P2000 G3 SAS - Storage Management Utility

[speakercon]

Maybe a silly question as SMU is accessed via the GUI, but it is possible in any way to access the storage management utility on a P2000 if both controllers are the AP844B (below) and is not connected to another storage array with a networkable controller?

 

 

Thanks

Edited November 9, 2021 by speakercon

[Aprice]

I don't believe so, it may have some console access though the service port. However often these are just for manufacturer access and don't really let us do anything.

 

I presume you have these direct connected then?

[speakercon]

Yes, it has been (not by me) connected directly to a hp proliant via the two sas connectors.

 

It shows as 'D' drive, and looks to be in raid 5 (with 12 drives all which show in disk management), but I'm unable to view any detailed information that I would be able to see in the storage management utility.

 

Maybe it was originally setup when it was connected to another box which has a networkable controller.

[Aprice]

Not sure entirely on this one, But I think if you plug the SAS ports straight in to a HBA it will just pass all the disks through individually.

 

So what you really have is just a drive shelf presented to the server as JBOD.

 

The limitation being Windows is running RAID, and the drive shelf becomes unmanageable.

 

Has something gone weird on yours then?

 

Cheers,

 

Alex

[speakercon]

Ah okay that makes sence, it's just presented 12 disks to the server and they've created the raid in disk management.

 

It's working fine at the moment, I was more looking into how it was setup incase it goes wrong in the future, mainly disk failure as they are quite old.

 

I guess it would just be a case of replacing the drive and then repairing the raid in disk management.