
Appears the best way to set up our new MSA 2040 is with virtual disks.I can set up one virtual pool, split it to 2 vdisks, each of which has one LUN??Then when we want to add more storage disks we add...
View ArticleRe: set up new MSA 2040
Hiyou should know that there are two types of pools virtual and linearif you create a virtual pool you can add more virtual disk groups to it but they should be of the same raid level you can not add...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Install on MSA2040 SAN
Hi All Situation: Trying to install Windows Server 2012 R2 with OS on the MSA2040 SAN through iSCSIProblem: Windows Server 2012 R2 installation cannot see my LUN.Environment:Server: HPDL360 Gen9 with...
View ArticleRe: A question about MSA2040 and D3700 connectivity
Thank you all for your responces. I have contacted HP sales to confirm what i need is supported.
View Articlerepurposing old MSA P2000 SAN...how??
We're replacing our MSA P2000 SAN (with P2000 disk shelf attached).It used to be vSphere storage.What's the best way to repurpose/re-use it as additional secondary storage??It's presently an iSCSI SAN,...
View ArticleHP MSA2040 Factory Reset
HiWe have a MSA2040 for dev and I was looking at reseting the array to factory defaults to reinitialize/scrub the array from any and all config and data. Does anyone know what the procedure is to do...
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