I take that as no FC then?

thomas_lt wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 03, 2024 4:27 pm

it is not possible to search for terms in the forum, so we have to browse every discussion

Fun fact that I found. It’s available on mobile, but you can also force the search icon to show up if you shrink a desktop browser window way down horizontally. Guessing it’s a theme issue?

Ok finally got there, and it does now as expected. Thanks for the assistance!

Should it show up on the LUNs page of the web gui after it is successful?

Is there a Powershell template for creating a standalone LUN for VSAN? I had replied in a thread about creating an HA LUN, but it appears a different command will be needed for standalone.

Did this ever get resolved? I'm on the Free as well, trying to figure out LUNs via powershell. I was really confused until I found threads here mentioning it had to be powershell. I had figured there would be an example if it had to be via powershell. That coupled with no reference besides a listing...

I found this StorageReview article from July 2022 that used FC in a SAN & NAS implementation test. https://www.storagereview.com/review/starwind-san-nas-over-fibre-channel This article also links to one of your blog posts, where you announced FC implementation. "Installed either on top of h...

HA devices are not available over the Fiber Channel. ... Yet, HA devices do not work over FC. What is this document discussing? https://www.starwindsoftware.com/fibre-channel "StarWind VSAN can utilize the existing Fibre Channel infrastructure to bring in the required High Availability, using ...

The article you referred to describes use of FC for VTL, not VSAN. Could you please expand on this? The article is referencing both VSAN and VTL, and connecting them via FC. In fact, the stated Purpose of the entire document is "This document guides users in configuring StarWind storage device...

You probably want to update this documentation then. I don't know how I'm reading all this so wrong, when it's flat out not supported.

"StarWind VSAN uses Fibre Channel for sharing Highly Available storage for applications and VMs"

Am I completely misunderstanding this then that says VSAN can use FC?
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/fibre-channel

I got a lot of FC (fibre channel for those trying to search in the future) equipment for cheap, and would like to see what I can make work with VSAN and my homelab. I have the bare metal Ubuntu build. I apologize for questions in here that will likely be uninformed, but I'm trying to learn this in a...