The following blog runs through what could be considered
to make up a complete install of a HP P2000 MSA and all possible software components
when integrating with Windows Server 2008R2.
Note: Not all these
components have to be installed; this will depend on use case.
The following reference kit is being considered:
1 x AP846B (HP P2000
G3 FC Dual Controller SFF MSA)
24 x 512547-B21 (HP
146 GB 2.5” 6Gb/s SAS 15k rpm HDD)
2 x AJ764A (HP 82Q
8Gb 2-port PCIe FC HBA)
The FC HBAs will go into two separate physical Windows
Server 2008R2 servers, which will be directly connected to the P2000 G3 MSA, in
a Failover Cluster setup.
Sources of
Information
Contents
Part 1: P2000 Hardware
Part 2: Windows Features Install
Part 3: QLogic FC HBA Hardware Install on Windows Hosts
Part 4: QLogic FC HBA Software Installs on Windows Hosts
Part 5: P2000 Software on Windows Hosts
Part 6: P2000 Software on a Management Station or Windows
Host
Part 7: Configure the MSA and Best Practices
Walkthrough
Part 1: P2000
Hardware
1.1 Install
equipment in the rack
1.2 Install
hardware options
1.3 Connect
the P2000 G3 MSA System to data hosts
1.4 Connect
the P2000 G3 MSA System’s Ethernet network management ports into network
switches for management network connectivity.
1.5 Power on
components
Part 2: Windows
Features Install
2.1 Install Multipath I/O
2.2 Install Storage Manager for SANs
Note 1: Installing
Failover Clustering is not considered here.
Note 2: Windows 2008R2
does not need to install an additional DSM.
Part 3: QLogic
FC HBA Hardware Install on Windows Hosts
3.1 Install the HP 82Q FC HBA’s into the 2 x physical
Windows 2008R2 servers.
Part 4: QLogic
FC HBA Software Installs on Windows Hosts
4.1 Install the HP Storage Fibre Channel Adapter Kit (Windows
Driver) for the x64 QLogic Storport Driver
4.2 Install the HP Firmware Online Flash for QLogic FC
HBAs
4.3 Install the QConvergeConsole Management Utility GUI
for HP Branded QLogic based FC Adapters
4.4 Install SANSurfer Manager for HP Branded Qlogic FC
HBAs
4.5 Install the HP Insight Management Agents
Part 5: P2000
Software on Windows Hosts
5.1 Install the HP P2000 MSA CAPI Proxy for Windows x64
5.2 Install the HP P2000 MSA VDS Provider for Windows x64
5.3 Install the HP P2000 MSA VSS Provider for Windows x64
5.4 Install the HP P2000 MSA USB Driver (x64)
Part 6: P2000
Software on a Management Station or Windows Host
Note: Of the 4
components below, only the MSA Device Discovery Tool is not supported on
virtualized guest operating systems.
6.1 Install the HP P2000 MSA Device Discovery Tool
6.2 Install the HP P2000 MSA Firmware Update Tool for
Windows
(Or install the HP P2000 G3 MSA Arrays – Online ROM Flash
Component for Windows.)
6.3 Install the HP P2000 MSA HDD Detection Tool
6.4 Install the HP P2000 MSA Performance Tool
Part 7:
Configure the MSA and Best Practices
Highly recommended reading:
A few excellent
extracts:
The chart below
gives information on the expansion capability for the P2000 G3 MSA supported
RAID levels
Table 1: An
overview of supported RAID implementations
Table 2: Optimizing
performance for your application
I like your style of writing. You break it down nicely. Very informative post. Keep up the good work.
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