topic Re: D8000 shared between two servers? in Disk Enclosures

D8000 shared between two servers?

Jeremy C — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:56:24 GMT

If I split the SAS connections from a D8000 to two DL360 servers each with p408e-p cards, would it be possible to have one D8000 volume accessed by server1 and another volume accessed by server2? If this is possible, I understand I'd have to setup the server OS to only mount the volume it's supposed to get.

Re: D8000 shared between two servers?

TVVJ — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:05:26 GMT

Hello,

You may refer to section "Best practices for Smart Array connectivity" on page 19 of the document "D8000 Best Practices" for information on cabling.

Regards,

Re: D8000 shared between two servers?

Jeremy C — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:51:06 GMT

@TVVJ

I've looked through that exact section before. It makes no mention of whether what I asked about will work or not work.

Re: D8000 shared between two servers?

BPSingh — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:02:36 GMT

Greetings!

If you are seeking limitations on volume access, particularly across two servers connected to the same JBOD, I believe this configuration needs to be checked at the operating system level.