ESXI 4.1 and MSA 2312sa

[Gidien]

Hi Guys,

I'm installing two server DL 380 G7 with ESXI 4.1 that will connected to MSA 2312sa.

each server has two SAS adapeter with two ports ( LSI 1068E) , MSA has Two controlers A and B with Four SAS ports on each controler.

MSA hold 12 hard disks , 450 Go , I create on Vdisk and with fours volumes ( each volume will be a datastore).

I' m facing a problem, each time that I remove a datastore and also remove explicit mapping and create again, I CANNOT SEE THE STORAGE ADAPTER on ESXI only enclosure is visible.

another question , can I connect map two volume ( R/W) on one same SAS port (A1 for example)

Thank You

[biokovo]

Hi.

I am planning to buy exactly the same configuration.

Do you have now any problem with this?

Did you need to buy SAS switch to get a shared storage or you just connect servers directly to MSA?

Thanks on any advice

[AndreTheGiant]

You do not need any SAS switch (with less than 5 hosts).

Just use 2 SAS external controller (no RAID) for each hosts to connect to both controllers.

Andre