Cisco UCS B200 M5 Server - No local disks showing

[d_ahmad]

Hi,

I have a Cisco UCS B200 M5 Server connected to 6 sdd units within an ESS. I am trying to install ESXi but not getting any storage devices showing.

I have shown some of my settings below, many thanks

[Kirk J]

Can you please confirm what drives (specifically type, and size) are inserted in the two front slots of your B200M5 blade?

Also, are you attempting to install to the internal SDcard ?

Kirk...

[d_ahmad]

SSD 3.49TB each (12 available), they are connected to the NetApp ESS and I can see them available on the NetApp management interface

[Kirk J]

What storage protocol are you trying to connect to that over? (i.e. FC, iSCSI, NFS, etc)

Kirk...

[d_ahmad]

FC

[d_ahmad]

Although I am not entirely sure about this. I have tried iSCSi also

[Kirk J]

Boot from SAN takes very specific configurations to work properly.

Please review https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/116003-iscsi-ucs-config-00.html

If it is FC, then please take a look at the UCS FC portion of a flexpod CVD that has examples:  https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi65u1_n9fc.html#_Toc24048284 

I'm assuming you have correctly configured the netapp storage disk pools/luns correctly (outside the scope of a Cisco UCS forum post)

Kirk...