Apollo 2800 flex 2800 chassis with xl170 servers

[German-Infante]

Hi all

I would like to know if this apollo 2800 flex chassis can share same hard drives  assigned though  the ilo drive bay mapping?  the idea is to create a very efficient and compact cluster  between two xl170 servers sharing 12  same hard drives.

thanks for your comments.

[ShruthiSK]

Hi,

Please refer to the chassis quickspecs itself. 

Link [Pg 72]: https://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/emr_na-c04604560-13.pdf

It allows you to assign drive bays to specific nodes. 

Sharing the same set of drives on more than one server is not an option. 

Regards,

Shruthi 

[German-Infante]

has anyone tested this on a real chassis 2800?, does the drive bay mapping lock a disk though the iLO   once it has been assigned to a server node?