topic Re: msa1000/1500 mgmt setup in Disk Enclosures

msa1000/1500 mgmt setup

ecorban — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:44:33 GMT

hi we have 5 msa we want to manage through a brocade san using acu 7.15.19. we have zoned the mall together with a windows mgmt host and nee dto know if its a supported config. also, if its not what would be the best way to manage 5 seperate msa1000/msa1500 mix of arrays.

thanks

Re: msa1000/1500 mgmt setup

Ruslan — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:46:51 GMT

Hi Eddie!

In your case, there are 3 key requirements that must be accomplished:

1) All MSA and managment host must be in the same zone on Brocade
2) Installed ACU on managment host
3) HP FC HBA (I had negative experience when Qlogic HBA don't "seen" MSA)

Re: msa1000/1500 mgmt setup

Charles_186 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:53:29 GMT

Hello Eddie,

This should work. Its a supported config.
But its advisable to zone every host to the correct msa. (Best practise).
What i mean is when you have MSA A,B,C,D,E
and Host K,L,M

K needs to access A and C
L needs to access them all
M needs to access B,D and E

Create a zone for K,L,M
(K,A) and (K,C)
(L,A)(L,B)(L,C)(L,D)(L,E)
(M,B)(M,D)(M,E)

With only 5 MSA's and a few hosts i would prefer portzoning.
Please update ACU to the latest , can be downloaded from hp.com (donwload the ADU with the same version as well) both can be downloaded from HP.com.

Kind Regards

Re: msa1000/1500 mgmt setup

Ted Buis — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:48:15 GMT

You should mention the host OS, since HP-UX has special conditions for the MSA.