For More Information; Important Tips - HP 2000sa Deployment Manual

Ability to grow as storage demands increase. The MSA2000sa controller enclosure can
support up to three cascaded drive enclosures. For detailed information about
maximum-capacity configurations, see the MSA2000sa QuickSpecs.
Choice of high performance enterprise class dual-port SAS drives or low cost, high capacity
archival class single-port SATA drives.
Configuration, management, and monitoring tasks are performed using the Storage Management
Utility (SMU) or Command Line Interface (CLI), both of which are embedded in MSA2000 family
array controller firmware. For more information about these software utilities, see
management tools" (page
different screen formats. HP recommends becoming familiar with and primarily using one of the
two interfaces.

For more information

Device website:
Be sure to read the following documents that are printed and shipped with the MSA2000sa:
HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array racking instructions—Includes physical
installation instructions.
HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array Family installation road map—Includes an
overview of installation and configuration steps.
For detailed information about the MSA2000 storage enclosure and its utilities, see the following
documents, available on HP websites:
HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array supported cable configurations—Includes
sample illustrations of different supported configurations and their cabling.
HP StorageWorks 2012sa Modular Smart Array user guide—Includes hardware description,
configuration, and user information that is unique to the MSA2012sa model.
HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array family reference guide—Includes detailed
hardware descriptions, configuration, and user information that applies to all MSA2000
models. The SMU is detailed.
HP StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array CLI reference guide—Includes instructions
for using the CLI. All commands are detailed.
HP StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array firmware upgrade instructions—Includes
information and instructions for updating firmware on MSA2000sa controllers.
HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array troubleshooting guide—Includes troubleshooting
information.

Important tips

Be sure to upgrade the MSA2000sa controllers to the latest firmware version before connecting
to the switch.
For high availability, two controllers must be installed in each MSA2000sa controller enclosure,
and two I/O modules must be installed in each MSA2000 drive enclosure.
When cabling the MSA2000sa controller enclosure, MSA2000 drive enclosures, and HP
3Gb SAS BL Switches, be sure to follow HP recommended best practices. For more information
about cabling the devices, see the user documents for the devices. Suggested references
include the HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array supported cable configurations,
HP StorageWorks 2012sa Modular Smart Array user guide, and HP StorageWorks 3Gb SAS
BL Switch User Guide. For sample cabling illustrations see
Maximum supported length of SAS cables is 4m.
32 Device information
43). Functionality of the two user interfaces is similar, but presented in
http://www.hp.com/go/msa2000sa (under Previous Generation)
"Deployment examples" (page
"Solution
89).