HP Direct-Connect External SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem Solutions Depoyment Guide

I
installation
3Gb SAS BL Switch best practices, 58
BladeSystem best practices, 57
key steps of, 61
MDS600 best practices, 58
MSA2000sa best practices, 59
overview, 60
P700m best practices, 57, 58
server blade best practices, 57
steps of, 62
M
management tools
Array Configuration Utility (ACU), 45
Command Line Interface (CLI), 44
Onboard Administrator (OA), 39
Storage Management Utility (SMU), 43
supported, 38
Systems Insight Manager (SIM), 46
tape tools, 47
Virtual SAS Manager (VSM), 42
mappings
table of, 51
maximum capacity cabling
shared storage, 110
zoned storage, 100
MDS600
information about, 25
installation best practices, 58
reference documents, 11
worksheets, 71
MDS600 disk enclosure
port information, 86
MSA2000 drive enclosure
port information, 89
worksheets, 73
MSA2000sa
information about, 32
installation best practices, 59
reference documents, 10
worksheets, 72
MSA2000sa controller enclosure
port information, 88
MSA2000sa G2
information about, 28
reference documents, 11
MSA2000sa G2 controller enclosure
port information, 87
MSA70
worksheets, 74
MSA70 drive enclosure
port information, 90
O
Onboard Administrator (OA)
overview, 39
optimal cabling
shared storage, 106, 107
P
P700m
information about, 19
installation best practices, 57
worksheets, 69
port information
3Gb SAS BL Switch, 85
MDS600 disk enclosure, 86
MSA2000 drive enclosure, 89
MSA2000sa controller enclosure, 88
MSA2000sa G2 controller enclosure, 87
MSA70 drive enclosure, 90
R
rack stability
warning, 120
reference documents
ACU, 11
SMU, 11
VSM, 11
revision table, 2
S
server blades
information about, 17
installation best practices, 57
worksheets, 69
shared storage
dual controller, optimal cabling, 106, 107
dual controller, standard cabling, 105
maximum capacity cabling, 110
single controller, standard cabling, 104
to two c-Class enclosures, 109
with cascaded drive enclosures, 108
with double density servers, 111
with zoned storage to the same c-Class enclosure, 113
SMU
reference documents, 11
solution
getting started, 13
management tools, 38
overview of, 9
reference documents, 10
supported devices, 10
worksheets, 67
standard cabling
shared storage, 104, 105, 108
storage configuration, 50
Array Configuration Utility (ACU), 45
Command Line Interface (CLI), 44
Storage Management Utility (SMU), 43
Storage Management Utility (SMU)
configuring the storage, 43
overview, 43
Subscriber's Choice, HP, 118
symbols in text, 119
Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
overview, 46
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