Information on MSA

anything I don't mind · 9 Mar 2012 at 11:42

I have a hp MSA p2000 at work and it has 12x300gb disks. They are labelled with a label machine as different things like os store and file store. Basically i need to know if i can find information about the use of the san remotely?

my boss said that i can install a hp disk utility that can do this but the one i downloaded appears to be a boot disk of some kind.

matthab · 9 Mar 2012 at 11:58

You should be able to connect a network cable in the back and https:// to that address.

Ringiho · 9 Mar 2012 at 12:10

Yeah the MSAs have management ports that you connect to via a web interface.

Showboat · 9 Mar 2012 at 12:11

If it isn't connected to the network but connected to a server.
You can use the array configuration utility on the server to see what is setup on it and flash the drives to see which ones are what.

anything I don't mind · 9 Mar 2012 at 14:07

Ok thanks ill give it a try.

anything I don't mind · 9 Mar 2012 at 14:26

Ok we have an MSA with 2x scsi storage controllers with 2x 1gigabit ports each and a 10/100mbit network port each. All those ports connect in to two cisco switches. I do have access to the switches.

I am unable to identify what the ip address is of the msa to connect to it via https it doesn't show up on a network scan. I think it is on a specific vlan that only the esx servers can reach.

I am guessing then i would have to modfiy one of the vlans for the network ports of the 10/100mbit, to make it visible to the network where one of the windows server sits?

edit: never mind sorted it out. Found the ip. *sigh* documented password doesn't work.

Lanz · 10 Mar 2012 at 09:17

Default password is manage !manage, you can connect to it via USB too if I remember correctly.

Ringiho · 13 Mar 2012 at 12:45

If you can't get on via HTTP use the console cable to get to the CLI. I believe you can reset it to defaults through there.

anything I don't mind · 13 Mar 2012 at 13:44

Yea i found instructions on hp website to reset the passwords, it can only be done via serial cable.

anything I don't mind · 13 Mar 2012 at 14:52

It has these realy small ports labelled cli that i have never seen before. Just trying to find a cable that fits this port.

matthab · 13 Mar 2012 at 16:37

CLI is the serial/terminal interface.

Without looking on the back of ours i think its mini USB.

HarryPainful · 13 Mar 2012 at 16:55

The MSA units have a unique console cable, you will only get on the web front end if it's been turned on through the console.

matthab · 13 Mar 2012 at 17:04

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13551_div/13551_div.html

This link here explains the back of the M2000 and what the ports are.

Ringiho · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:16

The older MSAs don't have console via USB, they use serial. Port is similar though!

anything I don't mind · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:39

Yes it must be mini-usb, never seen that for a console port before. Thanks for the help, ill try and connect to it tomorrow. I am guessing i can just use putty and set it to serial and use the settings provided by hp and i should get in?

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...d=3687115&prodTypeId=12169&objectID=c01645983

Here is the url to reset password.

anything I don't mind · 14 Mar 2012 at 10:13

Ok I managed to get access to the web interface and i have found that there has been three months of critical alerts.

This is the alert:

Vdisk scrub job failed (vdisk: vd02, SN ....) 8 parity mismatches were detected. It is imperative that you contact technical support. DATA MAY BE AT RISK!

Not sure how to fix it but i think this means that if there is a disk failure it won't be able to rebuild the array.

edit: ok i think i need to run the command "verify vdisk vd02 fix yes"