System Components - HP AA988A - Modular Smart Array Storage Controller SCSI User Manual

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CH A P T E R

System Components

The MSA2000 Family 2012sa Modular Smart Array and MSA2000 Drive Enclosure
are high-performance storage solutions that combine outstanding performance with
high reliability, availability, flexibility, and manageability.
Supported configurations include a controller enclosure with or without attached
drive enclosures. A controller enclosure can contain two controllers that interact and
provide failover capability for the data path. The controller enclosure can use SATA
or SAS disk drive modules.
This chapter provides information about the system components, and includes the
following topics:
"System Management Software" on page 12
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"Hardware Components and LEDs" on page 13
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