Host Server Software - HP P2000 G3 MSA Technical White Paper

Technical white paper | HP P2000 G3 MSA
Contains the listing of all current P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array Family Firmware.
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– Provides search links to get the latest firmware from hp.com.
Contains all the P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array user documents in one place.
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– User documents included on the CD with Internationalized versions where available.
– Links to additional documentation resources like white papers are also available on the CD.
Provides additional tools that assist customers with various management tasks.
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– MSA Device Discovery Tool
– SNMP MIBs—The MSA2000 SNMP MIBs provide MIB browsers and other SNMP-aware software with the necessary
– Links to HP SMI-S documentation on the Web.
Provides various HP Support links for services like Product registration, Warranty, Service Care Packs, Learning Center,
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and so on.

Host Server Software

HP P2000 Modular Smart Array Software Support/Documentation CD provides various Host Software products
corresponding to HP P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array Family products. It also contains links to hp.com where newer versions
of these software products may be available.
The following are the key Host Software products contained in HP P2000 Modular Smart Array Software
Support/Documentation CD:
Host Software bundles
Separate Host Software bundles are provided for each of the supported OS platforms.
Windows bundles
Windows bundles are based on Windows ProLiant Support Packs. Separate bundles are available for Windows 2003 and
2008, and for each of the supported hardware architectures (x86, x64, and IA64). Bundles include installable Smart
Components and the HP SUM engine. The HP SUM engine will have "pull from Web updates," so users can get the latest
from Web automatically.
Linux bundles
Linux bundles are based on Linux ProLiant Support Packs. Separate bundles are available for RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES10,
SLES11. Bundles include installable RPM packages and the HP SUM engine.
Individual Host Software Smart Components
Individual Smart Components are available for each of the drivers contained in the bundles so customers can choose to
install or update a specific driver without going through the bundle installation. Here again, the individual drivers are
available for each of the supported OS platforms and hardware architectures. In addition to the drivers locally hosted on the
CD, links are provided to hp.com where newer versions of the drivers may be available.
Microsoft Hot Fixes
Also available are the Microsoft Hot Fixes for various Microsoft dependent products like the Storport storage driver, VDS,
and VSS. The Setup page provides detailed instructions on the sequence of steps required to install these hot fixes.
Assists in discovering HP 2000 Modular Smart Array Family (MSA2000) and HP P2000 Modular Smart Array Systems
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that are direct attach or reachable over the network.
Allows users to launch any of the management interfaces like SMU/Telnet/CLI/FTP for the selected device.
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Provides an option to schedule log collection from the selected MSA device to pull the storage debug logs onto the
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host server at specified intervals.
Generates XML/Text output reports with inventory details of the local host and the discovered HP 2000 Modular
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Smart Array Family (MSA2000) and HP P2000 Modular Smart Array devices.
information to query, update, and properly display SNMP variables on supported hardware.
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