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Re: EVA 5000 + Generic server + can't see vdisk

 
NXS
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EVA 5000 + Generic server + can't see vdisk

I have a demo EVA 5000 with VCS 3.028 and I installed a generic windows 2003 server to run commnd view EVA 5. I can configure a vdisk and present it the my host (2003 SP1 + CVEVA 5) but on my host I can't see the vdisk. I updated all the FW and drivers to the latest verion on de HP website. And installed MPIO. Also on the switches I cleared all the zoning.
Anyone any ideas??
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Steven Clementi
Honored Contributor

Re: EVA 5000 + Generic server + can't see vdisk

Pol:

Did you try an earlier driver? I have recently had problems "seeing" vdisks with the current up to date drivers, 9.2.x.x... and had to go back to the 9.0.2.xx driver.

CV 5 see's the EVA with no problem, but not vdisks. Not sure why with the newer drivers this happens, or has happened to me... but I worked around with an earlier driver.


Steven
Steven Clementi
HP Master ASE, Storage, Servers, and Clustering
MCSE (NT 4.0, W2K, W2K3)
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NXS
Valued Contributor

Re: EVA 5000 + Generic server + can't see vdisk

In the device manager I see the 4 times the EVA controller. But I don't se any unknow divices. Did you have this also?

Thanks
Steven Clementi
Honored Contributor

Re: EVA 5000 + Generic server + can't see vdisk

Yes. The driver, for some reason, does not pick up the vdisks. I dropped to the earlier driver and BAM, there they were.

Still working on the issue for 2 customers, but the driver was the only thing changed.


Steven
Steven Clementi
HP Master ASE, Storage, Servers, and Clustering
MCSE (NT 4.0, W2K, W2K3)
VCP (ESX2, Vi3, vSphere4, vSphere5, vSphere 6.x)
RHCE
NPP3 (Nutanix Platform Professional)
Pat Obrien_1
Regular Advisor

Re: EVA 5000 + Generic server + can't see vdisk

have you defined the host on the eva5K?