does proxmox supports fcoe

[fikirzerihun]

I own a C7000 setup featuring BL460G9 servers integrated with an MSA 2050 SAN storage system. The servers utilize HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapters with FCOE capability. Recently, I installed Proxmox 8 and attempted to connect the shared storage from the MSA to the hosts. However, I encountered difficulties in accessing the LUN from the operating system. previously this setup worked seamlessly with VMware. I would greatly appreciate any assistance from someone knowledgeable in this area

 

[bbgeek17]

Proxmox/PVE is based on Debian Linux with Ubuntu based Kernel. See if you can find your vendor's storage documentation on how to setup FCoE with Linux, and follow that if it exists.

Good luck

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[iwik]

You can not (easily) replace esxi with proxmox, if you have FC/FCoE SAN. There is nothing like "vmfs". With PVE you can have shared storage (LVM) or local storage with snapshots. But not both at same time (shared and snapshots). See wiki https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage

 

[bbgeek17]

@iwik you are correct that there is no built-in solution that comes with PVE install that could provide apples to apples experience for users of VMFS on FC/iSCSI block storage.
There is a number of DIY and commercial solutions that can help. There are quite a few threads on this topic in the forum.

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[iwik]

I have just found this post and also did some research how this limitation could be solved. But It needs new storage implementation qcow2@lvm https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/what-about-lvm-qcow2.138969/#post-650094

 

[VirtAngus]

I own a C7000 setup featuring BL460G9 servers integrated with an MSA 2050 SAN storage system. The servers utilize HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapters with FCOE capability. Recently, I installed Proxmox 8 and attempted to connect the shared storage from the MSA to the hosts. However, I encountered difficulties in accessing the LUN from the operating system. previously this setup worked seamlessly with VMware. I would greatly appreciate any assistance from someone knowledgeable in this area

What kind of switch do you use in your c7000? We use BL460c G9 with FLB630, too. It's connected to SAN HPE EVA 6350 via FlexFabric 10/24 and some FC switch. And it's working.

 

[fikirzerihun]

Hi VirtAngus, i have two HP VC FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Modules which supports both FC and IP based connections, i dont have a dedicated FC switch within the enclosure

 

[VirtAngus]

Well, I do not know exactly your desired topology but not all SANs are able to connect to VirtualConnect directly via FC (our 6350 requires fabric (switch) connection). Maybe it's worth to give iSCSI a try?