HP Logical Server Management Best Practices

P2000/MSA Disk Arrays

The HP P2000/MSA family of disk arrays includes Fibre Channel versions of MSA2000 G1 and G2 arrays (e.g.,

MSA2000fc and MSA2300fc) and P2000 G3 MSA arrays (e.g., P2000 G3 FC MSA and P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI

MSA Combo Controller) which are supported in the logical server environment. The P2000/MSA family is managed

through a command line interface or the Storage Management Utility (SMU), a Web-based interface. Reference

guides for the P2000/MSA, including SMU, are available online at the links below.

 HP P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems Information

a. Overview and Features http://www.hp.com/go/p2000

b. HP P2000 G3 MSA System SMU Reference Guide

http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02520791/c025207

91.pdf

c. HP P2000 G3 MSA System CLI reference guide

http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02520779/c025207

79.pdf

 MSA2000 G2 MSA System Support and documents

a. Overview and Features http://www.hp.com/go/msa2000

b. HP StorageWorks 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array reference guide

http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01756042/c017560

42.pdf

c. HP StorageWorks 2000 G2 Modular Smart Array CLI reference guide

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01755995/c017559

95.pdf

 Manuals for All HP Disk Storage Systems

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Product.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&c

ontentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64180&prodTypeId=12169&prodCatId=304617

SMU is automatically populated with HBA port WWNs of hosts that are on the SAN fabric and have sent a

command to the array. The Virtual Connect WWNs for a logical sever may not have yet been applied to a specific

blade HBA (as the system administrator may be defining the logical servers or storage pool entries in advance of their

use). As a result, it is necessary to explicitly add the HBA WWNs to SMU.

The specifics of the graphical interface will vary with versions of the array and SMU, but the basic set of steps

remains consistent:

 Add a host with the Virtual Connect WWNs for the logical server HBA ports; remember to follow the

naming convention of a general name not bound to the physical location of the host. The term used for the

P2000/MSA is the global host port list.

 Create the required volume(s) (using size, redundancy, OS, and other information from the server

administrator)

 Assign host access privileges to allow the host to access the appropriate volumes

 Return the LUN and controller port WWN information to the server administrator

Figure 45 shows the Storage Management Utility interface to add a host. The Add Host capability is accessed via the

Provisioning menu, and the Host ID specified is the Virtual Connect WWN allocated by the logical server software.

An appropriate host name can be chosen (following the guidelines to associate with the workload versus the physical

server), and a Profile can be specified. This profile is comparable to the host mode for other arrays. Once the Add

Host button is pressed, the Exchange3 host will be visible in the Hosts tree in the left-hand pane.