HP P2000 Deployment Guide

4 High availability / dual domain information................................................36
5 Device relationships and mapping information.............................................37
6 Zoning information...................................................................................38
Types of zone groups..............................................................................................................38
Key zoning configuration steps.................................................................................................38
7 Installation best practices and procedures....................................................39
Key installation steps...............................................................................................................40
Installation notes and best practices..........................................................................................41
Installation steps.....................................................................................................................42
8 Maintenance and troubleshooting..............................................................46
Updating firmware on solution devices......................................................................................46
Updating firmware on BladeSystem components and devices...................................................46
Updating firmware on HP 6Gb SAS BL Switches....................................................................47
Updating HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch firmware in single-domain deployments.............................47
Updating HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch firmware in dual-domain deployments...............................49
Updating firmware on P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller and drive enclosures..............................50
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................51
Gathering troubleshooting information..................................................................................51
Troubleshooting the HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch...........................................................................51
9 Deployment examples...............................................................................52
Introduction............................................................................................................................52
Device SAS port information.....................................................................................................54
HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch port information................................................................................54
P2000 G3 SAS MSA Array controller enclosure port information.............................................54
P2000 drive enclosure port information................................................................................55
D2700 disk enclosure port information.................................................................................55
Illustrated configuration examples.............................................................................................56
Shared storage—P2000 G3 SAS MSA single-controller, single-domain, standard cabling...........57
Shared storage—P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, single-domain optimal cabling................58
Shared storage—P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, dual-domain, standard cabling...............59
Shared storage—P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, dual-domain, optimal cabling.................60
Shared storage—P2000 G3 SAS MSA with cascaded drive enclosures.....................................61
Tape library—basic cabling................................................................................................62
10 Support and other resources.....................................................................63
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................63
HP websites...........................................................................................................................63
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................64
Rack stability..........................................................................................................................64
Customer self repair................................................................................................................64
HP Insight Remote Support software..........................................................................................65
HP product documentation survey.............................................................................................65
A Device worksheets....................................................................................66
Solution summary worksheet....................................................................................................66
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HP P2000 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	P2000
Category	Storage
Language	English