PROMOX AND DELL MD32xx

[baudinpr]

Hi all,

I'm on the way to do a new configuration for a customer.
The configuration provides:
- n. 2 DELL hosts (R620 or similar)
- n. 1 DELL MD32xx connected via SAS HBA

The question now is: Proxmox or ESXi ?
ESXi have a well documented solution for the integration between hosts and MD32xx, what about Proxmox ?
Any successfully stories here ?

Many thanks.
Piero Baudino

 

[tom]

See http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ISCSI_Multipath#Dell

This is for iSCSI, but the way is similar.

If you need help in setup, I recommend you go for a support subscription with remote support for our team.

 

[baudinpr]

Hi all,

OK, the MD3200 SAS si here, just configured it for 2 nodes, nodes are Dell R620.
Then, installed PVE 3.0 and installed multipath-tools.

Without nothing else, I think multimath is working !

Look here:

root@node1:~# multipath -ll
3690b11c0004e203b0000029151c15361 dm-3 DELL,MD32xx
size=2.7T features='3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=14 status=active
| `- 1:0:1:0 sdc 8:32 active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=9 status=enabled
`- 1:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 active ready running

It's OK ?
I have no multipath.conf (anywhere), it's correct ?

Thanks!
Piero Baudino