Any esxi users here info on hardware passthru for windows vms. When you install additional physical disks on esxi hosts, you can create an independent raid set with these disks. The hp proliant n54l server you have has binary drivers for the storage array that are only available for windows and red hat. Jul 25, 2011 hi kenneth, imho the hp microserver is a pretty good lab solution for either an esxi host or for a shared storage appliance assume youll have to use software based raid from the underlying os as the onboard raid controller isnt a 100% hardware based raid solution. Vmware esxi still doesnt support software raid so the hp p400 controller is used. Youre better off using software raid or fitting an hp smart array p410 controller into the server for proper hardware raid. For those of us running home labs this small form factor is highly beneficial especially when combined with the low power consumption and noise generated by the server. First, change the operating mode of the embedded sata controller to raid in rbsu and second, use the amd raid option rom utility to configure the raid logical disks. Server 2008 pdc, vcenter server and 4 linux boxes on one host. He has a supermicro board, but it only has intels matrix raid. By ben martin in testing both software and hardware raid performance i employed six 750gb samsung sata drives in three raid configurations 5, 6, and 10. Esxi on hp proliant microserver n54l with no extra pcie cards comparison of. Looking at either the seagate greens or the hitachi 2 x2tb deskstar coolspin drives any advice appreciated. Specifically, the intel rste for server boards type software raid kind of raid.
Find answers to hp microserver esxi raid questions from the expert. Software raid, ubuntu, hp microserver linuxunix neowin. I would recommend using a cheapo 16gb usb drive set boot priority to prefer this over the hardware raid card so that esxi boots to load esxi onto, which will give you your option of going raid 10 3 stripes with all the ssds for some performance testing if thats what you desire. Hey all im looking to upgrade my n40l n54l to esxi 6. Instead, you add the new raid as an extent to your hosts local vmfs datastore.
Jul 15, 2008 aside from the benchmarks, the hardware raid card also supports hotplug replacement, mitigating downtime to swap out dead drives. With this approach, you do not need to replace the cluster member. You can find more information about vmsc eol in this kb article vmsc solution listing under pvsp can be found on our partner verified and supported products listing. My questions at this point concern whether to use esx or esxi, what those differences are, and if i need to purchase a hardware raid card for the machine to present the arrays to the hypervisor. Aug 27, 2012 esxi never becomes dependent on your freenas vm that way. Got my hp n40l on friday been setting up omv over the weekend and have to say it is a really good distro, the hp hardware for the price is fantastic as well. Raid mangement of hpe proliant microserver gen10 1. This is bad if you have data on the raid drives already. The server does only have a softwarebased raid controller which will not. I have a p410 hw raid card with a raid1 array for vm, as well as a raid5 array, that i passthough directly to a file.
Dazu laufen 8 x 3 tb wd red in dem, plus ein raid controller. I have a p410 hw raid card with a raid1 array for vm, as well as a raid5 array, that i passthough directly to a file server vm. Windows software raid supports only raid 0, 1 and jbod. Also curious to hear more on how raid is configured for esxi with this hardware. Thats a good point, that wuold be a fake reporting of. Hp proliant microserver how to enable sata raid and. My plan is to boot up esxi on a usb drive, run the 2 vms by adding a hd where the cdrom sits, then use 2 of the swappable slots for windows storage and 2 slots of linux storage. If you have no real need for a hardware raid solution, then why waste the money to do so. Configuring raid1 on hp proliant microserver n54l ubuntu 14. All redundancy and such is handled by vmwares vsan, and vmware seems to advise against hardware raid, as that just causes more loss of space. Its a common scenario to use software raid on linux virtual machines in azure to present multiple attached data disks as a single raid device. Verify that this utility has been tested with the raid card you have chosen to use by checking the drivers web page for your controller.
Guido orellana on errorenous oracle instantclient rpm provides under enterprise linux. The dell perc h310 is a popular option for home users, it uses the lsi 92408i chip which can be used for passthrough to a vm or as a raid controller raid 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 for the host. Jan 14, 20 homelab on hp microserver n40l by artur krzywdzinski january 14, 20 thanks to one of my blog readers, keinopaul from nyc, i have an opportunity to share with you tested hardware configuration for vmware vsphere 5. Stick an extra drive in the n40l s optical bay or even something like an icy dock mb994sp4sb1 and put a drive or drives in as local esxi vm storage. Dr so the story goes that esxi does not support anything but hardware raid hbas. The process is straight forward unlike other methods that involve diskpart or linux. Ubuntu isnt wellsuited to vendorspecific hardware support probably the vendors fault, but it is what it is. Het grote hp proliant microserver topic opslagtechnologie got.
The first 2tb raid would be everything, then as i expand into a 2nd 2tb raid 1, the first would be personal files and the second would be all my work related files i like the worklife balance idea hoever, i read the raid controller is fake raid, so if i want raid 1 out the box i cannot use esxi unless i buy a hardware controller. Id hoped to pick up an older refurbished hp proliant server for the host server. Hp microserver gen8 servers has 2x8tb wd red disks in raid1, and gave me. Amd provides the embedded sata raid feature, this feature enables raid functionality raid 0 and raid 1. Vmware esxi still doesn t support software raid so the hp p400 controller is used. On my microserver gen8 i get the full speed when testing, but on my n40l i only get between 80110mb. Hi, i have just installed a new dell poweredge r640 with vmware esxi 6. Installed esxi and desperately was looking for raid settings and. Because is more for testing the esxi and the omv3 will be used for nextcloud and for some share folders, i think it makes no sense at all to create a raid and lose the 1tb hdd.
Sammelthread hp proliant n36ln40ln54l microserver seite. So all was great and i was using each single drive as a datastore but today a drive died meaning i lost everything on it. I cannot see other things as temperatus etc either. Based on these test results you might consider buying some cheaper sata ports and stripe two software raid 6 arrays instead of buying a hardware raid card with the same budget. Wie sichert ihr eure nas system wenn ihr vmware einsetzt. Oct 24, 2010 conclusion running vmware vsphere on an hp microserver. Microserver hardware links microserver n54l, n40l, etc reset. Esxi has a limited range of hardware support compared to linux or. Samba is a linux suite that brings the smbcifs protocols to linux. Because of its low price point and rather high potential, ive seen a lot of interest for this particular box floating around the interwebs when it relates to both home lab and vcapdca studies. Dose hpe proliant microserver gen10 have smart array s100i software raid.
I can get an esxi image for my server from hp including the raid driver. If yes, during reboot, the raid controller will prompt you a key combination to login to the controller and check the disks and raid setup. He has an i3 that doesnt support vtd, so that rules out software raid or zfs. Its optimized for running on a nas server with all of the features you often need in a nas device. I had issues as well on my hp microserver gen8 and a quick check showed me. Hp microserver gen 8 im test 4bay nas im gunstigen. Raid monitoring and configuration with an intel or lsi raid card.
This issue has been solved hi there, first off, heres the setup. There are various cli and gui tools which can be used when an operating system is running, as well as raid bios tools which can only be used when the operating system is not running the most useful gui tool is the intel raid web console 2. Esxi but then limited to 2tb partitions server 2008 hyperv whs 2011 and running vm software for vms only be 1 0r 2 also need to decide what hard drives to run and if to use the hardware raid or go software raid 1. Unraid os allows sophisticated media aficionados, gamers, and other intensive datausers to have ultimate control over their data, media, applications, and desktops, using just about any combination of.
Homelab on hp microserver n40l nutanix ahv artur krzywdzinski. Software raid can be just as reliable as hardware raid. Oct 12, 20 raid monitoring and configuration with an intel or lsi raid card. Hardware is an older ibm x3650 with an ibm serveraid 8k hardware controller. Then, again, you stick your big disks in the n40l, etc. What os for hpe proliant microserver gen10 linuxunix neowin. Performance tests using a rocket raid 2720 in a hp proliant n40l microserver p410 wvr. How to install vsphere esxi on a bare metal server altaro. Yes i know that i will have to use the hardware raid controller from the hp microserver gen8.
Now i want to setup the esxi using raid but not a hardware controller. Rather than using a hardware raid that if the raid card failed, he would. Shop raid controller cards from adaptec, avago, syba, highpoint and more. Hi, i am looking to run a windows file server and a linux file server on n40l. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread page 23 avforums. Turns out that for some reason the hpvsa driver for esxi has some issues. Nov 02, 2017 homeserver esxi on hpe proliant microserver gen10. On the n40l ive run esxi 4 and 5 from a 1gb usb key and also a 2. So im gonna have to use one of the hdds or raid volumes to install the baremetal. Im afraid ill run with faulty disks without knowing and am in search for some way to see the raid health from esxi linux. Unraid os allows sophisticated media aficionados, gamers, and other intensive datausers to have ultimate control over their data, media, applications, and desktops, using just about any combination of hardware. Hello, i was able to get my n40l to recognize 18gb of the following ram not on the current list. So i have two n40l with patriot old stock going good. Dsm is running on a custom linux version developed by synology.
Well no software raid is not as good as hardware raid. For an esxi host with 8gb mem assume that youll comfortably run about 56 average vms. Which settings at the hp software are necessary to make a bootable ubuntuserver on hp proliant microserver gen8 with 1 hard disk drive 1 of 4 slots. Check hardware compatibility, create an esxi bootable image and. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread part 4 page 9. Nov 11, 2012 the first 2tb raid would be everything, then as i expand into a 2nd 2tb raid 1, the first would be personal files and the second would be all my work related files i like the worklife balance idea hoever, i read the raid controller is fake raid, so if i want raid 1 out the box i cannot use esxi unless i buy a hardware controller. Stick an extra drive in the n40ls optical bay or even something like an icy dock mb994sp4sb1 and put a drive or drives in as local esxi vm storage. Thanks to one of my blog readers, keinopaul from nyc, i have an opportunity to share with you tested hardware configuration for vmware vsphere 5. There are various cli and gui tools which can be used when an operating system is running, as well as raid bios tools which can only be used when the operating system is not running. N54l n40l updated nic drivers to support vmq broadcom 62015 new bios. Benutzer aber einen softwareraid unter windows, linux oder freebsd benutzen.
Esxi raid rste and supermicro x10sdv8ctln4f raid support. So all was great and i was using each single drive as a datastore but today a drive died meaning i lost everything on it and there was loads. And wasnt reading, and turned out it has intel rste technology. You can then expand the vsa cluster after it detects additional storage capacity. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread page 23. How to enable raid monitoring and configuration under esxi. I am now trying to add a datastore to the 2nd raid disk but it will not show in vmware at all. Power on the hp proliant microserver, when prompted, hit the f10 key to enter the rombased setup utility rbsu goto the advanced tab and then choose ide configuration hit enter highlight the sata controller mode selection and hit enter choose raid from the dropdown list hit f10 to save the settings and exit. For those of us running home labs this small form factor is highly beneficial especially when combined with the low. Looking for metro storage cluster vmsc solutions listed under pvsp.
Hp microserver esxi raid questions solutions experts. There is 3x 300gb sas drives and 2x 146gb sas drives. I ran the benchmarks using various chunk sizes to see if that had an effect on either hardware or. Hp microserver esxi raid questions solutions experts exchange. Esxi hp microserver n40l performance hardware hangout. Since were starting from scratch, i would like to use the latest vsphere hypervisor, v6. The raid controller in this particular microserver is a. Open an ssh session to your esxi server installation and log on as root. How to enable raid monitoring and configuration under esxi 5. Hardware raid cards poll the drive every 5 seconds i believe, the green drives have a head park time of 8 seconds meaning the hardware raid. Raid mangement of hpe proliant microserver gen10 hewlett.
Although for some reason in the back of my mind, i thought it had an lsi hardware raid controller. Esxi never becomes dependent on your freenas vm that way. Am thinking of using esxi on my server box microserver. Orellana on errorenous oracle instantclient rpm provides under enterprise linux.
I played with esxi on n36l shortly but because 1 you can not passthrough a hardware controller to a vm and 2 cpu is incredibly weak for any practical application, it makes little sense to run esxi on a microserver other than for testing and experimenting. Intel and lsi raid cards provide tools for raid system monitoring and configuration. So the partners that produce such devices do not need to develop esxi drivers from scratch. Rather than using a hardware raid that if the raid card failed, he would have to get the same card. The hp proliant n54l server you have has binary drivers for the storage array that are only available for windows and red hat see. I have read in a few places that vmware doesnt correctly see the disks. According to the hp website the ml150g6 is compatible with rhel 5 upon which centos is based. How to configure raid 1 on a hp microserver youtube. Im considering looking for a good inexpensive hardware raid option for his esxi server. Raid array not detected new hp ml150g6 server solved. Not the actual name of the protocol used in windows.
What attracted me to the hp microserver initially was the form factor. Centos installer doesnt detect the sata raid array. The newest member of my home lab collection is an hp proliant microserver, model n40l. Apr 18, 2012 esxi esxi hp microserver n40l performance. Should i create a separate raid1 for esxi and raid10 for vms, or just go for one big raid10 for everything. Conclusion running vmware vsphere on an hp microserver. Nov 19, 2014 couldnt he boot esxi from a usb, get a separate sata card for booting oss, then passing through his on board sata controller so he has all drives available in the os, then using something like snapraid for redundancy.