Re: MSA 1040/2040 iSCSI Direct Connect with VMware vSphere
Hi JamesThank you for doing this. - that sounds similar to what I have though I have 3 servers and, of course, several volumes on my vdisk. When I asked HP their response was :Pulling a network cable...
View ArticleRe: P2000 G3 Controller firmware upgrade fail
I have the same problem... have you found a solution?
View ArticleRe: MSA2312sa can't create vdisk (SMU or CLI) - Unable to create vdisk -...
I'm also facing the same problem., could you guys find the reason for this?Thanks
View ArticleMSA P2040 iSCSI replication
HiWe have an iSCSI P2040 with three hosts directly attached to the MSA. Each host has 2 x 10Gbe NICs which are cabled to the storage with one NIC attached to each controller. I'm using linear disks for...
View ArticleHPE MSA 2050 1 port in use
Good Morning,I am sure I have missed out, probably a simple step in setup ofour new 2050.We have noticed that on the port traffics that only 1 port is being used, which is Port A1. This is the port...
View ArticleMSA 2012fc
Hi.I wonder if someone have knowledge about new sata hard drives working with this MSA. I read specifications of cos, but... For example 3tb drives? WD Gold sata or seagate? Had someone tested...
View ArticleP2000 G3 connecting to 3 hosts
Hi,Im getting myself into a muddle with old skool iSCSI. I have Server 2016 datacentre installed on 3x DL380 G8's.I have 4x NIC's cross patched into 2x dedicated switches.MSA has 2x 4 port...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 Firmware Update | Failed/Stuck?
Hello,where we can find the upgrade path? You said "From GL105 to GL220 insert Step GL200P002" and it's a good advise but is there a document to check prior to start a MSA firmware upgrade? In my case...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 Firmware Update | Failed/Stuck?
Hi Mazzucconi!There is no upgrade path needed for the "GL" line of controller firmware (MSA 2040/2042/1040). The recommended best practice is to use the Linux or Windows Smart Component to upgrade the...
View ArticleHPE MSA Storage Read Operation.
In an MSA array,If a read request comes to controller A to read the Volume owned by the peer controller or controller B,How does the read request will be preocessed.?Will controller A will tresspass...
View ArticleHP P2000 SAN configuring e-mail
How do I configure Alerting on P2000 SAN to use a FQDN "cloud"name rather than an IP Addresse.g. "smtp.cloudname.com"Thanks
View ArticleHP 2040 expand pool with new disk group
Hi all!I had a MSA 2040 with 12 disks. I created a pool with 11-disks group, type was virtual pool. Now, i buy some new disks, same information, same type, same size ...As i read from HP MSA guide, i...
View ArticleMaster volume reverts to standard
Wondering if anyone else has experienced this or know why this is happening. Have 3 volumes created from a single 22 TB pool used for my hyper-v environment. 1 volume is used for the quorum which is...
View Articleloadbalancing controllers msa
Storage: MSA2052We want to use load balancing of both controllers, and mount only one volume.We have 10xSAS Disk 10k and 4 SSD DisksWe created 2 x VDiskpool with 5 discs each in Raid 5, and placed them...
View ArticleRe: Exasperating problem logging into an MSA 1510i
Hello,Have you ever found a solution?I found that if I run SMU from IE 6 it works fine at every start, but newer browsers do the same thing as you experienced.
View ArticleMSA 2040 Reserved space utilization
Hi,I have a MSA 2040 running with dual controller. I can see that I have 10.9 TB space of which 7.9 TB has been provisioned, 1.1 TB free space(I believe spare HDD) and 1.8TB Reserved Space.(Refer...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 Reserved space utilization
from manual:Reserved space refers to space that is unavailable for host use. It consists of RAID parity and the metadata needed for internal management of data structures.
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040, which SFP's are supported
HP PN 738369-001HP MSA 2040 1Gb SW iSCSI SFPABCU-5730RZ-1HSPS: 738368-001Base part is an "Avago ABCU-5730RZ-1H" but it is not clear that the Avago part will work if purchased direct.
View ArticleLatest MSA Drive Firmware
On www.hpe.com/storage/MSADriveFirmware you can find the latest firmware version for MSA drives. We have just updated this matrix removing some columns that are not needed. You may also notice a...
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