Drive Setup
Hi,I am seeing if someone can recommend the best setup as I am a little new to this field.I have a StorageWorks MSA70 with 25 1TB HDDs.What is the best array configuration. I thought it would to have...
View ArticleH241 P2000 G3 SAS Cable Compatability
Hello,Any know if the Mini SAS HD to Mini SAS Cable 716191-B21 is compatable when connecting a H241 to a P2000 G3 SAS? Having a hard time trying to find out by reading specs, looks like the H241...
View ArticleMSA 2040 Hyper-V Clustering iSCSI connection
I'm working on setting up a Hyper-V cluster with an MSA-2040. I just started at this company and this was already purchased before I stater. Hardware:- 2 Dell R530 server with dual 10GB cards- 1 MSA...
View ArticleHP MSA 2040 and Remote Snap replication
Hi i have two array 2040 double controller with 4 ISCSI ports.I created one raid 50 on my array 1 with two volumes mapped to my host through port 1 and 2.I created replication link for my volume to my...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 Hyper-V Clustering iSCSI connection
Hi,If you loose the controller A your host will be use controller B access to your volume but do you have configure ISCSI initiator to with IP of your controller A and B ? (10.100.0.100 / 10.100.0.110...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 Hyper-V Clustering iSCSI connection
Yes, I started to do a little more reasearch and this is what I got so:- I got the 2 server connect per the diagram I have- Setup the IP on both the servers and SAN- Installed MPIO on both 2012 R2...
View ArticleRACK RAILS: HP MSA 2012i and HP MSA 2040
Are they 'interchangeable'??We are getting a new MSA 2040 to replace the 2012i, they are both 2U devices.Will the RACK RAILS for the MSA 2012i work with the MSA 2040??Thank you, Tom
View ArticleRe: P2000 MSA G3 SAS & Proliant Gen9 Server
I just now discovered this....does this issue(s) occur with iSCSI or only with SAS cards/connectors??Thank you, Tom
View ArticleRe: RACK RAILS: HP MSA 2012i and HP MSA 2040
Since the chassis is still the same, IMHO yes.
View ArticleRe: RACK RAILS: HP MSA 2012i and HP MSA 2040
Wow. I didn't expect such a quick reply. Thank you.We will try leaving the current 2012i rails on the rack then try sliding the new 2040 into them and see what happens.Thank you, Tom
View ArticleMSA 2000 G2 SMART Information from drives
Does anyone know any way of pulling out all the SMART information from a drive, from the CLI for example, to avoid having to remove a drive from a vdisk to accomplish this?Michael
View ArticleRe: MSA2000 on linux
i connected my dl380p gen8 and msa2000 with a sas cable (i installed hba221 card on gen8 for this)how can i mount my server to msa2000 in ubuntu server :(
View ArticleRe: P2000 MSA G3 SAS & Proliant Gen9 Server
Well, almost a year later HP finally releases an advisory:https://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=4118559&docId=emr_na-c04930508&docLocale=en_USDocument ID:...
View ArticleOS Upgrade on server with existing MSA2012fc
HiWe have a Hp server running W2003 (32 Bit ) connected to a MSA2012fc with 2 enclosures preseting 2 virtual drives D and E on the serverThe firmware on the MSA is J202P01 which supports w2008 x64We...
View ArticleMSA60/70 + JBOD for ZFS Storage Enviroment
Hey everyone,how do i approach this topic? I am currently using MSA60 shelves over a Smart Array P800 to present storage to a proliant server. For integrity reasons i was interested if its possible to...
View ArticleRe: Re-using an HP P2000 G3 SAN on the local LAN
There is a reason why it is isolated. The appropriate option would be to configure an additional NIC or 2 in the hosts that you want to access the storage on the isolated network. Outside of going to...
View ArticleMSA 2040 Storage extension
Hi,we have to extend our MSA 2040 with a Subsystem and SSD drives.We would like to have 12G SAS. In "Technical white paperMSA1040/2040: Adding additional storage to existing online systems", the only...
View ArticleHP P2000 G3 iSCSI and MSA2040 FC - Inquiry on Compatible Switch
Hi to all,Currently, we have 4 sets of P2000 G3 iSCSI 10GbE and 2 sets of MSA2040 FC 16Gb. All of these equipment are connected directly to a server, HP ProLiant DL580 G7. We don't have any switch in...
View ArticleRe: HP P2000 G3 iSCSI and MSA2040 FC - Inquiry on Compatible Switch
Well... you can start here... http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/storefabric.htmlLook for the multipurpose/converged models for your first option.The question you need to ask yourself is......
View ArticleVolume handling MSA 2040 and 2 HPDL380 on SAS
Hello communityJust purchased new MSA 2040 on SAS with two DL380g9 Servers and I have to admit being a bit confused about all the options for generating disks, volumes, pools, etc.I would like to have...
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