SMA 30 with two servers connected?

[John van_2]

Hi,

Is it possible to connect two Proliant DL320's to a Dual Bus SMA 30 Modular Array each having access to particular drives? I have read info which suggests it is, but have just had a reply from HP support to say it isn't.

Thanks,

John

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Technically it is possible.
But if HP says it isn't then they probably will not support it in case of problems

[Andy_Stor]

Hi John,

Could you tell us which generation DL320 it is, As per the quickspecs the of DL320 G5, I see it supports the MSA30 on SA642/6402. and I don`t see any specific server listings under the MSA30 quickspecs So I belive it should work, as SA6402/642 is a supported controller for DL320 as well as MSA30. Below are the links for reference.

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12572_na/12572_na.html

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11738_na/11738_na.html

I hope it helps.
Andy

[John van_2]

Thanks Andy. I have the DL320G5 with a SmartArray 6402/128 controller. It does say in the specs on the MSA30 in the link you provided:

Dual Bus I/O Module: The dual bus I/O module allows two SCSI channels to access a single MSA30. This allows for greater fault tolerance (controller duplexing) or provides access from two different servers to two separate storage areas.

The last bit suggests it will do what I need. I have forwarded the quote to HP support and will let you know what they say.

John

[Rob Leadbeater · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

The MSA30 Dual Bus, has 14 drive slots, 7 connected to one bus and 7 to the other.

Therefore one of your SmartArrays will be able to see the 7 left hand drives, the other the 7 right hand drives.

As long as you don't want one server to see the other server's drives you'll be fine.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Rob

[John van_2]

Yes it does thanks Rob. It will be interesting what the HP support people say after telling me previously it can't be done. I'll post their reply.

John