HPE MSA2060 iSCSI direct attach to DL360

[Claudio Aguiar]

Someone can help?
I have below configurations
2 DL360 g11 with BCM57414 dual port 10/25 NIC
both will run esxi8

MSA2060 iscsi storage array with 2 controllers and 4 host ports each

4 DAC cables 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+ 3meters sold by HPE
Do not have ports 10GbE in my network switch to connect
Is supported direct attach connect from MSA to DL360 using the DAC cables?

MSA ctrl A ports A1 to A4 each port have 1 subnet 192,168,10.1 , 192.168.11.1, 192,168,12,1 and 192,168,13.1
MSA ctrl B ports B1 to B4 each port have 1 subnet 192,168,14.1 , 192.168.15.1, 192,168,16,1 and 192,168,17.1

DL360-1 port1 192,168,10,2 and port2 192,168,14.2
DL360-2 port1 192.168.12.2 and port2 192,168,16,2

The DAC cables connect ports A1 and B1 to DL360-1 and ports A3 and B3 to DL360-2

[ArunKKR · Accepted solution]

Hi,

DAC cable in direct connection should work with ESXI 8.

From MSA 2060 SPOCK compatibility document:  All standard ProLiant NICs are supported in Switch Connected in conjunction with the iSCSI OS initiator (SW initiator). Direct Connect is supported with 1/10/25Gb Ethernet adapters.

Please refer to the page number 5 of MSA best practices guide for information on sample iscsi IP configuration:    https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00105260enw