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  • 1.  ESXi host connecting to MSA Storage

    Posted Aug 26, 2010 04:23 PM

    Hi,

    I have an ESXi 4.0 host & MSA HP StorageWorks MSA60 Array.

    I created the logical drive on the server & configured the drive at Raid 5. The ESXi host & MSA are connected using a Smart Array p800 SAS cable.

    When I login into the ESXi host I cannot see the storage.

    I've gone into Configuration - Storage & its not there.

    I've also gone into Storage Adapters & rescanned.

    Any suggestions guys? I've only worked with iSCSI & Vmware so not sure how

    Thanks in advance.

    P



  • 2.  RE: ESXi host connecting to MSA Storage

    Posted Aug 26, 2010 04:31 PM

    On storage side can you see the host connections?

    Have you enable the host to access on the LUNs?

    Andre



  • 3.  RE: ESXi host connecting to MSA Storage

    Posted Aug 26, 2010 07:58 PM

    Hi andre. How do I enable the host to see the luns?;

    I just attached the msa to the esxi host.



  • 4.  RE: ESXi host connecting to MSA Storage

    Posted Aug 27, 2010 04:45 AM

    Are you sure that your storage is compatible with vSphere?

    I cannot find in the HCL:

    http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility

    Andre



  • 5.  RE: ESXi host connecting to MSA Storage

    Posted Aug 30, 2010 08:54 AM

    Hi Andre,

    Sorry for the late reply. The MSA60 is not a SAN connection. This is a disk enclosure with a SAS interface. I just created one logical drive of 6.5TB. Maybe this is too big for ESXi to pick it up.

    Thanks,

    P



  • 6.  RE: ESXi host connecting to MSA Storage

    Posted Aug 30, 2010 10:42 AM

    ESX/ESXi has the limit of 2TB for each disk.

    Create smaller disks.

    Andre