Document Outline

• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• About this guide
  • Intended audience
  • Prerequisites
  • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
  • Rack stability
  • HP technical support
  • Customer self repair
  • Product warranties
  • Subscription service
  • HP web sites
  • Documentation feedback
• Overview
  • Features and benefits
• Components
  • Front panel components
    • MSA2312fc
    • MSA2324fc
  • Hard drive bay numbers
  • Rear panel components
    • MSA2312fc and MSA2324fc
  • MSA2000 3.5 12-drive enclosure
  • Cache
  • Transportable CompactFlash
  • Super-capacitor pack
• Installing the enclosures
  • Installation checklist
  • Connecting controller and MSA2000 3.5 12-drive enclosures
  • Testing enclosure connections
  • Obtaining IP values
    • Setting management port IP addresses using DHCP
    • Setting management port IP addresses using the CLI
• Connecting hosts
  • Host system requirements
  • Connecting the enclosure to data hosts
    • Loop/Point-to-Point Topology
    • Connecting direct attach configurations
      • Single controller configuration
      • Dual controller configurations
    • Connecting switch attach configurations
  • Connecting remote management hosts
• Basic operation
  • Powering on/powering off
  • Updating firmware
    • Selecting an appropriate time to perform the online upgrade
• LED descriptions
  • Front panel LEDs
  • Hard drive LEDs
  • Rear panel LEDs
    • MSA2312fc and MSA2324fc
    • MSA2000 3.5 12-drive enclosure
    • Power supply LEDs
• Configuring a system for the first time
  • Configuring your web browser for SMU
  • Logging in to SMU from a local management host
    • Tips for using the main window
    • Tips for using the help window
  • Changing the system date and time
    • To use manual date and time settings
    • To obtain the date and time from an NTP server
  • Using the Configuration Wizard
  • Using the Provisioning Wizard
  • Testing the configuration
  • Logging out of SMU
• Troubleshooting
  • Fault isolation methodology
    • Gather fault information
    • Determine where the fault is occurring
    • Review the event logs
    • Isolate the fault
    • If the enclosure does not initialize
    • Correcting enclosure IDs
  • Diagnostic steps
    • Is the front panel Fault LED amber?
    • Is the controller back panel OK LED off?
    • Is the controller back panel Fault/Service Required LED amber?
    • Are both drive module LEDs off (Online/Activity and Fault/UID)?
    • Is the drive module Fault/UID LED blinking amber?
    • Is a connected host port’s Host Link Status LED off?
    • Is a connected port’s Expansion Port Status LED off?
    • Is a connected port’s Ethernet link status LED off?
    • Is the power supply’s AC Power Good LED off?
    • Is the drive enclosure back panel OK LED off?
    • Is the drive enclosure Fault/Service Required LED amber?
  • Controller failure in a single-controller configuration
    • If the controller has failed or does not start, is the Cache Status LED on/blinking?
    • Transporting Cache
  • Isolating a host-side connection fault
  • Isolating a controller module expansion port connection fault
  • Resolving voltage and temperature warnings
    • Sensor locations
    • Power supply sensors
    • Cooling fan sensors
    • Temperature sensors
    • Power supply module voltage sensors
• Parts catalog
• Environmental requirements and specifications
  • Safety requirements
  • Site requirements and guidelines
    • Site wiring and AC power requirements
    • Site wiring and DC power requirements
    • Weight and placement guidelines
    • Electrical guidelines
    • Ventilation requirements
    • Cabling requirements
  • Management host requirements
  • Physical requirements
  • Environmental requirements
  • Electrical requirements
    • Site wiring and power requirements
    • Power cord requirements
• Electrostatic discharge
  • Preventing electrostatic discharge
  • Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge
• Regulatory compliance and safety
  • Regulatory compliance
    • Federal Communications Commission notice
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
    • Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
    • Modifications
    • Cables
    • Regulatory compliance identification numbers
    • Regulatory compliance label location
    • Laser device
    • Laser safety warning
    • Certification and classification information
    • Laser product label
  • International notices and statements
    • Canadian notice (avis Canadien)
      • Class A equipment
      • Class B equipment
    • European Union notice
    • BSMI notice
    • Japanese notice
    • Korean notices
  • Safety
    • Battery replacement notice
    • Taiwan battery recycling notice
    • Power cords
    • Japanese power cord notice
    • Electrostatic discharge
    • Preventing electrostatic damage
      • Grounding methods
• Index