Installation Checklist - HP ProLiant Cluster F200 for MSA1500 with Active/Active Firmware using MicrosoftWindows 2000, Advanced Server

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ProLiant Cluster F200 for MSA1500
The HP ProLiant Cluster F200 is a flexible and scalable fibre
channel cluster powered by ProLiant servers and StorageWorks
Modular SAN Arrays ensuring “always on” operations of your
business critical applications. The ProLiant Cluster F200 offers
redundant FCAs, fabrics and array controllers for a fully
redundant storage configuration. Key features are:
• Flexibility to create and deploy industry-standard, fibre
channel clustered solution with the latest, industry-standard
ProLiant and StorageWorks platforms.
• Scalable, Modular SAN Array 1500 (MSA1500)
designed to reduce the complexity of SAN deployment
while maximizing cluster performance, uptime and
storage capacity.
• Unified suite of cluster management tools offer superior
management capabilities to simplify the installation of
complex cluster configurations and assure consistent
availability.
The HP StorageWorks MSA1500 now supports Active/Active
controller functionality. A recent version 6.0 or later web-
release of the MSA1500 array controller firmware includes
Active/Active controller support. Be sure to review the
MSA1500 documentation and any Important Read This First
(RTF) cards that ship with the product for information about
this new functionality.