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Step 1 1: Configure your MSA
After the servers and switches are set up and the MSA is physically installed, connected, and
powered on, you may customize the server and the MSA and configure the storage according to
your plan.
Procedures vary for each operating system, but common steps include the following:

• Obtain desired controller firmware and Support Software CD versions

• Determine which storage configuration utility to use
• Configure the MSA
Obtain desired controller firmware and Support Software CD versions
As discussed in
versions of MSA controller firmware are available.
Use the following procedures to determine the pre-installed controller firmware version on the MSA
and obtain a different version of firmware or support software CD from the Web.
1.
Obtain the Support Software CD from the shipping carton of your MSA.
2.
Read the CD label and record the version of the Support Software CD in
information" on page 106.
3.
With the MSA powered on, press the up and down arrow buttons on the front of the controller
until the following message is displayed:
Array controller Firmware ver <version>
(Where
<version>
4.
Record the installed MSA controller firmware version in
page 106.
5.
Go to the Software, Firmware & Drivers page of the MSA1000 website:
http://www.hp.com/go/msa1000
CAUTION:
6.
Under the Select operating system banner, select the entry for your operating system.
7.
Scroll through and read the display for the Web versions of the Support Software CD and MSA
controller firmware, and then record the version numbers in
on page 106.
8.
If desired, download the updated firmware or support software CD ISO image from the Web.
NOTE:
and use this new Support CD.
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Installation procedures—All deployments
"Determine which version of MSA controller firmware to
represents the installed firmware version.)
Do not go to the MSA1500 website for information about the MSA1000.
When instructed in later sections of this guide, install this new firmware on the MSA
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