Good day. We are ready to purchase the MSA1000 however I have one question that I need help with. The unit will be connected to a Integrity server that will have HP-UX, Windows and Linux installed. This is a test box. My understanding is that the MSA1000 controller card is only compatible with Windows and Linux. It will require a firmware upgrade to be used in a HP-UX environment. Once this firmware is upgraded can it be 'downgraded' to the Windows/Linux environment or am I better off purchasing a second controller card? RC
Thanks for the response. Just what I was hoping to be able to do. I do see the firmware update for the HP-UX but I don't see it anywhere for reverting back to the original. Will that be included with the card? Any documentation available to 'downgrade'?
Rick, Uwe points you to the site. The flash is really just putting a particular version on the controller. It doesn't really know whether it is an upgrade or downgrade -- and it doesn't care. Since this is a test environment you don't have to worry about configurations getting blown away and that makes things easier.
Glenn, are you running all three OS'es on the server? Do you have three seperate HBA cards for each OS? I'm being quoted three but I thought I saw one card that ran both HP-UX and Linux.
Rick, The following two HBAs will meet your requirements: A6826A - HP-UX & Linux AB466A - Windows 64-Bit
These are dual port. If you go here: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html you can see what's available. There is a single port adapter that will do Windows and Linux. Unfortunately there isn't a single HBA that will do all three at this time that is HP supported.
