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Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces Deployment Guide

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Ensuring HBAs are installed and updated

SAS Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) are required to connect the storage enclosures to each host. To ensure that the SAS HBAs listed and the firmware versions are the same based on the supported HBA for your solution, complete the following task:

  1. Log in to each host server with the local Administrator privilege.
  2. Start an elevated Administrator CLI, and then run the following command: 
    shmcli list adapters
    The output should look similar to the example screenshot given here.
    Figure 1. Output from the list adapters command This image shows output from the list adapters command
    • NOTE: Ensure the SAS HBAs listed and the firmware versions are the same based on the supported HBA for your solution. For more information about minimum firmware versions for the HBA for your solution, see the Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces Support Matrix available at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.

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