topic Re: Help need documentation! in Disk Enclosures

Help need documentation!

rccmum — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:24:16 GMT

Hello,

I am looking for documentation of co mpaq ma 500
disk array.

Can someone please share?

Thanks in advance

Re: Help need documentation!

Víctor Cespón — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:40:02 GMT

MA500? Surely you mean MSA500:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual〈=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=377920

Re: Help need documentation!

rccmum — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:46:42 GMT

I am sure about it.

Compa q MA 500 StorageWorks SAN Array 14 Slot 248974-001

Maybe HP renamed it as MSA500?

Re: Help need documentation!

Víctor Cespón — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:20:37 GMT

It's misspelled in many sites as MA500, but the product number is MSA500. There's nothing called MA500 on hp.com site.

Compare http://www.technodirect.net/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/2498809/vpcsid/0/SFV/31781

with

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=420477&prodTypeId=12169&objectID=c00323124

Re: Help need documentation!

rccmum — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:44:03 GMT

I think those products were Compaq branded and HP renamed them maybe with some h/w changes.

If you know there are EMA series storage arrays.

Re: Help need documentation!

Wickedsunny — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:39:48 GMT

The MA 500 and the MSA 500 are the same products. I have attached the Picture of a MA 500. This is same as MSA 500.

Hence the documentation on MSA 500 would help you getting information on this.

A lot of name changes have happened but the Array and the technology remains the same.

There are other old Compaq products as well EMA, VA, MA and RA's. Most of them still exist in the books of HP, however the MA 500 for some reason is now called MSA 500.

Hope this helps..

Regards,
Sunny

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Re: Help need documentation!

Wickedsunny — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:41:15 GMT

OOpss.. Missed the attachment.

here you go.

regards,
Sunny

Re: Help need documentation!

rccmum — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:15:24 GMT

Looks like HP just changed the name to MSA for this product.

Thanks to all.

Re: Help need documentation!

Uwe Zessin — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:42:49 GMT

I've been following the Digital/Compaq/HP storage products for a long time and I am 100% sure that there never was a product called "MA500" that was renamed to "MSA500".

There were products called MA6000/MA6000/EMAxxxx, but those are based on the original Digital Storageworks development.

The MSA1000/MSA1500 use an MSA30 (renamed from M4400) disk drive enclosure which is based on the original M43xx / M42xx disk drive enclosures for the MA/EMA technology.

And the MSA1000 used to be called the "Modular SAN Array", but was then renamed to "Modular Smart Array" - I do have a customer whose MSA1000 has two controllers with different controller module labels...

Re: Help need documentation!

rccmum — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:19:15 GMT

Thank you!