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

Operating System Specific Information
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Supported Host Bus Adapters
■ FCA2214 Host Bus Adapter
Specific Configuration Needs
Before connecting the MSA1000 to the server, install the FCA2214 HBA driver
on the server to prepare the server for the MSA1000.
For instructions, see the Linux section in the Modular SAN Array 1000 Quick
Installation Guide. This guide is included in the Modular SAN Array 1000 Setup
and Management kit.
Novell NetWare Environments
Novell NetWare supports up to six nodes in a cluster using single paths. Complete
redundancy with multiple clusters on the same SAN is possible.
When configuring the storage on the MSA1000, two methods are available: the
CLI is available online, and the ACU can be run from the MSA1000 Support
Software CD.
Supported Operating Systems
■ NetWare 5.1
■ NetWare 6.0
Note: For a current listing of the supported operating system versions, see the
MSA1000 website
www.hp.com/go/msa1000
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