MSA1500/MSA20 and point to point

[Michel CESARI]

Hi

Is it possible to connect 2 servers (linux) to a
msa1500/msa20 in point to point (with out hub or switch) ?

if it is possible what is the reference of the second card (the first is A987a 2GB FC) ?

Thanks

[James Muell]

Short answer - NO.

The MSA1500 can only employ 2 fc connection modules. Usually these are segmented or assigned to the controller modules, meaning one FCmod to contrl1 and other FCmod to contrl2. If you have 2 controllers and are running the active-active firmware v7.00 you could single connect the linux hosts, to each FC connector mod. Part of your lun configuration for the hosts would be to assign them a MSAcontroller based on which host was connected where. I don't know if this would be support by hp or not.
You should really seek guidance from the published HP SAN Design documentation and review the sections about the MSA1500.
gl jm

[Michel CESARI]

Thanks you James for the answer
I find HP SAN Guide ....