topic Re: Emulex LP8000 in MSA Storage

Emulex LP8000

Alberto Brivio — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:17:43 GMT

Dear All,

I've a cluster formed by two Proliant ML370 equipped with a Emulex LP8000 fiber optic controller, connected to a emc2 storage.
Now, I'd like to replace emc2 storage with an HP MSA1000 but I don't know if that controller is compatible with new hardware and if yes, if I have to reinstall cluster sw.

Regards

Alberto Brivio

Re: Emulex LP8000

Uwe Zessin — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:45:57 GMT

You don't mention what operating system you are dealing with. If it is Windows 2000/2003 - the DS-KGPSA-CB (the HP-branded version of the LP-8000) is supported on the MSA1000.

Re: Emulex LP8000

BR894765 — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:12:35 GMT

This card also have 176479-B21 part number.

MSA1000 compatibility guide
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CoreRedirect.jsp?redirectReason=DocIndexPDF&prodSeriesId=377751&targetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fh20000.www2.hp.com%2Fbc%2Fdocs%2Fsupport%2FSupportManual%2Fc00222327%2Fc00222327.pdf

May be you need to flash HP firmware
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=327008&prodNameId=327010&swEnvOID=181&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-36816-1

I think you will need to change your multipath software.