Hi all,
I'm getting weird behavior on ESXI host (tried version 7.0, 6.7U3, 6.5) on HP P420 RAID controller. I am trying to setup an lab for VSAN, with mutiple hosts (all HP DL360 gen8) and Crucial consumer SSD disks (1x MX500 for cache tier and 3x BX500 for storage).
If I plug in 3x MX500 SSD to one host all disk are recognized, but if I plug in all BX500 or combination (1x MX500 and 2 or more BX500) only 1 BX500 drive is recognized by ESXI.
I am sure that RAID has all SSD in HBA mode and are recognized by it. This is the output form ssacli (ssacli ctrl all show config):
Smart Array P420 in Slot 2 (sn: ______________)
Internal Drive Cage at Port 1I, Box 1, OK
Internal Drive Cage at Port 2I, Box 1, OK
Port Name: 1I
Port Name: 2I
HBA Drives
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:7 (port 2I:box 1:bay 7, SATA SSD, 240 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:1:8 (port 2I:box 1:bay 8, SATA SSD, 525 GB, OK)
But when I try to see if the SSD disks are presented to esxi only 1 is presented (from BX500 group). This is the output from esxcli (esxcli storage core device list):
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
Has Settable Display Name: false
Size: 14928
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Vendor: Generic
Model: Ultra Fast Media
Revision: 0210
SCSI Level: 2
Is Pseudo: false
Status: on
Is RDM Capable: false
Is Local: true
Is Removable: true
Is SSD: false
Is VVOL PE: false
Is Offline: false
Is Perennially Reserved: false
Queue Full Sample Size: 0
Queue Full Threshold: 0
Thin Provisioning Status: unknown
Attached Filters:
VAAI Status: unsupported
Other UIDs: vml.0100000000303030303032363630413031556c74726120
Is Shared Clusterwide: false
Is SAS: false
Is USB: true
Is Boot Device: true
Device Max Queue Depth: 1
No of outstanding IOs with competing worlds: 1
Drive Type: unknown
RAID Level: unknown
Number of Physical Drives: unknown
Protection Enabled: false
PI Activated: false
PI Type: 0
PI Protection Mask: NO PROTECTION
Supported Guard Types: NO GUARD SUPPORT
DIX Enabled: false
DIX Guard Type: NO GUARD SUPPORT
Emulated DIX/DIF Enabled: false
naa.500a075113e7aed1
Display Name: Local ATA Disk (naa.500a075113e7aed1)
Has Settable Display Name: true
Size: 500786
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.500a075113e7aed1
Vendor: ATA
Model: Crucial_CT525MX3
Revision: R021
SCSI Level: 6
Is Pseudo: false
Status: on
Is RDM Capable: true
Is Local: true
Is Removable: false
Is SSD: true
Is VVOL PE: false
Is Offline: false
Is Perennially Reserved: false
Queue Full Sample Size: 0
Queue Full Threshold: 0
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
Attached Filters:
VAAI Status: unsupported
Other UIDs: vml.0200000000500a075113e7aed1437275636961
Is Shared Clusterwide: false
Is SAS: true
Is USB: false
Is Boot Device: false
Device Max Queue Depth: 14
No of outstanding IOs with competing worlds: 14
Drive Type: unknown
RAID Level: unknown
Number of Physical Drives: unknown
Protection Enabled: false
PI Activated: false
PI Type: 0
PI Protection Mask: NO PROTECTION
Supported Guard Types: NO GUARD SUPPORT
DIX Enabled: false
DIX Guard Type: NO GUARD SUPPORT
Emulated DIX/DIF Enabled: false
mpx.vmhba1:C2:T3:L0
Display Name: Local ATA Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C2:T3:L0)
Has Settable Display Name: false
Size: 228936
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C2:T3:L0
Vendor: ATA
Model: CT240BX500SSD1
Revision: R013
SCSI Level: 6
Is Pseudo: false
Status: on
Is RDM Capable: true
Is Local: true
Is Removable: false
Is SSD: true
Is VVOL PE: false
Is Offline: false
Is Perennially Reserved: false
Queue Full Sample Size: 0
Queue Full Threshold: 0
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
Attached Filters:
VAAI Status: unsupported
Other UIDs: vml.02000000002000000000000000435432343042
Is Shared Clusterwide: false
Is SAS: true
Is USB: false
Is Boot Device: false
Device Max Queue Depth: 14
No of outstanding IOs with competing worlds: 14
Drive Type: unknown
RAID Level: unknown
Number of Physical Drives: unknown
Protection Enabled: false
PI Activated: false
PI Type: 0
PI Protection Mask: NO PROTECTION
Supported Guard Types: NO GUARD SUPPORT
DIX Enabled: false
DIX Guard Type: NO GUARD SUPPORT
Emulated DIX/DIF Enabled: false
Did anybody else had similar problems or has any ideas how to present all the BX500 ssd disks to ESXI in HBA mode (not RAID 0).
Any help or direction to investigate further will be much appreciated.