Comments on: Configuring QNAP for VMware iSCSI http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/configuring-qnap-for-vmware-iscsi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=configuring-qnap-for-vmware-iscsi Thu, 16 May 2013 15:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jeremyjbowman http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/configuring-qnap-for-vmware-iscsi/comment-page-1/#comment-2725 jeremyjbowman Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:46:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2060#comment-2725 Hi Bilal,
Yes – I’ll be there at SF. Meet up with you at vBeers SF on Saturday – would be great to have a natter! If I can, I’ll pass on your issues to friends at VMware and QNAP to see if a solution can be found!
Catch you soon.
Cheers.
Jeremy.

]]> By: Bilal Hashmi http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/configuring-qnap-for-vmware-iscsi/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 Bilal Hashmi Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2060#comment-2662 Sorry meant to say “I have tried both jumbo on and off and still had issues”

]]> By: Bilal Hashmi http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/configuring-qnap-for-vmware-iscsi/comment-page-1/#comment-2661 Bilal Hashmi Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:59:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2060#comment-2661 Hi Jeremy,
Will you be coming to VMworld 2012 sf? I would really be interested in finding what you did to keep your side stable. I am running a 459 pro II with 3.7.3 and still have the instability of luns vanishing. I have tried both jumbo on and off with no issues. Also I am running a power connect 2716. When I look at the HCL I only see x69 and x79 approved for esxi 5. Also, only x79 is approved for iSCSI so I am not sure why the pre-sales guys are saying that. Please have a look yourself in case I am missing something:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=san

Also, according to what I have been able to put together so far is that X69 and X79 were approved for vSphere 5 after 3.7.2 and here are the build notes:

http://www.qnap.com/en/index.php?lang=en&sn=848&n=12762&d=1

Prior to that nothing from QNAP was supported or approved from what I understand. If I am missing something please do point out. I love my QNAP box but the hide and seek I have had to play with esxi 5 and qnap has been very annoying to say the least.

And a big hello to Michael of course :)

]]> By: jeremyjbowman http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/configuring-qnap-for-vmware-iscsi/comment-page-1/#comment-2657 jeremyjbowman Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:53:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2060#comment-2657 Hi Bilal,

Thanks for the comments. I did investigate this with QNAP beforehand, and the result from the VMware HCL and from their pre-sales tech guys was ‘use a combination of the latest firmware and one of the x59 QNAP models and this will guarantee compatibility with vSphere 5. I’ve been testing this for a few months now, and (fingers crossed) all seems stable at the moment. If I get any issues like you’d had, I’ll report back and talk to friends at QNAP who I might be able to get to investigate. In the meantime, I hope your issues get sorted and NFS works out ok.

Cheers.
Jeremy.

]]> By: Bilal Hashmi http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/configuring-qnap-for-vmware-iscsi/comment-page-1/#comment-2656 Bilal Hashmi Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/?p=2060#comment-2656 just be careful with iscsi with the QNAP, only very few models support ESXi 5… I myself have had issues with iSCSI and QNAP with esxi 5, kinda upset over that. For me the iscsi luns keep disappearing overtime, and no its not my network.Apparently its a known issue, if you find a work around please o share. I might be testing nfs on ESXi 5 now, I hear that’s pretty stable but still only.

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