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HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart ArrayHP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

Overview

The HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array (MSA2000fc) represents the newest Fibre Channel model of the MSA2000 family (which includes the MSA2000i iSCSI and the MSA2000sa SAS connected models), a new generation of HP storage arrays specifically designed for entry-level customers and features the very latest in functionality and technology at highly affordable price points.

The MSA2000fc G2 is a 4 Gb Fibre Channel connected 2U storage area network (SAN) or direct connect solution designed for small to medium size departments or remote locations. The controller-less chassis is offered in two models - one comes standard with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, the other can accommodate twenty-four Small Form Factor (SFF) 2.5-inch drives. Both are able to simultaneously support enterprise-class SAS drives and archival-class SATA drives. The chassis can have one or two MSA2300fc controllers.

The MSA2000fc G2 is all about the ability to choose the proper configuration to fit individual needs. The user can opt for the 24drive bay SFF chassis for the highest spindle counts in the most dense form factor, or go for the 12 drive bay LFF model to max out total capacity. Choose a single controller unit for low initial cost with the ability to upgrade later; or decide on a model with dual controllers for the most demanding entry-level situations. Capacity can easily be added when needed by attaching additional drive enclosures. Maximum raw capacity ranges with LFF drives from 5.4 TB SAS or 12 TB SATA in the base chassis, to 27 TB SAS or 60 TB SATA with the addition of the maximum number of drive enclosures. Configurations utilizing the SFF drive chassis can grow from twenty-four to a total of ninety-nine SFF drives. The MSA2300fc has been fully tested up to 64 hosts.

hidden charges, licenses or fees as you add enclosures or hosts and users.

NOTE:

There are no additional

NOTE:NOTE:

The MSA2000fc G2 is a member of HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array offerings, delivering simple and affordable storage technology to meet today's demanding and growing IT needs. These storage solutions offer excellent price/performance and availability features for direct attach configurations, clusters, workgroups and entry-level SAN environments. Each solution is designed to be easy to deploy, to be secure, and with low management costs, while driving rapid return on investment.

What's New

What's NewWhat's New

Support for Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS and SATA drives, common with ProLiant Support for attachment of THREE dual I/O MSA70 SFF JBODs (ninety-nine) SFF drive Increased support to FOUR MSA2000 LFF disk enclosures with the MSA2312fc (sixty LFF drives) Increased optional snapshot capability to 255 snaps Additional LUN support up to 512 total volumes in a Dual Controller system Adding support for HP-UX, OpenVMS, and Integrity servers Optional DC-power chassis

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Overview

Models

ModelsModels

StorageWorks 2000fc G2

StorageWorks 2000fc G2StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

Modular Smart Array

Modular Smart ArrayModular Smart Array

Controller-less CHASSIS & MSA2300fc G2 FC Controller

Controller-less CHASSIS & MSA2300fc G2 FC ControllerController-less CHASSIS & MSA2300fc G2 FC Controller HP StorageWorks 2012 Modular Smart Array 3.5-in Drive Bay Chassis (LFF)

(Will accept one or two controllers or Disk Enclosure I/O modules) HP StorageWorks 2024 Modular Smart Array 2.5-in Drive Bay Chassis (SFF)

(Will accept one or two controllers) HP StorageWorks 2300fc G2 Modular Smart Array Controller Configured Units

Configured Units

Configured UnitsConfigured Units HP StorageWorks 2312fc G2 Dual Controller Modular Smart Array (LFF)

(Pre-configured with two array controllers) HP StorageWorks 2324fc G2 Dual Controller Modular Smart Array (SFF)

(Pre-configured with two array controllers) MSA2300fc SAN Starter Kits

MSA2300fc SAN Starter Kits

MSA2300fc SAN Starter KitsMSA2300fc SAN Starter Kits HP StorageWorks 2312fc G2 Single Controller Modular Smart Array SAN Starter Kit

(includes single controller, 12-drive bay LFF array head, 8-port 8Gb switch, two 8Gb HBAs, SFPs and cables)

HP StorageWorks 2324fc G2 Single Controller Modular Smart Array SAN Starter Kit (includes single controller, 24-drive bay SFF array head, 8-port 8Gb switch, two 8Gb HBAs, SFPs and cables)

HP StorageWorks 2300fc G2 Modular Smart Array SAN Starter HA Upgrade Kit (includes additional single controller, 8-port 8Gb switch, two more 8Gb HBAs, SFPs and cables) For upgrading AJ954A or AJ955A to dual controller, high availability configurations

Controller-less Chassis: DC-powered units

Controller-less Chassis: DC-powered unitsController-less Chassis: DC-powered units HP StorageWorks 2012 Modular Smart Array 3.5-in Drive Bay DC-power Chassis

(LFF) (can add one or two MSA2300fc G2 controllers or MSA2000 JBOD I/O modules)

HP StorageWorks 2024 Modular Smart Array 2.5-in Drive Bay DC-power Chassis (SFF) (can add one or two MSA2300fc G2 controllers. No MSA2000 JBOD I/O module support)

Disk Enclosures

Disk EnclosuresDisk Enclosures

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart ArrayHP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2324fc Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2324fc Modular Smart ArrayHP StorageWorks 2324fc Modular Smart Array

StoraageWorks 2312fc Modular Smart Array

StoraageWorks 2312fc Modular Smart ArrayStoraageWorks 2312fc Modular Smart Array

AJ948A

AJ949A

AJ798A

AJ795A

AJ797A

AJ954A

AJ955A

AJ956A

AJ950A

AJ951A

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HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart ArrayHP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks MSA2000 Single I/O 3.5-inch 12 LFF Drive Enclosure (w/ two .6m SAS to SAS cables) Used with single controller array head

HP StorageWorks MSA2000 Dual I/O 3.5-inch inch 12 LFF Drive Enclosure (w/ two .6m SAS to SAS cables) Used with dual controller array head

HP StorageWorks MSA2000 Drive Enclosure I/O Module (no cable included)

HP StorageWorks MSA70 2.5-inch 25 SFF Drive Enclosure 2.5 in Drive Enclosure (single I/O, single domain) (w/one .5m miniSAS to miniSAS cable)

HP StorageWorks Dual Domain I/O Module for MSA70 enclosure (upgrades MSA70 to dual domain) (w/ one .5m miniSAS to miniSAS cable)

Related Option

Related OptionRelated Option HP StorageWorks 2000fc Modular Smart Array Controller (restricted use)

(for use only with an AJ948A LFF chassis to configure an older MSA2012fc. Only supports older features, functionalities. No SFF support, max 48 LFF drives, max 64 snaps; no HP-UX, OpenVMS, or Integrity server support)

AJ749A

AJ750A

AJ751A

418800-B21

AG779A

AJ744A

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HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart ArrayHP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

Features and Benefits

Key Hardware Features

Key Hardware FeaturesKey Hardware Features

Highly efficient consolidation and sharing of storage geared to departmental and small to medium business requirements Cost efficient plus high-availability choices Flexibility in drives: LFF MSA2 3.5-inch or HP ProLiant SFF 2.5-inch drives Enterprise-class SAS or archival-class SATA drives as the need and budget dictates Dual-ported SAS drives for enterprise needs Large capacity SATA drives for inexpensive archival storage Able to mix SAS and SATA drives within the same drive enclosure Choose either single or dual controller array models to fit the budget Choice of low cost single I/O or high-availability dual I/O drive enclosure models

Customer Benefits

Customer BenefitsCustomer Benefits

The HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array family manages growing storage requirements across multiple HP ProLiant, Integrity, and a selection of PA-RISC servers for customers who need a centralized dedicated storage solution for applications. SANs allow for controlled, cost-effective growth and increased protection of data. Its ease of management allows a department or small company to effectively handle growing storage requirements with a minimum of complexity. The MSA2000fc extends the benefits of shared storage resources (e.g. SAN) to first time implementers on a limited budget This new Fibre Channel G2 model introduces support for Integrity servers and the HP-UX and OpenVMS operating systems The modular design allows the user to start relatively small but supports future growth to hundreds of users and up to 27TB of LFF SAS or 60TB of LFF SATA storage, or 14.4TB of SFF SAS or 24TB SFF SATA storage. The optional controller-based snapshot and clone capability of the MSA2000 family allows the smaller departmental user or company to implement functionality once only available to much larger firms with expensive arrays. The MSA2300fc G2 controller supports up to 255 snaps.

HP MSA2300fc Models At a Glance:

HP MSA2300fc Models At a Glance:HP MSA2300fc Models At a Glance:

High performance Modular Smart Array controller(s), each with two 4Gb Fibre Channel ports Single or dual controller capability 1 GB transportable cache per controller - battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash 512 LUNs with 16TB LUNs supported 2U rack mount chassis combining both the controller and disk shelf Twelve 3.5-inch or twenty-four 2.5-inch dual-ported SAS or SATA drive bays (supports mixing of drive types in a single shelf) Supports expansion to 4 additional LFF enclosures for a total of 60 LFF disks Supports expansion to 3 additional SFF enclosures (MSA70) for a maximum total of 99 SFF disks Redundant power supplies and fans are standard RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 Non-disruptive on-line controller code upgrade (requires dual controllers w/ multi-pathing software) Heterogeneous support for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, Red Hat and SuSE Linux, HP-UX and OpenVMS Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V, VMware, RedHat Enterprise Linux Virtualization, and Citrix XenServer Qualified and certified for Windows, Linux, HP-UX and OpenVMS clustering Optional controller-based snapshot and clone functionality

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HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

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Capacity

CapacityCapacity Minimum / with maximum additional drive enclosures

Controller Cache

Controller CacheController Cache Total LUNs

Total LUNs

Total LUNsTotal LUNs Host connect

Host connect

Host connectHost connect MSA2000 have 1 or 2 controllers, EVA has 2 controllers standard

Maximum Drives

Maximum DrivesMaximum Drives w/ expansion

Maximum host supported

Maximum host supportedMaximum host supported Snapshot, clone

Snapshot, clone

Snapshot, cloneSnapshot, clone

Use for Storage

Use for StorageUse for Storage

NOTE:

NOTE:NOTE: LUNs and LUN size.

(raw)

maximum available storage capacity depends on the RAID level being implemented, and is based on maximum number of

MSA2000fc G2

MSA2000fc G2MSA2000fc G2

LFF

: 5.4 TB SAS

LFFLFF

or 12 TB SATA

w/ 4 drive enclosures:

27 TB SAS

or 60 TB SATA

SFF

: 3.5 TB SAS

SFFSFF

or 2.8 SATA

w/ 3 MSA70 JBODs:

14.4 TB SAS

or 11.8 TB SATA

1 GB per controller 1 GB per controller 1 GB per controller 2 GB per controller

512 256 256

Two 4 Gb

Fibre Channel ports

per controller

60 LFF/99 SFF

64 16

Snapshot (max 255)

clone

Primary Storage

with SAS.

Secondary with SATA

MSA2000i

MSA2000iMSA2000i

5.4 TB SAS

or 12 TB SATA

w/ 3 drive enclosures:

21.6 TB SAS

or 48 TB SATA

(LFF only)

Two 1 GbE

iSCSI ports

per controller

48 48 96

Snapshot (max 64)

clone

Primary Storage

with SAS.

Secondary with SATA

MSA2000sa

MSA2000saMSA2000sa

5.4 TB SAS

or 12 TB SATA

w/ 3 drive enclosures

21.6 TB SAS

or 48 TB SATA

(LFF only)

Two 3 Gb

SAS ports

per controller

Snapshot (max 64)

clone

Primary Storage

with SAS.

Secondary with SATA

Comparison w/

Comparison w/Comparison w/

EVA4400

EVA4400EVA4400

5.4 TB FC

or 12 TB FATA

w/ 8 drive enclosures

43 TB FC

or 96 TB FATA

(LFF only)

1024

Two 4 Gb

Fibre Channel ports

per controller

(Ten w/switch)

Snapshot, clone,

remote data replication

Primary Storage

with FC

Secondary with FATA

512

Product Technology

Product TechnologyProduct Technology

4 Gb Fibre Channel

4 Gb Fibre Channel4 Gb Fibre Channel technology

technology

technologytechnology

Modular Chassis

Modular ChassisModular Chassis

Drives available

Drives availableDrives available

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Two host ports per controller, shipped with SFPs. the MSA2000fc G2 controller can run in either point-to-point or FCAL (loop). The default is FCAL which is used in Direct Connect, particularly with two controllers. The PtP (fabric) mode is used with almost all switches.

2U rack height. 12 Large Form Factor or 24 Small Form Factor drive bays, accommodating SAS and SATA. Comes with space for one or two controllers, or MSA2000 3.5-inch disk Enclosure I/O modules (LFF chassis only)

The new MSA2000fc G2 controller supports either the MSA2 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) drives, or the HP ProLiant 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) drive Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class drives designed for high volume, 24x7 usage. Serial-ATA (SATA) are usually reserved for archival of data as they are both relatively inexpensive and are available in very large capacities. The MSA2000 family of arrays can accommodate both SAS and SATA drives within the same enclosure making it ideal to have both business-critical, high activity files on SAS drives while using Snapshot or clone capability to keep back-up or archival data on the less expensive drives. For investment protection, the MSA2300fc G2 controller will support single

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Optional Disk enclosures

Optional Disk enclosuresOptional Disk enclosures

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart ArrayHP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

port SAS & SATA drives in a single-domain MSA70. This support allows current owners of MSA70s to migrate their single port drives (in their MSA70 only) to be attached to an MSA2300fc. They can only cascade to another single I/O MSA70. This is not a data-in-place transition. SAS drive performance can be approximately 30% greater than SATA performance on sequential host I/O. SAS performance excels in sequential lower latency response time and random I/O per second transaction performance due to higher rpm disk speeds yielding lower seek times. SAS drive random performance is generally twice that of SATA drives.

NOTE:

MSA2 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) drives are for use only in the

NOTE:NOTE: MSA2000 family. The 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) drives are supported only with the MSA2300fc G2 controller and are common with and are the same part numbers as the ProLiant optional 2.5-inch drives.

Just as the user has a choice of chassis for the array head (LFF and SFF drive bays), so also do they have a choice of expansion disk enclosures accommodating either drive size.

MSA2000 3.5-inch drive enclosure

MSA2000 3.5-inch drive enclosureMSA2000 3.5-inch drive enclosure drive bays and accepts for MSA2 dual-ported SAS and SATA drives. One model (AJ749A) has a single I/O module that matches with a single controller array head, giving a single path to the drives. The second model (AJ750A) comes standard with two I/O modules installed, required when paired with a dual controller array head, giving two paths to the drives for higher availability.

. This 2U unit has twelve LFF (3.5-inch)

This 3.5-inch drive enclosure can be attached to either the MSA2312fc or MSA2324fc array head. In addition it continues to support the MSA2000i and MSA2000sa. Each model ships standard with two .6m SAS to SAS cables for cascading to other MSA2000 drive enclosures For connection to either form-factor MSA2300fc array head, miniSAS to SAS cable(s) must be purchased. The single I/O model can be upgraded to a dual model with the purchase of an additional MSA2000 Drive Enclosure I/O module (AJ751A). No cable is included with this upgrade. Up to four MSA2000 3.5-inch enclosures can be attached to an MSA2300fc G2 controller in the array head.

MSA70 2.5-inch drive enclosure

MSA70 2.5-inch drive enclosureMSA70 2.5-inch drive enclosure designed to support twenty five ProLiant 2.5-inch Universal form factor (SFF) SAS or SATA hard drives. It ships standard with a single I/O module installed.

This 2.5-inch drive enclosure can only be attached to an MSA2324fc G2 controller (SFF)array head. It cannot be attached to the MSA2312fc (LFF) or the MSA2000i or MSA2000sa models. The MSA70 enclosure ships with a single .5m miniSAS to miniSAS cable. To support a dual controller MSA2124fc array head, the user needs to purchase and install an MSA70 Dual Domain I/O Module (AG779A). This option ships standard with an additional .5m miniSAS to miniSAS cable. Up to three MSA70s may be attached to the array head, given total support for 99 SFF drives.

. This 2U storage enclosure (418800-B21) is

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Scalability

ScalabilityScalability

LUNs

LUNsLUNs

RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10,

RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10,RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

5050

Performance

PerformancePerformance

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart ArrayHP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array

The MSA2300fc G2 controller is designed to allow an installation to begin with smaller capacity and be able to grow gradually as needed. The flexibility of SAS or SATA drive technology, form factors, sizes, speeds, and costs per GB allows a system to easily fit in almost any budget.

Large Form Factor configurations can scale up to 5.4 TB SAS or 12 TB SATA, expandable to 27 TB SAS or 60 TB SATA with the addition of a maximum of four MSA2000 3.5-inch Drive Enclosures. Small Form Factor configurations can scale from 3.5 TB SAS or 6 TB SATA. With the addition of three MSA70 JBODs, the MSA2324fc G2 can support 14.4 TB SAS or 24.7 TB SATA. Users may configure a 24-drive MSA2324fc G2 SFF array head with up to three 12-drive LFF MSA2000 3.5-inch disk enclosures. This is an excellent method for a configuration that support fast SFF enterpriseclass SAS drives in the array head, combined with economical LFF drives staged for archival purposes, all in the same array. Qualification of larger capacity drives is ongoing.

The MSA2000 family of arrays supports 512 LUNs (total volumes in a dual controller system) and LUN sizes up to 16 TB. The array supports expansion and deletion of any LUN.

In addition to the usual RAID levels, the MSA2000 family features several important additional levels. RAID 6 is the highest level of RAID protection. It allocates two sets of parity data across drives and allows simultaneous write operations. It can withstand two simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data loss. RAID 10 is mirroring and striping without parity. It is the most popular of the multiple RAID levels, allowing large arrays with high performance in most cases and superior fault tolerance. RAID 50 combines the block striping and parity of RAID 5 with the straight block striping of RAID 0, yielding higher performance than RAID 5 through the addition of RAID 0, particularly during writes.

Performance numbers are a guideline as established by tests in a lab environment. 96 72 GB 15K SAS drives were used in dual controller configurations of eight 12 Disk vdisks, eight 806 GB volumes, and two volumes per host.

Number and type of applications along with the number of hosts will affect overall performance.

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DC-power chassis

DC-power chassisDC-power chassis

Configuration and

Configuration andConfiguration and Management Tools

Management Tools

Management ToolsManagement Tools

Hot Plug Expansion and

Hot Plug Expansion andHot Plug Expansion and Replacement Support

Replacement Support

Replacement SupportReplacement Support

Snapshot and Clone

Snapshot and CloneSnapshot and Clone

Workload

Host Connect

MSA2000 RAID 10 Performance Results (rounded)

MSA2000 RAID 10 Performance Results (rounded)MSA2000 RAID 10 Performance Results (rounded) Random Reads IOPs Random Writes IOPs Random Mix IOPs 60/40

read/write Sequential Reads MB Sequential Writes MBs MSA2000 RAID 5 Performance Results (rounded)

MSA2000 RAID 5 Performance Results (rounded)

MSA2000 RAID 5 Performance Results (rounded)MSA2000 RAID 5 Performance Results (rounded) Random Reads IOPs Random Writes IOPs Sequential Reads MBs Sequential Writes MBs Random Mix IOPs

60/40 read/write MSA2000 RAID 6 Performance Results (rounded)

MSA2000 RAID 6 Performance Results (rounded)

MSA2000 RAID 6 Performance Results (rounded)MSA2000 RAID 6 Performance Results (rounded) Random Reads IOPs Random Writes IOPs Sequential Reads MBs Sequential Writes MBs Random Mix IOPs 60/40

read/write

HP is making the two models of controller-less chassis available with direct current (DC) power supplies. They each have the two empty bays where users can insert one or two MSA2300fc G2 controller(s). In addition, the MSA2012 LFF drive bay can have MSA2000 3.5-inch I/O modules inserted to create a LFF DC-power JBOD. The 500 watt power supply is designed to operate over the input range of 40VDC to -75VDC. This is specifically intended to conform to Telco requirements. Certification is in process but no claims are made at this time.

HP StorageWorks 2012 Modular Smart Array 3.5-in Drive Bay DC-power Chassis (LFF)

HP StorageWorks 2024 Modular Smart Array 2.5-in Drive Bay DC-power Chassis (SFF)

HP StorageWorks MSA Storage Management Utility (SMU). Management access, out-of-band: WEB GUI, CLI. Interface Types: Mini DB9 RS232, 10/100 Ethernet Protocols Supported SNMP, SSL, SSH, SMTP, HTTP, Telnet

All MSA2000 models support hot plug expansion and replacement of redundant controllers, enclosures, fans, power supplies, and I/O modules for simple, fast installation and maintenance.

Optional controller based functionality. Offers higher levels of data protection, enabling an almost instant recovery from data failure or corruption. Offers alternative development testing of 'offline' production data and the ability to backup snapped/cloned data.

MSA2300fc

4 Gb Fibre

Channel

21,400 10,600

8,800 4,900 4,500

13,500

1,300

560 350 260

20,500 10,200

2,400 2,000 1,600 1,300

780 380 270

5,900 3,300 3,200

20,500 10,100

1,600 1,400 1,200 1,300

820 380 270

4,500 2,750 2,560

MSA2000sa

3 Gb SAS

6,800 6,100

700 300

MSA2000i

1GbE Ethernet

8,200

7,800

AJ950A

AJ951A

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