ibm 346 and compaq msa 1000 (now hp msa 500)

[stozka]

Don't know how to use MSA 500 attached to external SCSI of buit-in controller adaptec 7902-w. It's sees attached MSA as compaq smart array but no size for prepared raid-5 array of 600 GB.

thanks, I'll provide more info as needed

[masaki]

Did you rescan SAN?

esxcfg-rescan

[stozka]

i did it several times, with VI console. with several restarts of esx server and msa of course.

[masaki]

Do you have a switch or is it direct attached?

You must present the LUNs to the HOSTS, that is configure switch or SAN ports.

[stozka]

it's direct attached with SCSI

[masaki]

What do you see under /vmfs/volumes/xxxxxxxxxxxxx ?

What can you do under VI client Configuration -> Storage ??

Try view or modify LUN properties.

[stozka]

i can't tell you directly, server is gone for 14 days, but when it will be delivered back someone (my b....) will again start annoying me with this thing,

whole point is that I've dl380 which works perfectly with this msa500 and this ibm 346, i just want to make enterprise solution out of this, vmotion will probably not work because of different CPU levels but other things should ..

ok, to answer your question, i see same thing as under BIOS, some device with no volume information, size information etc ...

I firmly believe that another hardware component, some controller is needed to connect this ibm with msa500 properly but i've no idea which, or maybe i'm just wrong

thanks, hope you or someone has some suggestions for me

[masaki]

I've had a MSA1000 on a project some time ago.

I remember that some kind of fiber terminators were needed on SAN or switch.

And you must access san by Hyperterminal (serial port) to configure ports as linux hosts.

Look at:

http://kb.vmware.com/vmtnkb/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1249&sliceId=SAL_Public&di...

and at:

http://kb.vmware.com/vmtnkb/searchEntry.do?languages=&rwTarget=%2FrfPlayerWidget.do&searchMode=Guide...

You can find useful info at:

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA0-7118ENW.pdf

[stozka]

i've no problem connectin' hp server to msa500. It's already connected and running one host (with SCSI cable). Another host will be ibm 346. I also need to connect this server to MSA500 and use it as additional esx host in enterprise configuration.

thanks anyway.

[affoliveira]

To solve your problem you actually need one HP smart controller.

In yor DL the msa500 works fine because you have it connected to the dl smart controller!!

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/SACSQualifications.pdf

[masaki]

Check for controller & bios and hba udpates.