User guide
Table Of Contents
- MSA1000 User Guide
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Operating System Specific Information
- Chapter 3: MSA1000 Setup and Sample Configurations
- Chapter 4: Operation and Management
- Chapter 5: Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
- Installing the ACU on the Server
- Accessing the ACU
- Description of Screen Regions
- Configuring a New Controller
- Modifying an Existing Controller
- Probability of Logical Drive Failure
- Chapter 6: Command Line Interface (CLI)
- CLI Overview
- CLI Setup
- Help Commands
- Display Commands
- Array Controller Configuration Commands
- LUN Management Commands
- Server Connection Commands
- Selective Storage Presentation/Access Control List Commands
- Appendix A: Regulatory Compliance Notices
- Appendix B: Electrostatic Discharge
- Appendix C: Specifications
- Appendix D: Hard Drive Arrays
- Appendix E: Recovering from Hard Drive Failure
- Appendix F: Controller Display Messages
- Appendix G: Recovery ROM and ROM Cloning
- Appendix H: SCSI ID Assignments
- Index
1Modular SAN Array 1000 User Guide
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Introduction
The HP StorageWorks Modular SAN Array 1000 (MSA1000) is a next
generation, 2-Gb storage system designed for the entry level to mid-range Storage
Area Network (SAN). Designed to reduce the complexity, expense, and risk of
SAN deployment, the MSA1000 provides a scalable, high-performance storage
system with investment protection in mind. The modular design of the MSA1000
allows storage capacity to be added as needed.
This introductory chapter includes the following overviews:
■ About the MSA1000, page 2
■ MSA1000 Hardware Components, page 9
■ MSA1000 Software Components, page 20
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