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Upgrading to the HPE MSA 1040 or
HPE MSA 2040/2042

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  • Page 1 Technical white paper Upgrading to the HPE MSA 1040 or HPE MSA 2040/2042...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    HPE MSA 2040 features ..................................................6 HPE MSA 2042 features ..................................................7 Supported and unsupported configurations with HPE MSA 1040 and HPE MSA 2040/2042 controllers ..........7 Disk speed and enclosure link speeds............................................8 Moving between SAS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel topologies..................................8 Supported upgrade paths for the HPE MSA 1040/2040 ....................................
  • Page 3 Page 3 Technical white paper Remote Snap Remote System Information......................................... 36 System user names ....................................................36 System information ....................................................37 Date/time information .................................................... 37 Controller logs filenames ..................................................37...

  • Page 4: Executive Summary

    This document highlights methods of upgrading an existing P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array (MSA) storage system to the HPE MSA 2040/2042 SAN or HPE MSA 2040/2042 SAS. It also covers upgrading an existing P2000 G3 MSA array to an HPE MSA 1040 storage system.
  • Page 5 This white paper contains the information necessary to upgrade any of the P2000 G3 MSA controller-based systems to an HPE MSA 1040 or 2040/2042 array or to convert protocols on the HPE MSA 1040 or 2040/2042 arrays. Most of the steps are the same regardless which storage system you are upgrading from.

  • Page 6: Hpe Msa 1040 Controller Hardware Overview

    Figure 2. SMU Version 2 login screen HPE MSA 1040 controller hardware overview You can purchase the HPE MSA 1040 as either a large form factor (LFF) 12-drive or small form factor (SFF) 24-drive storage system. Note The HPE MSA 1040 storage system supports four total enclosures, including the storage enclosure, for a maximum of 99 SFF drives or 48 LFF drives.

  • Page 7: Hpe Msa 2040 Controller Hardware Overview

    Note The HPE MSA 2040 storage systems support eight total enclosures, including the storage enclosure, for a maximum of 199 SFF drives or 96 LFF drives. Mixed LFF and SFF enclosures are supported; refer to the following table for the maximum LFF and SFF drive configurations for each controller enclosure.

  • Page 8: Hpe Msa 2042 Features

    Remote replication included for affordable application availability 400 GB and 800 GB LFF SSDs All MSA 2042 models ship standard with the HPE Advanced Data Services (ADS) Software Suite LTU. Software titles included in the ADS Software Suite are: HPE MSA 2040 Performance Automated Tiering LTU...

  • Page 9: Disk Speed And Enclosure Link Speeds

    Disk speed and enclosure link speeds See Table 3 for disk speeds and enclosure link speeds after upgrading a P2000 G3 MSA to the HPE MSA 1040 or HPE MSA 2040/2042. Table 3. Disk speed and enclosure link speed matrix with MSA 1040 or MSA 2040/2042 controller installed...

  • Page 10: Supported Upgrade Paths For The Hpe Msa 1040/2040

    The MSA 1040 storage system ships standard with dual controllers and a storage enclosure. Drives from a P2000 G3 storage system must be moved to the MSA 1040 storage system enclosure during the upgrade process and placed in the MSA 1040 system in the same order, as they were in the P2000 G3 storage enclosure if possible, for consistency.

  • Page 11: Preliminary Instructions For Upgrading To The Hpe Msa 1040 Or Hpe Msa 2040/2042

    The MSA 1040 storage system ships standard with dual controllers and a storage enclosure. Drives from a P2000 G3 storage system must be moved to the MSA 1040 storage system enclosure during the upgrade process and placed in the same order as they were in the P2000 G3 storage enclosure if possible, for consistency.

  • Page 12: Before You Begin The Upgrade

    MSA 2040/2042 in the MSA 2040 and MSA 2042 QuickSpecs; the SFPs are available for purchase in four packs. The HPE MSA 1040 controllers ship pre-installed with the appropriate transceivers (8 Gb Fibre Channel, 10 Gb Optical iSCSI, or 1 Gb RJ- 45 iSCSI).
  • Page 13 Similarly, recording Fibre Channel and SAS WWNs, nicknames, and speeds are only valid if you are moving to an MSA 1040 two-port 8Gb Fibre Channel, MSA...
  • Page 14 Page 13 Technical white paper Figure 3. Recording Fibre Channel ports WWNs Figure 4. Recording WWN nicknames...
  • Page 15 Page 14 Technical white paper Figure 5. Host interface screen for the P2000 G3 MSA Record existing volume mapping information (see Figure 6). You can find this from the SMU by selecting the volume and then under the Provisioning drop-down menu, select Explicit Mappings. You might want to take a screenshot of the explicit mappings if you have a substantial amount of mappings.
  • Page 16 2. Verify that 3. Verify that the HPE MSA storage system login account has the correct permissions to use the FTP interface. 4. Open a command prompt (Windows®) or a terminal window (UNIX®) and navigate to the destination directory for the log file.

  • Page 17: Finishing The Upgrade Process

    Update host software Update the host software on each connected server using the latest drivers available for the MSA 1040 or MSA 2040/2042. You can find support software for the MSA 1040 at: hpe.com/storage/msa1040, You can find support for the MSA 2040 at hpe.com/storage/msa2040 and the support for the MSA 2042 at hpe.com/storage/msa2042.
  • Page 18 LED means that cache has not been flushed to disk. If the cache light is blinking after the OK to Remove blue LED is illuminated, call HPE Support. See Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 for your controller.
  • Page 19 Page 18 Technical white paper Figure 9. P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller status Figure 10. P2000 G3 10GbE iSCSI MSA controller status Figure 11. P2000 G3 iSCSI MSA controller status...
  • Page 20 SAS cables from these expansion enclosures can remain connected to each other. 2. Remove labeled host connect cables. SAS cables will need to be replaced due to the change of the SAS connector type on the MSA 1040 or 2040/2042 controllers.
  • Page 21 Page 20 Technical white paper 9. Reconnect the Ethernet cables removed from the management ports. Figure 12. HPE MSA 1040 controller status Figure 13. HPE MSA 1040 SAS controller status...

  • Page 22: Determine And Set The Ip Address Of The New Controllers

    12. Power on the MSA 1040 or MSA 2040 enclosure by inserting power cords. Some models have a physical switch for each power supply that must be put into the On ( ) position. If the MSA 1040 or MSA 2040 enclosure does not have power switches, plug power cords into the power supplies to power up the enclosure.
  • Page 23 Page 22 Technical white paper Re-enter controller information Re-enter the information stored in the controllers, as shown in Table 7. Table 7. Controller information Item Description Host interfaces This is where the Fibre Channel topology (loop, point-to-point, auto) and port speed (4Gb, 8Gb, 16Gb*, or auto) are assigned. Set iSCSI port addresses and iSCSI settings if you upgrade and change protocols.
  • Page 24 The iSCSI parameters include IP address, IP netmask, IP gateway, and IP version. The MSA 2040/2042 SAS controller requires no SAS port configuration. If you want to use the SAS Y-cables for the MSA 1040, use the CLI set host-parameters command.
  • Page 25 Page 24 Technical white paper Verify host names and update if necessary Assign or re-enter host nicknames and profiles. 1. Log in to SMU Version 3. 2. Click Hosts and then highlight the Host ID. Figure 19. Highlight Host ID 3.
  • Page 26 Page 25 Technical white paper Re-enter explicit volume mappings Follow these steps to re-enter explicit volume mapping information: 1. Log in to SMU Version 3. 2. Click Mapping and then click Action → Map. 3. Using the filter and search on each column, locate and select the host group, host, or initiator. Using the filter and searching on each column, locate and select the volume group or volume.
  • Page 27 Page 26 Technical white paper Re-enter user information Follow these steps to re-enter the user configuration information, including the user name and user type. 1. Click Home → Action → Manage Users. Figure 23. Manage Users 2. Add any additional users that you had created on the previous MSA controller, and set their passwords, roles, and interfaces. 3.
  • Page 28 Figure 25. Set Up Notifications 3. Select SNMP to re-enter SNMP information. 4. Select Email to re-enter email notification parameters. Figure 26. Notification Settings Note MSA 1040 and MSA 2040/2042 storage systems allow you to configure the syslog notification level.
  • Page 29 Page 28 Technical white paper 5. Select Managed Logs to enable managed logs. 6. To set up system services, select System → Action → Set Up System Services. Figure 27. Set Up System Services 7. Re-enable the system services. Figure 28. System Services...

  • Page 30: Snapshots And Remote Snap Licenses

    1. Select Home → Action → Install License. Enter the path and license file or browse to the license file and click Install License File to add the updated license. The new license is needed only if you have upgraded to an MSA 1040 or 2040 storage system.

  • Page 31: Deactivating The Msa Vaai Plug-In And Removing The Claimrules Before Upgrading The Controllers

    The response should no longer include filter rules for P2000 models. 7. Shut down all VMs and the ESX/ESXi servers in preparation for the controller upgrade. 8. Proceed to the Upgrading to the HPE MSA 1040 or HPE MSA 2040/2042 section of this white paper to upgrade the controllers.

  • Page 32: Post Controller Upgrade

    Page 31 Technical white paper Post controller upgrade After the controller upgrade process outlined in this document has been completed and the ESX/ESXi servers are online, missing datastores and inaccessible VMs might be listed in the vSphere inventory. To add them back into inventory so they are available again, follow these steps: Inventory datastores and VMFS VMs Refer to the following VMware documentation hyperlinks for details on these processes.

  • Page 33: Upgrade Scenarios

    Technical white paper Upgrade scenarios You should be aware of some considerations when upgrading the P2000 to the MSA 1040/2040/2042 or when upgrading an MSA 1040 to an MSA 2040/2042. These scenarios use the latest GL200 firmware. See the MSA 1040 and MSA 2040 User Guides for more information on linear and virtual disk groups.

  • Page 34: Management Ip Configuration

    Page 33 Technical white paper Appendix A Before you power down the hosts and remove the existing MSA controllers, review this checklist and make sure you have all the necessary information. Management IP configuration Controller A Controller B IP address ______________________ ______________________ Netmask:...

  • Page 35: Volume Mappings

    Page 34 Technical white paper Volume mappings Volume name Host name or Host ID Ports Access __________________ ______________________ ______ ___________ No/R/RW __________________ ______________________ ______ ___________ No/R/RW __________________ ______________________ ______ ___________ No/R/RW __________________ ______________________ ______ ___________ No/R/RW Network Management Services Web Browser Interface (WBI) HTTP HTTPS Command Line Interface...

  • Page 36: Snmp Traps Configuration

    Page 35 Technical white paper SNMP traps configuration Notification level: N/E/C/W/I SNMP read community: ______________ SNMP write community: ______________ Trap host IP address 1: ____.____.____.____ Trap host IP address 2: ____.____.____.____ Trap host IP address 3: ____.____.____.____ Advanced Disk Settings SMART Configuration: Dynamic Spare Capability: Available and Spare Drive Spin Down Capability:...
  • Page 37 Page 36 Technical white paper Host Control of Write-Back Cache: Auto-Write Through Cache Trigger Conditions ___________________________________________________ Controller Failure: Cache Power: CompactFlash: Power Supply Failure: Fan Failure: Over Temperature Failure: Auto-Write Through Cache Behaviors _________________________________________________________ Revert when Trigger Condition Clears: Notify Other Controller: Remote Snap Remote System Information IP address:* User name:*...
  • Page 38 Page 37 Technical white paper User Name (default users and their default settings Attribute Value are shown below) Password !manage/!monitor/!ftp SNMPv3 User Definition Checked? No/No/No User Roles manage, monitor/monitor/manage, monitor User Type standard/standard/standard WBI Access? Yes/Yes/No CLI Access? Yes/Yes/No FTP Access? Yes/No/Yes SMI-S Access Yes/No/No...
  • Page 39 Technical white paper Resources, contacts, or additional links HPE MSA 1040 Storage QuickSpecs http://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/redirect.aspx?/products/quickspecs/14884_div/14884_div.PDF HPE MSA 2040 Storage QuickSpecs http://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/redirect.aspx?/products/quickspecs/14603_div/14603_div.PDF HPE MSA 1050 Storage QuickSpecs hpe.com/support/MSA1050QuickSpecs HPE MSA 2050 Storage QuickSpecs hpe.com/support/MSA2050QuickSpecs HPE MSA 2052 Storage QuickSpecs hpe.com/support/MSA2052QuickSpecs Sign up for HPE updates h41360.www4.hpe.com/alerts-signup.php...

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