topic Re: HPE dual 8GB microSD EM USB kit memory-stick in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

HPE dual 8GB microSD EM USB kit memory-stick

PDP-Fan — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 04:06:02 GMT

I got a few of these obscure dual microSD RAID-1 HPE USB sticks. It seems to be a pretty interesting device I newer saw before.

Unfortunately it turned out to work only in Gen 9 servers (maybe Gen 10 too??) and they only work when installed before the server powers up. Plugging them in after startup just shows an 47kB volume with a few text files.

My question is, can this thing be used elsewhere? Is there a tool that works with windows? Or is the only purpose of them to install ESX to boot a Gen 9 HP server from? And nothing else?

Re: HPE dual 8GB microSD EM USB kit memory-stick

thutchings — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:48:06 GMT

Hello,

Based on the user guide, it seems that this is only supported with ESXi:
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=c04630357

Also, I see this documented regarding the files you see when you insert it AFTER POST has completed.

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04721841

Regards

Re: HPE dual 8GB microSD EM USB kit memory-stick

PDP-Fan — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:14:03 GMT

Yeah thanks, that confirms my observation.

So this USB stick it totally useless outside of a Gen9 server or in any non-HP product. What a shame, it would be cool to have an RAID1 USB drive....