topic Re: Expand MSA1000 in Disk Enclosures

Expand MSA1000

Lars_12 — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:21:06 GMT

Anyone know what i need to expand my MSA1000 with a new 14 slot cabinet? Also, are the 300Gb disks working with this cabinet?

Re: Expand MSA1000

Uwe Zessin — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:06:07 GMT

Hello Lars,
you can re-use an M4314 or M4354 disk drive enclosure. For new buys you'd choose either the MSA30 SB or MSA30 DB enclosure.

SB = single bus - all 14 disks connect to the same SCSI bus

DB = dual bus - 7 disk on the left side go to one bus, 7 disks on the right side go to the other bus

The MSA1000 has two external busses, so you can use:
- 2x M4314 or MSA30 SB
- 1x M4354 or MSA30 DB

For the MSA30 you'd need recent firmware in the MSA1000.

MSA1000 product page:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/msa1000/index.html

MSA30 product page:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/sharedstorage/sacluster/msa30/index.html

Re: Expand MSA1000

Lars_12 — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:54:19 GMT

Thanks,

do you know which firmware in my MSA1000 i need for running the MSA30?

Re: Expand MSA1000

Uwe Zessin — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:07:19 GMT

According to the MSA1000 firmware version 4.32 (the current one) release notes, support was introduced here.

Re: Expand MSA1000

Zygmunt Krawczyk — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 09:28:51 GMT

Hi,

firmware version is OS dependent.
Look at the link:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/softwaredrivers/msa1000/msa1k_intel.html

Regards,
Zygmunt