HPE DS3940 Storage

[cer113]

HI

I almost finished my HPe  and next week we will get storage system which I am very familiar with. However I am just wondering about internal DS3940 storage.

Can we use this to be like shared like iSCSI storage for multiple esxi host or I need specific software for that.  With internal disks for each compute module I have configured RAID 1 2 disks and servers are booting from this logical volume no issues

But I am wondering is there a way to create shared storage present it to esxi hosts as a shared storage there is no documentation on that so I assumed this is not possible although I may be wrong

This is mezannine slot 1  HPE Smart Array P416ie-m SR G10 and doesnt allow me to configure logical drive just JBOD

Embedded RAID  this one allows me to put 2 compute mode disks in raid 1 and boot from it

What about this one is this also OK with RAID it just allows me to create JBOD and add logical drive but no RAID

Embedded RAID HPE Smart Array E208i-c SR Gen10

[thutchings]

Hello,

The D3940 is the equivalent of a direct attach storage system that would be attached externally to a rack mount server. The difference here would be that you can create array's or JBOD's and assign them to the servers through the profile. This process creates a zone for the drives specified so that they are only visible to the specific server. The drives in the D3940 cannot be shared across multiple servers. The only "sharing" allowed is through the use of a vSAN. These can be used as iSCSI storage just like any other direct attached storage can be. 

The D3940 user guide has some details on setting this up:

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00030156en_us&page=index.html

vSAN is supported on this and there are multiple docs covering this (a few listed here):

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=vsan&productid=44033

https://techhub.hpe.com/eginfolib/synergy/VMware%20Cloud%20Foundation%20Certification%20on%20HPE%20Synergy.pdf

Regards

[Rama2]

1. HPE Synergy D3940 Storage Module:
• It belongs to Tier 3 (Direct Attached Storage - DAS).
• iSCSI shared storage option is not available.
• Creating shared storage for presentation to ESXi hosts is not possible.
2. HPE Smart Array P416ie-m SR G10:
• Suitable for creating RAID configurations.
• Find the procedure for RAID setup in the HPE Synergy 12Gb SAS Storage User Guide:
• Creating Gen10 server profiles: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00030156en_us&docLocale=en_US&page=GUID-030984BB-6558-4647-9AE1-A76C3C1F6E4E.html
• P416ie-m specifications: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00030156en_us&docLocale=en_US&page=GUID-71AA175A-DF58-4602-8503-5F0CDCA6C503.html
3. Embedded RAID HPE Smart Array E208i-c SR Gen10:
• Refer to page 2 of the document below for compatibility with HPE Synergy D3940 Storage Module:
• Document Link: https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00047737enw

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