Category: HPE

For the next Home Lab update, I decided to increase my network infrastructure to 10Gbit. For this, I picked out VMware 7.0 U3 compatible HPE NC550SFP CNAs for a small amount of money. However, these were at a firmware level beyond the Stone Age and were not recognized by either the HPE DL380p Gen8 or ML310e Gen8 v2 and I had no link. So I […]

If you want to set static IP over CLI for your HPE MSA 2040 please do following steps: Preparing a Linux computer before cabling to the CLI port although Linux operating systems do not require installation of a device driver, certain parameters must beprovided during driver loading to enable recognition of the MSA 2040 controller enclosures. To load the Linux device driver with the correct […]

I recently needed to reset the password on an HPE MSA2040 SAN to which I had physical access. It turns out this information was more difficult to find than I had presumed. The often recommended action is to contact HPE who will send a engineer on-site to reset the MSA password/settings. Don’t hesitate to do that if you have an active support contract. However, here […]