topic DL325 with smart array SR 100i ESXi 7 in Operating System - VMware

DL325 with smart array SR 100i ESXi 7

Stefano_Colombo — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 07:25:13 GMT

We have DL325 Gen10 with this option

HPE Dual M.2 SATA SSD Enablement Option DL/ML that contains 2 SSD sata devices.

These can be configured in SW RAID as per the Smart Array 100i SR.

Installing esxi 7 it doesn't see the raid, it's still not supported ?

Is there a way to configured the DUAL SSD in redudancy with esxi ?

thanks

Query: DL325 with smart array SR 100i ESXi 7

support_s — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:22:35 GMT

System recommended content:

1. HPE Smart Array SR Gen10 Configuration Guide

2. HPE Smart Array SR Gen10 User Guide

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Re: DL325 with smart array SR 100i ESXi 7

Casper42 — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:28:05 GMT

SR100i and prior S100i do not support vSphere 7.

This is because VMware only allows VMware Native mode drivers on vSphere 7, and the driver for S100i/SR100i was never ported to Native mode.

For Gen10 and above, the only thing that really works on S100i/SR100i is Windows.

You can flip the SATA Ports from SR100i back to AHCI (HBA) mode if you like and just see the 2 indiividual drives (No RAID)

As far as I know there is no supported method to RAID the 2 M.2 drives in your config, under vSphere 7 at least.

Re: DL325 with smart array SR 100i ESXi 7

ksram — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:41:12 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for the Post.

Please refer : https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00019427enw?jumpid=in_lit-psnow-red

Notes: S100i Software RAID only supports Windows. For Linux users, HPE offers a solution that uses in-distro open-source software to create a two-disk RAID 1 boot volume. For more information visit: https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/project/lsrrb/ Notes: Customers using Linux and VMware can use the embedded SATA ports in AHCI mode. In AHCI mode S100i Software RAID is not enabled.

Thank you

RamKS