Obtain The Latest User Documents; Confirm Support For Your Hardware And Software Components; Verify The Operating Environment; Install The Msa Chassis - HPE MSA 2050 Quick Start Instructions

• Access from a workstation or a server to the MSA Storage array management to access the Storage
Management Utility (SMU) and validate host connections
• Access to the Internet (to access HPE websites for the latest QuickSpecs, user documents, and firmware)

Obtain the latest user documents

Locate MSA 2050/2052 user guides to help with the planning, installation, and configuration processes. User
documents are available on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Information Library at http://www.hpe.com/info/
storage/docs.

Confirm support for your hardware and software components

Confirm that the devices you plan to connect and their installed firmware and software versions are supported
for use with each other. The latest support information is available on the HPE Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge (SPOCK) website at http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock.

Verify the operating environment

Review the HPE MSA 2050/2052 User Guide and ensure that all environmental requirements are met,
including site wiring and electrical power inputs, ventilation and cooling, and weight considerations.

Install the MSA chassis

Use the following steps to install your MSA chassis. For more information, see the HPE MSA 2050/2052 User
Guide.
WARNING:
At least two people are needed to lift a fully populated MSA storage enclosure or expansion disk
enclosure into the rack.
• Install the device into the rack
• Connect expansion disk enclosures
• Connect the MSA Controllers to data hosts
• Connect the MSA Controller to a remote management host (optional)
• Connect two MSA storage systems to replicate volumes (optional)
• Connect power cords and power on devices
• Update firmware on all components
• Configure the MSA storage systems
Install the device into the rack
Use the instructions provided with the rack mounting kits or other devices to rack the MSA chassis, expansion
disk enclosures, switches, and servers.
Connect expansion disk enclosures
If expansion disk enclosures are included in your environment, connect SAS cables employing either a
straight-through or fault tolerant cabling plan. Mini-SAS to Mini-SAS cables are required for each disk
enclosure.
The following disk enclosures are supported:
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