HP BladeSystem Deployment Guide for Solutions with 6Gb SAS BL Switches and External SAS Storage Enclosures

Dual domain environments with dual-port SAS drives:
Include two I/O modules in each storage enclosure drawer.
Single domain environments: Include one I/O module in
each storage enclosure drawer.
For more information
MDS600 Device website: http://www.hp.com/go/mds600
D6000 Device website: http://www.hp.com/go/d6000
BladeSystem Technical Resources website: http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation
Be sure to read the following documents, shipped with the storage and BladeSystem enclosure:
• HP 600 Modular Disk System Setup Poster
• HP D6000 Disk Enclosure Installation Instructions
• HP BladeSystem c-Class Solution Overview Setup Poster—Overview of the complete installation
process of an HP BladeSystem c-Class solution.
For more detailed information about the enclosures, see the following documents, available on HP
websites:
• HP MDS600 Disk Enclosure User Guide
• HP MDS600 Disk Enclosure Maintenance and Service Guide
• HP D6000 Disk Enclosure User Guide
• HP D6000 Disk Enclosure Maintenance and Service Guide
• HP 6G Virtual SAS Manager User Guide—Detailed information about and instructions how
to configure zone groups on the HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch to control access to external SAS
storage enclosures.
Important tips
• Upgrade to the latest firmware version before use. When included in a BladeSystem solution,
MDS600 and D6000 firmware updates must be performed through the HP Virtual SAS
Manager utility on the switch. For more information on firmware updating methods, see
“Maintenance and troubleshooting” (page 62).
• MDS600 and D6000 storage is configured and managed in the following sequence, using
different applications:
◦ Create drive-bay zone groups and assign the zone groups to BladeSystem c-Class
enclosure server bays using HP Virtual SAS Manager (VSM). For more information about
VSM, see “HP 6G Virtual SAS Manager” (page 41).
◦ Configure drives in the zone group into arrays and LUNs using the HP Array Configuration
Utility (ACU) or HP Smart Storage Administrator (SSA). For more information about the
ACU, see “HP Array Configuration Utility” (page 44).
◦ Manage the MDS600 or D6000 using HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM). For more
information about SIM, see “HP Systems Insight Manager” (page 46).
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