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Table 102 MSA2000fc controller configurations
DescriptionStorage system
Used in a direct connect or SAN connect configuration with a standard single controllerMSA2012fc single controller
Used in a direct connect or SAN connect configuration with standard dual controllersMSA2012fc dual controller
Used in a direct connect or SAN connect configuration with enhanced dual controllers
MSA2212fc enhanced dual
controller
Heterogeneous SAN support
The MSA 2040/1040, P2000 G3, and MSA2000 families support heterogeneous access with
any of the operating systems listed in Table 103 (page 212). Standalone servers and clustered
servers are supported on the same storage system.
Table 103 MSA 2040/1040, P2000 G3 and MSA2000 family heterogeneous SAN support
Operating systems
1
SwitchesFirmwareStorage system
Microsoft Windows
H-series
2
GL105P001 (or later)MSA 1040
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
B-series
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
C-series
VMWare ESX
HP FlexFabric 5900CP
3
Apple OS X
GL105P001 (or later)MSA 2040
HP-UX
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
VMWare ESX
Apple OS X
TS251P002-04(or
later)
P2000 G3 FC
P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI
HP-UX
OpenVMS
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
VMware ESX
HP-UX
M114P01 (or later)
MSA2000fc G2
Microsoft Windows
(MSA2312fc/MSA2324fc)
OpenVMS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
VMware ESX
Oracle Solaris
LinuxH-series
J202R10-03 (or later)
MSA2000fc
Microsoft WindowsB-series
(MSA2012fc/MSA2212fc)
VMware ESXC-series
1
Not all operating systems listed are supported on all switch series or models.
2
The H-series switches have limited operating system support. See Table 53 (page 145).
3
HP FlexFabric 5900CP is not supported with MSA2000fc G2 storage systems.
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