HP BladeSystem Deployment Guide for Solutions with 6Gb SAS BL Switches and External SAS Storage Enclosures

4 High availability / dual domain information................................................49
5 Device relationships and mapping information.............................................50
6 Zoning information...................................................................................51
Types of zone groups..............................................................................................................51
Key zoning configuration steps.................................................................................................51
7 Installation best practices and procedures....................................................52
Key installation steps...............................................................................................................53
Installation notes and best practices..........................................................................................54
Installation steps.....................................................................................................................56
8 Maintenance and troubleshooting..............................................................62
Updating firmware on solution devices......................................................................................62
Updating firmware on BladeSystem components and devices...................................................62
Updating firmware on HP 6Gb SAS BL Switches....................................................................63
Prerequisites.................................................................................................................63
Updating HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch firmware in single-domain deployments.............................63
Updating HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch firmware in dual-domain deployments...............................65
Updating firmware on shared SAS storage (MSA 2040 SAS or P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller
enclosures and its cascaded MSA 2040, P2000, MSA2000, and D2700 drive enclosures)........67
Updating firmware on zoned SAS storage (MDS600, D6000, and D2600/D2700 drive
enclosures)........................................................................................................................68
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................69
Gathering troubleshooting information..................................................................................69
Troubleshooting the HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch...........................................................................69
Troubleshooting MDS600 and D6000 storage enclosures.......................................................69
Troubleshooting D2600/D2700 storage enclosures................................................................70
9 Deployment examples...............................................................................71
Introduction............................................................................................................................71
Device SAS port information.....................................................................................................73
HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch port information................................................................................73
MSA 2040 SAS or P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller enclosure port information...........................73
MSA 2040 SAS or P2000 drive enclosure port information.....................................................74
MDS600 and D6000disk enclosure port information..............................................................75
D2600/D2700 disk enclosure port information......................................................................76
External SAS device, controller, drive, and cabling support matrices..............................................77
External SAS device, controller, and drive support matrix.........................................................77
Cabling method support matrix............................................................................................77
Illustrated configuration examples.............................................................................................79
P2000 G3 SAS MSA single-controller, single-domain, standard cabling....................................80
P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, single-domain optimal cabling........................................81
P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, dual-domain, standard cabling........................................82
P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, dual-domain, optimal cabling..........................................83
P2000 G3 SAS MSA with cascaded drive enclosures.............................................................84
MDS600 and D6000 single domain, standard cabling..........................................................85
MDS600 and D6000 single domain, high-performance cabling..............................................86
MDS600 and D6000 single domain, high-performance cabling, max performance....................87
MDS600 and D6000 dual domain, standard cabling............................................................89
MDS600 and D6000 dual domain, high-performance cabling................................................90
MDS600 and D6000 to two c-Class enclosures.....................................................................91
D2600/D2700 Single domain, standard cabling...................................................................92
D2600/D2700 Dual domain, standard cabling.....................................................................93
P2000 G3 SAS MSA and D2700 to the same c-Class enclosure..............................................94
P2000 G3 SAS MSA and MDS600 or D6000 to the same c-Class enclosure............................95
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