Map a SAN LUN to a WS2012 R2 virtual machine

Question

Hello,
I need some help from someone who has dealt with this before.
I have:
an HP DL380 G6 running the unlimited eval copy of Hyper-V Server 2012 R2.
an HP MSA 2040 SAN enclosure.
a WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine running on the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 host.
an HP/LSI SAS 9207-8e host adapter.
I've been asked to configure the WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine as a file server, but really the data will be on an MSA 2040 SAN enclosure volume, so I need to map an LUN from the MSA 2040 to the WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine.
Of course I can't actually install the HP/LSI SAS 9207-8e host adapter into the WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine, but is there an emulation/software solution for this?
If I install the physical HP/LSI SAS 9207-8e host adapter into the physical Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 host, will I be able to add a virtual version of said host adapter to my VM?
I'm searching and reading posts now, but if someone, who knows, has the answer, I would really appreciate a pointer or two.
Thanks in advance for your time and help.
SOLVED!
Hello Elton_Ji/Darshana Jayathilake
And thanks for trying to help, but please stop repeating disinformation.
It CAN be done; I did it last week with the specific hardware/software listed.
Domain Environment - Server 2003 AD with DFL/FFL set to Windows Server 2003.
1 - HP DL308 G6 running the unlimited eval of Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (core).
1 - member server (desktop class hardware) running WS2012 R2 Std. (used for remote mgmt.).
(there are 5/6 netsh advfirewall firewall commands that need to be run in order to use the computer 
mgmt. console on a WS2012 R2 Std box to manage the Hyper-V Server core install; look 'em up.).
1 - HP MSA 2040 Enclosure with Dual Controllers - purchased in the last two months; no firmware changes 
have been made.
1 - HP/LSI SAS 9207-8e HBA - purchased in the last two months.
2 - SFF-8644 to SFF-8088 SAS HBA connector cables - purchased in the last two months.
Two SAN volumes were successfully mapped to the phys. SAS 9207-8e HBA in the Hyper-V Server using the 
dual ctrlr connection scenario per the MSA2040 UserGuide. p.36
http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03792322
one server/one hba/dual path 
connection from ctrlr A sas port A1 
connection from ctrlr B sas port B1 
all other ports on both ctrlrs were deselected 
ctrlr A connected to right hand port interface on phys sas card in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (core). 
ctrlr B connected to left hand port interface on phys sas card in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (core).
link led was green on both ctrlrs; activity led was off on both ctrlrs 
applied the settings: "The host mapping was modified successfully. Note: It may take a minute to update 
table.
i didn't have to choose another lun while cfging ctrlr B; lun 1 is still set. 
The file server VM is OFF!
the File Server VM's settings > SCSI ctrlr > Hard Drive settings DID change; the "physical disk option" 
was NOW available with
disk 1 1115.72 GB bus 0 lun 1 target 1 
and 
disk 2 1117.11 GB bus 0 lun 2 target 2 
a rescan disks in disk mgmt. on Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (core) did not show any new drives yet; that's 
OK, you won't see them there.
I selected scsi disk 1 in the File Server VM's settings > scsi ctrlr > hard drive > physical disk 
option, and did likewise with the second scsi hard drive phy. disk 2.
Then I started the File Server VM, and logged in > opened the computer mgmt. console > disk mgmt. > 
EUREKA! > there were two, new, unknown/offline/unallocated disks. 
The properties of both offline disks identified them as an "HP MSA 2040 SAS SCSI Disk Device" 
the offline disk info ballon reads "offline (the disk is offline because of policy set by an 
administrator) 
Disk 1 was set to online and initialized as GPT (went with GPT due to size/plans for future growth).
I created a simple volume partition and formatted it as ntfs (1115.6 GB) 
new simple volume > used all available space (1142370 MB) > drive letter E > format partition > file 
system = ntfs > allocation unit size = default > volume label = DATA > perform quick format deselected. 
the activity led on ctrlr A was now green and blinking. 
1:38 PM on 4/2/15 1% 
2:03 PM 22 % 
2:22 PM 37% 
3:40 PM done 
I opened a unc window to \\VirtualFileServer\e$, pasted a text file and deleted it.
I'm domain admin, so I was able to open the window without sharing or setting ntfs permissions.
fantástico!

Answer 1

Hi Sir,
>>so I need to map an LUN from the MSA 2040 to the WS2012 R2 Std. x64 virtual machine.
Please ensure NPIV is enabled on HBA and SAN switch .
"Virtual Fibre Channel support in Windows Server 2012 leverages Fibre Channel HBAs and switches that are compatible with N_Port ID Virtualization (
NPIV ).  NPIV is leveraged by Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 to define virtualized World Wide Node Names (
WWNNs ) and World Wide Port Names (
WWPNs ) that can be assigned to virtual Fibre Channel HBAs within the settings of each VM.  These virtualized World Wide Names can then be zoned into the storage and masked into
the LUNs that should be presented to each clustered Virtual Machine."
http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2013/03/21/virtual-machine-guest-clustering-with-windows-server-2012-become-a-virtualization-expert-in-20-days-part-14-of-20.aspx
Also :
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertvi/archive/2014/07/11/getting-started-with-virtual-fibre-channel-inside-a-hyper-v-vm.aspx
Best Regards,
Elton Ji
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