ESX 3.5 Certified?

[beng]

G'day Sean,
I agree it can be a bit frustrating selling solutions to customers if they are not strictly on the HCL.
However, perhaps Open-E can help here.
Since iSCSI and/or NAS are the protocols involved.

Tom, can Open-E provide a statement that would confirm that Open-E DSS conforms to the ESX VMFS requirements, regardless of the underlying hardware?

What I mean is, if when using iSCSI for example that there is no difference to ESX, regardless of whether you are using SAS or SATA, or a particular Raid Controller.
Therefore, so long as the Hardware is certified by Open-E for use with DSS, then we as integrators can be confident that it will work. In particular I am thinking of the drama around the SCSI RESERVE and RELEASE commands.

(Forgive me if the iSCSI protocol does not work this way, as I am not as familiar with it as other protocols)

I know that will not satisfy all clients, but it would give me the confidence to try to sell it to them. Particularly if I can convince them to try DSS-Lite in their Test environments first.

Rgds Ben

[silicon]

Thanks for the reply To-M, we do understand not all platforms can be certified, but we will formally ask Intel to help out with the MC2! Do keep us informed about any developments for the ClearBay, it will be an important platform for us & our customers. Thanks.

[To-M]

We should have news from VMware if the Clear Bay has passed. All preliminary tests have passed, so this is good news. We will post it on the website once VMware gives us the finial stamp. We should know by end of next week.

[hologic]

Apparently Open-E is removed from the certified ESX SAN list.

Last Updated: July 2, 2008
Removed Open‐E DSS with Intel S5000PAL / SR 2500 Platform Model.

What happened & will you be recertified?

[beng]

Apparently Open-E is removed from the certified ESX SAN list.

Last Updated: July 2, 2008
Removed Open‐E DSS with Intel S5000PAL / SR 2500 Platform Model.

What happened & will you be recertified?

Can I echo the above?
What has happened?
We have just spent the past two weeks building a basis for quotes, testing and preparing to go to our customers with DSS as the core to the SAN and now this happens?

Can someone from Open-E please responds, happy if it is via email, we just need to know....
Is this a short term issue? Will it be fixed? What does it affect and can we live with it?

I am just as ticked off at VMware's certification process. They do not list the full specs of the certified systems, nor do they seem to publish anywhere the full process of certification....

Rgds Ben.

[To-M]

The removal from the VMware HCL was due to a communication error related to a press release - not for technical reasons. We did receive proper approval from VMware passing all technical certification requirments to be listed on their HCL for iSCSI. We have corrected the press release and await for VMware to reinstate Open-E.

[beng]

[QUOTE=To-M]The removal from the VMware HCL was due to a communication error related to a press release - not for technical reasons. We did receive proper approval from VMware passing all technical certification requirments to be listed on their HCL for iSCSI. We have corrected the press release and await for VMware to reinstate Open-E.

In a word "Whew"!

[beng]

[QUOTE=To-M]The removal from the VMware HCL was due to a communication error related to a press release - not for technical reasons. We did receive proper approval from VMware passing all technical certification requirments to be listed on their HCL for iSCSI. We have corrected the press release and await for VMware to reinstate Open-E.

G'day, have VMware indicated when they may be re-instating you?
I now have two clients who have cancelled their orders, because I could not provide them with certification, and even your own press release has been pulled.....

Is there a "real" problem or not?

Rgds Ben