Thanks. I've made some progress but it seems the QLE220 FC HBA cards I got as part of the MSA1000 G2 package are not supported for ESXi. Trying out some drivers right now. Right now my only option to configure the MSA1000 is to use the serial port on the device via a Hyper Terminal session. I will see if I can set up that feature via the command prompt.
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by: CJRODRIGPosted on 2008-06-25 at 13:46:08ID: 21869710
We made something like you mention but using MSA1000 NAS (a small concept of SAN). In the NAS ACU there is a switch called "Selective Presentation". It enables you to present a set of disks (an array) in your external enclosure to an specific host. You should enable this option and input the IP address of the ESX Server.
You must connect your ESX server to your MSA fiber switch using an HBA Card.
In the ESX Console Manager you should see in the storage tab the disk you presented. Configure it in your ESX console and then you can use it to assign it to a VM or set of VMs.
It is working like a charm in our VMWare environment right now.