MSA P2000 G3 FC
Hello.We want to update HPE P2000 G3 MSA firmware (from TS201R014 to TS252P005). But we could not download firmware from site. for download required "Contracts & Warranties". we don't have any...
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HPE changed their policy and now no one can download firmware without proper support contract with them. Please find the links to get more details regarding...
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Dear Subhajit, Thanks for your help, we downloaded the "Batch_Entitlement-2016-06-10_Version-4_HPE" excel file but don't know how to fill it. may I ask you explain with an example.Here is file's...
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I would suggest to open a HPE support ticket and they will help you Hope this helps!RegardsSubhajitIf you feel this was helpful please click the KUDOS!thumb...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 Controller performance bottleneck
Hi Mike,Thank you for the swift reply. Just to clear things out - basically if Controller Performance tab lists that controllers ar pushing through 2-3K IOPS each, that means that additional expansion...
View ArticleRe: problems with the size of the snapshots in msa 2040/50
good again, attached screenshot of the requested commands
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So you have Pool Size: 13.3TB and Volume also 13.3TB provisioned size but actual actual data or allocated 11.5TB. For snap 1338.2GB limit set which is very less.Now only 1.8TB of space available in the...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 Controller performance bottleneck
Yes, for the sake of this discussion, I would consider the 122,000 (8k) read IOPS (noted in the table) an indication of maximum tested controller IOPS. The measurement of a IOPS can be hard to...
View ArticleRe: Msa 1050 SAS fan-out cable and options questions
I have the same problem, but also having turned off and on again the storage and reconnected all the cables (STANDARD), tells me that I'm using FAN-OUT cables, but I've four standard MiniSAS cables...
View ArticleMSA 2040 reassign hot spare to different pool
Hi, all. Working with an HP MSA 2040. One of the disks recently failed so the existing hot spare did it's job and became part of the pool. When we swapped out the bad drive for a new one that then...
View ArticleRe: Msa 1050 SAS fan-out cable and options questions
Good news: I solved by accessing the CLI using Putty and giving the following command:set host-parameters fan-out off ports alland then the controllers are automatically restarted.When it returns...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 reassign hot spare to different pool
This is done to avoid a double rebuild.In fact, this results in wandering hot spare disks.Now, the only Way is to remove the Old Hot Spare Disk, wait again for rebuild and put it back.Than define again...
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Agreed with Cali, there is no way to accomplish what you are trying to do via any menu or CLI commands. The system is working as it is designed. You'd need to mark your new drive as a spare, pull the...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 reassign hot spare to different pool
Hi,No, it is not possible to assign drives as a spare to a specific Pool, The only safe and supported way to have a drive physically located elsewhere to where it is now, would be to power off the...
View ArticleStorage remains full
Can someone tell me what to do to free up some space, because disks remain full.And why the host shows there is free space, but in SMU free space is different?
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In order to help you need some information from your end,1> MSA model and Controller firmware version2> You are dealing with Linear or Virtual array?3> Please share Host Operating System...
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Hello,It sounds as if you have virtual storage and may have over committ enabled. This would mean the storage can fill up once the capacity on the disks has been reached but the host may show free...
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Here some details:MSA 2040 iSCSI direct attached to host DL380 with ESX 6FW is GL225R003Virtual array with 2 Volumes: 1 with SSDs and 1 with SAS disks, Autotiering enabled
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1st of all it depends upon what type of volume created on ESX. It means Thin, Thick Lazy Zeroed and Thick Eager Zeroed.If you concern about space reclaim then UNMAP comes into picture for Thing...
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