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Enabling the Write Cache on existing production Storage Controller ?
Hi People,I've noticed that in my Storage Controller settings in the Smart Storage Admin, the Cache is not enabled ?Controller Write Cache disabled ?If I just click on enabled is there any outage or...
View ArticleLogical drive fails in RAID 1 array when physical drive fails or is removed
HiI'm having a problem with server which has its C: drive on a RAID 1 array controlled by a Smart Array 410 controller. It started with the server suddenly dying and couldn't start up again due to "No...
View ArticleMoving D2600 from one server to another
Hello everyone, We recently tried to move our D2700 DAS StorageWorks from a ProLiant DL380 G5 to a ProLiant DL380p G8 without much success. Instead of having one raid disk, we had all of the disks...
View ArticleExtend Logical Drive
I used the HP Smart Storage Administrator to add my 3 new 8TB disks and extend the array. The logical drive shows that the space has been added, but in Disk Management the space is not allocated. When...
View Articlehp dynamic smart array b120i controller
Dear All, kindly help me out to find the hp dynamic smart array b120i controller for windows 7.driver requried for windows 7.kindly send me the link to downloads.
View Articlerepurposing old MSA P2000 SAN...how??
We're replacing our MSA P2000 SAN (with P2000 disk shelf attached).It used to be vSphere storage.What's the best way to repurpose/re-use it as additional secondary storage??It's presently an iSCSI SAN,...
View ArticleReplace 3Par with Direct Attached Storage
Hello,so one of our partners suggested us to order a new 3Par SAN for our VMWare infrastructure and HDD based backupDatacenter A- HP 3Par 7200c 56x 900GB SAS 10k SFF 36x 2TB 7.2k LFF 8x 1.92 B cMLC SSD...
View ArticleConfiguring StorageWorks D2700
Hi Everyone,I purchased a used storage array to provide additional storage for an HP ProLiant DL980 equipped with a Smart Array P812 SAS controller. The array is an HP StorageWorks D2700 configured...
View ArticleEVA 4400 (AG805C)
Hi Folks.........Looking for some help on testing the above EVA4400 in particular the HSV300 Controllers and software licensing i would need......I have got a few of the HSV-300 controllers that i need...
View ArticleHP StoreVirtual VSA 2014 vSphere - Instant-On license
Under the feature registration tab is says Instant-On license expires at a certain date. What will happen after that date? Will my storage lockup?
View ArticleHP jointware Carepack u2e45e
Simple question, what is HPe refering to when they say Jointware. I have seen it popup all over the place in carepacks such as this one but no good deffition of how they define jointware. Thanks!
View ArticleRAID configuration for ProLiant DL380p Gen8
Hi, I configured 8 disks as two raid. raid 1: disk 1 + disk2 + disk3(spare) raid 5: disk 4~ 8Why I see three disks when I booted to linux livecd.lsblk:sda 8:0 0 256M 1 disk`-sda1 8:1 0...
View ArticleProblem with SSH/TELNET connection to MSA 2040
Hi, I tried connect to HP MSA 2040 via SSH or TELNET interface. HTTP and HTTPs inteface running well and I have right settings of user permissions (manage role, CLI and SSH enabled). I tried connect...
View ArticleHP Smart Array P410/512MB - Controller Lockup Error (code 851)
I am encountering this error for the past a few days and it's always recurring.I have a Proliant Microserver Gen8 with embedded B210i controller, because B210i doesen't support RAID6. so i added...
View ArticleCannot see new MSA (2324FC) LUNS on RedHat 4.0 hosts
We have a customer running Oracle over 2 x RedHat 4.0 hosts currently using an IBM DS4700 for storage via Fibre Channel. To increase disk space on a temporary basis, I have presented, via the same...
View ArticleDC power supplies for a D2700?
I can't find a reference to anything that says these exist. I see that the D2700 takes a "common slot" PSU, and there's a DC chassis for a P2000 (to which the DC D2700 attaches), but there isn't a VDC...
View ArticleHP jointware Carepack u2e45e
Simple question, what is HPe refering to when they say Jointware. I have seen it popup all over the place in carepacks such as this one but no good deffition of how they define jointware. Thanks!
View ArticleBudget Conscious & Safe build out for 50 Users / 100TB
Currently I have three HP D2600 filled with 600GB SAS drives in raid 6 that is used for an imaging services bureau (18 million images / 18TB / accessed by 8 people). I’m in the process of adding a...
View ArticleHP D6020 Dual I/O Module disk enclosure with redundancy.
Hi All,A bit info on my setup:I have with me a HP Proliant DL380 G9 running on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with 2 x P441 Storage controller and a unit of HP D6020 disk enclosure with dual I/O...
View ArticleP2000 G3 fault tolerant but with down disk(s)
Hi Communityi've got no idea. My P2000 G3 (13 Disks with 2 Spares) ist Degraded while Hwalth Reason is: The virtual disk is fault tolerant but with down disk(s).Can anybody help me to fix this? Thank...
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