Modular Smart Array (MSA1000) Reference Guide (September 2003)

Introduction
17MSA1000 Reference Guide
Features of the MSA1000
Key features of the MSA1000 are summarized in Table 2.
Table 2: MSA1000 Features, summarized
Feature Description
Form factors HP Series rack, 4U design combining
both the controller and disk shelf
Model Rack-mountable
Hard drive types HP Ultra2, Ultra3, and Ultra320
1" SCSI hard disk drives
Maximum number of drives 14 (1-inch); scalable to 42 drives with
two optional storage expansion
enclosures
Connection to host 2-Gb Fibre Channel connections, with
support for 1-Gb and 2-Gb Fibre
Channel infrastructures.
Operating systems Windows
Novell NetWare
Linux
OpenVMS
Tru64 UNIX
Controller Embedded MSA1000 Controller with
battery-backed cache
(256 MB; can be upgraded to 512 MB)
RAID configuration levels RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 5,
and Advanced Data Guarding (ADG)
Option Embedded 2 Gb/s
MSA SAN Switch 2/8
Option Embedded 2 Gb/s
MSA Hub 2/3