Chris Phillip

this is a NS20 connecting over CAT5

Hello dybamox.

Thank you for coming back to me.

I think it would be block using (Luns)???

Hello Chris,

welcome to the community.  Are you trying to provision block storage or file storage (CIFS/NFS shares)

so there is no fiber channel connectivity to this array at all ? The reason i ask is because NS20 can be used for block storage where NS20 is connected to a fiber channel switch and also be used as NAS appliance.

are you presenting storage to a host that is connected via fiber channel ?

the way you provision storage to block and file is different, that's why i am asking.

Currently I am directly connected to the SAN, it has some old settings still left, but I want to achieve the following,

Provision storage and make usable.

Getting ESX to see the storage via iSCSI

Create some Virtual servers on it using VMWare.

Hi DynamoxAt this moment i am just wanting to provision storage.

good, so it's file only. On NS20 you can present storage to ESX via NFS or via iSCSI. Is ESX currently using this NS20 or this is brand new configuration ?

(See attached file: san.png) this is my current structure.

Regards

Chris Phillip

Business Systems Co-ordinator

Filtronic Broadband

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Hi dynamox  there is no fiber channel module on this san, connected by cat 5 to a switch, and I hope to host through ESX Server.

can you go to command line and post output from these commands:

nas_disk -l

nas_fs -l

nas_pool -l

server_export ALL -list -all

server_iscsi ALL -lun -list

Nas disk –l

id inuse sizeMB storageID-devID type name servers

1 y 11263 CK200082000231-0000 CLSTD root_disk 1,2

2 y 11263 CK200082000231-0001 CLSTD root_ldisk 1,2

3 y 2047 CK200082000231-0002 CLSTD d3 1,2

4 y 2047 CK200082000231-0003 CLSTD d4 1,2

5 y 2047 CK200082000231-0004 CLSTD d5 1,2

6 y 32767 CK200082000231-0005 CLSTD d6 1,2

7 n 451387 CK200082000231-0010 CLSTD d7 1,2

8 n 451387 CK200082000231-0011 CLSTD d8 1,2

21 y 1878321 CK200082000231-0019 CLATA d21 1,2

22 y 1878321 CK200082000231-001A CLATA d22 1,2

25 n 1099246 CK200082000231-001E CLSTD d25 1,2

26 n 1099246 CK200082000231-001F CLSTD d26 1,2

27 y 1878321 CK200082000231-0020 CLATA d27 1,2

28 y 1878321 CK200082000231-0021 CLATA d28 1,2

29 n 1099314 CK200082000231-0012 CLSTD d29 1,2

30 n 1099314 CK200082000231-0014 CLSTD d30 1,2

31 n 1099314 CK200082000231-0013 CLSTD d31 1,2

32 y 1099314 CK200082000231-0015 CLSTD d32 1,2

Nas fs –l

id      inuse type acl   volume    name                server

1         n    1   0     10        root_fs_1           

2         y    1   0     12        root_fs_2           1

3         y    1   0     14        root_fs_3           2

4         n    1   0     16        root_fs_4           

5         n    1   0     18        root_fs_5           

6         n    1   0     20        root_fs_6           

7         n    1   0     22        root_fs_7           

8         n    1   0     24        root_fs_8           

9         n    1   0     26        root_fs_9           

10        n    1   0     28        root_fs_10          

11        n    1   0     30        root_fs_11          

12        n    1   0     32        root_fs_12          

13        n    1   0     34        root_fs_13          

14        n    1   0     36        root_fs_14          

15        n    1   0     38        root_fs_15          

16        y    1   0     40        root_fs_common      2,1

17        n    5   0     73        root_fs_ufslog      

18        n    5   0     76        root_panic_reserve  

19        n    5   0     77        root_fs_d3          

20        n    5   0     78        root_fs_d4          

21        n    5   0     79        root_fs_d5          

22 n 5 0 80 root_fs_d6

Nas pool – l

id      inuse   acl     name

3       n       0       clar_r5_performance

4       n       0       clar_r5_economy

server_export ALL -list –all

server_2 : no entries

server_3 : 

export "/" anon=0 access=128.221.252.100:128.221.253.100:128.221.252.101:128.221.253.101

server_iscsi ALL -lun –list

server_2 : no iscsi lun entry

server_3 : no iscsi lun entry

Did you get the last update?

two more commands, these will tell use how much space is available in each pool

nas_pool -size clar_r5_performance

nas_pool -size clar_r5_economy