I recently setup a HP MSA 2300 series storage array. It was the SAS model with 4 enclosure trays. I have to admit that I have not setup one of these with Fiber or iSCSI but they are very similar other than the assign to host part. In the setup guide I cover how to configure the management interfaces, create Vdisks, create volumes and then assign them to hosts. It covers different ways to setup your hot spare drives.
After reading this short document you will be able to get that new MSA array up and running quickly. I set my array up to talk to a small 3 node vSphere cluster but the setup would be the same if you were using for a Windows cluster or most other uses.
You can download the PDF of the document How to Setup MSA array here.
Hi, I've already done this config but what I don't know is how to make it accessible from the network. How can I save data on the volume created and mapped to the host.
Hello,
Could you explain in more detail what you have done already? What type of connection are you using and have you assigned the volumes to the host?
Hello,
Could you explain in more detail what you have done already? What type of connection are you using and have you assigned the volumes to the host?
Hi I am havin gproblems configuring the MSA to create a RAIDGroup (RAID 1) with 4 disks, I am only able to select 2 disks the other two are appearing as spares. Can you please help?
Hello,
Raid1 is disk mirroring so it's only 2 disks that you configure. If you want more than 2 disks in a volume you must choose Raid 5 or 10 might be options for you.