HPE MSA 1040

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Supported with the MSA 1040
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Supported with the MSA 2040/2042
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SSD SFF 12G Mixed Use Drives
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Yes
Yes
Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs)4F
5
No
Yes
For the latest supported drive capacities, consult the following documents:
HPE MSA 1040 QuickSpecs
HPE MSA 2040 QuickSpecs
HPE MSA 2042 QuickSpecs
Important
Systems that were upgraded from previous generations of MSA arrays (MSA2000 G1 and MSA2000 G2) are not eligible for the upgrade.
Validate that the main storage enclosure and disks are capable of upgrading to the MSA 1040 or MSA 2040. The storage enclosure must be
a 6G capable storage enclosure and all the disks must also be 6G capable.
Disk speed and enclosure link speeds
See Table 3 for disk speeds and enclosure link speeds after upgrading a P2000 G3 MSA to the HPE MSA 1040 or HPE MSA 2040/2042.
Table 3. Disk speed and enclosure link speed matrix with MSA 1040 or MSA 2040/2042 controller installed
Storage enclosure
SSD support
Storage enclosure disk link speed
Inter-controller interface speed
Expansion port link speed
P2000 G3 LFF
Not supported
3Gb
Gen 1
6Gb
P2000 G3 SFF
Not supported
3Gb
Gen 1
6Gb
HPE MSA 2040 LFF/SFF
Supported
6Gb
Gen 2
6Gb
Moving between SAS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel topologies
example, if your
P2000 G3 iSCSI MSA has reached its host connect or performance maximums, the array can be upgraded to HPE MSA 2040 SAN
controllers with Fibre Channel small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules.
The HPE MSA 1040/2040/2042 products can adapt to new infrastructures and keep the virtual disk data-in-place by doing a hardware
controller replacement to match the infrastructure needed.
The HPE MSA 1040/2040/2042 also supports changing between storage protocols. For example, the HPE MSA 2040 SAN with Fibre
Channel SFPs can be transformed to an MSA 2040 SAS with a controller replacement. Another example might be changing an MSA 2040
SAN Fibre Channel mode to an MSA 2040 SAN Combo mode (Fibre Channel/iSCSI). This example would require the addition of iSCSI SFPs.
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SEDs are only supported in the MSA 2040 storage enclosures and D2700 disk enclosures when using MSA 2040 controllers. SEDs are not supported when using the MSA
1040 or MSA 2042 storage systems.