Configuring MSA 1500 with ACU CLI

[WasanthaK]

I am having really hard time trying to configure my first SAN , MSA 1500 using just the ACU CLI.

Right now i dont have a server where i can install a HBA and connect that to the MSA 1500.So my only option is to use the console connection to a laptop and use the ACU CLI.

The setup contains a MSA 1500 with one controller and a MSA 30 disk array.When i directly connect to the console port of the MSA1500 with Hyper terminal , i get the CLI> prompt.I can see the MSA30 disks when i issue "show disks" command.Is this CLI program the same as ACU ?

When i use the ACU installed in the laptop, i cannot see the controller installed in controller #1 slot.What i need is to create a new array and initialize the array.
When i issue "controller slot=1 show" , ACU says there is no controller associate with the slot=1, weired ah ? but the plain console program shows all the disks polled through the controller.

I appriciate any tips on this .
Thanks in advance.

[The Spartan]

CLI can be as effective as ACU.

You may the link useful -

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00683579/c00683579.pdf

[WasanthaK]

Thank You for the reply.

So if i create a new LUN in a brand new MSA 1500, thats going to create a the RAID array and initialize too ?

For an example i dont have any RAID setup, so if i use the command below,

CLI> add unit 0 data=â disk01-disk110 disk11â raid_level=6

Is this going to create a RAID array of RAID 6 from disks 01 to 10 and initialize the array too ?

[The Spartan]

Hi Wasantha,

You need not run any specific command to intialize.

As per page 14 of the doc, you can create LUNs, then global commands and so on...

Keep posting.