HPE Q2R18A Getting Started Guide

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Overview

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HPE MSA 1050 Storage

The HPE MSA 1050 Storage brings affordable flash storage down to ever lower customer segments. The MSA 1050 is designed to meet entry

requirements and budgetary constraints. With the lowest storage array price points in the HPE Storage portfolio and field deployments.

The HPE MSA 1050 fea points. The array allows users to take advantage of the latest storage technologies in simple and efficient ways by providing a good balance between perform been the industry-leading entry storage Fibre Channel platform for the past eight years, with nearly 500,000 storage systems sold worldwide. Starting at affordable flash

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- No time-consuming migrations required

HPE MSA 1050

-level storage

-proven ProLiant compatibility, the MSA 1050 is the platform of choice for smaller SAS, iSCSI and FC

tures 8Gb Fibre Channel, 12 Gb SAS, and 1GbE and 10GbE iSCSI at previously unattainable entry price

ance and budget resulting in a highly favorable $/GB return on their investment. HPE MSA Storage has

under $5,500* USD, the MSA 1050 provides affordable application acceleration. It’s seriously simple and

-ready storage to help you get the most performance for the lowest cost.

Configurations starting at $5,500 *

- Factory-configured, dual controller array with 4 host ports of either 8Gb FC, 1GbE, 10GbE or 12Gb SAS protocols

Simple, proven Gen10 ProLiant compatible shared storage

Access to MSA 2050 advanced data services with simplified licensing approach

Expandable and upgradable to meet new demands

- Small Form Factor (SFF) or Large Form Factor (LFF) models available

- MSA continues its heritage of providing affordable, easy to use shared storage without a big learning curve

- Intuitive setup and management for ProLiant administrators.

- New look-and-feel will fit right in with your Gen10 ProLiant servers

- Leverage flash storage with easy to use, easy to maintain tiering and read cache technologies

- No storage expertise necessary, system dynamically responds to workload changes, so you don’t have to

- Add new HDDs or disk expansions to your MSA 1050

- Upgrade system to the MSA 2050 through data-in-place upgrade: a simple 15 minute upgrade!

NOTE: * US Street Price (MSA 1050 base unit, dual 1GbE iSCSI controllers, four 300GB HDDs); prices are subject to change without notice

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Standard Features

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HPE MSA 1050 Storage

Array

Access Type

Block

Form Factor

2U, SFF or LFF

Number of controllers per array

Number of host ports per array

FC host connectivity

8Gb

iSCSI host connectivity

1Gb or 10Gb

SAS host connectivity

6Gb or 12Gb

Cache, per array

Max Read cache per array

4TB

Data (read/write) cache + system memory per array

12GB

Pool Capacity (with Large Pool Support)

562 TB (512 TiB)

RAID Levels supported

RAID 1, 5, 6, 10

Enclosures

Expansion Drive Enclosures

0-3 enclosures

LFF/SFF array/enclosure mixing

Supported

Maximum number of drives per array enclosure

24 SFF/12 LFF

Maximum number of drives per drive enclosure

24 SFF/12 LFF

Drive enclosure interface type

6Gb SAS

Drives

Maximum total HDDs per array

96 SFF / 48 LFF

Maximum total SSDs per array

96 SFF / 48 LFF

Max raw capacity per array enclosure

76.8 TB SFF / 120TB LFF

Max raw capacity per drive enclosure

76.8 TB SFF / 120TB LFF

Max raw capacity per array

307.2TB SFF / 480TB LFF

Drive Capacities

SFF SSDs (Mixed Use)

400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.2TB

LFF SSDs (Mixed Use)

400GB, 800GB

SFF HDDs

15K: 300GB, 600GB, 900GB

7.2K: 1.0TB, 2.0TB

LFF HDDs

7.2K: 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB

Software Features

Thin Technologies

Thin Provisioning, Space Reclamation, Thin Rebuild

Tiering

Performance Tier, Standard Tier, Archive Tier

Replication

Snapshots (512), Volume Copy, Remote Snaps

Quality of Service

Virtual Tier Affinity

Additional Features

Maximum number of volumes

512

Maximum number of snapshots

512

Maximum number of hosts

512

Maximum number of initiators

1024

Customer self-installable

Yes

Customer self-repairable

Yes

Customer self-upgradeable

Yes

10K: 300GB, 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB

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HPE MSA 1050 Storage

Standard Features

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HPE MSA 1050 Storage

AC Power supply

CLI Port (mini USB)

Controller Module A

Network Management Port

Controller Module B

Cache Status LED

Host Connection Ports (2)

SAS Expansion Port

9 AC Power Supply

MSA 1050

Descriptions

Part Number

Storage Models

HPE MSA 1050 8Gb Fibre Channel Dual Controller LFF Storage1

Q2R18A

HPE MSA 1050 8GB Fibre Channel Dual Controller SFF Storage2

Q2R19A

HPE MSA 1050 12Gb SAS Dual Controller LFF Storage3

Q2R20A

HPE MSA 1050 12Gb SAS Dual Controller SFF Storage4

Q2R21A

HPE MSA 1050 1G iSCSI Dual Controller LFF Storage5

Q2R22A

HPE MSA 1050 1G iSCSI Dual Controller SFF Storage6

Q2R23A

HPE MSA 1050 10G iSCSI Dual Controller LFF Storage7

Q2R24A

HPE MSA 1050 10G iSCSI Dual Controller SFF Storage8

Q2R25A

Controller systems

All MSA 1050 models offer a common set of valuable features:

NOTES:

Includes LFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 FC 2-port controllers, SFPs installed,

drives not included

Includes SFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 FC 2-port controllers, SFPs installed,

drives not included

Includes LFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 SAS 2-port controllers, SFPs not needed

with SAS controllers, drives not included

Includes SFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 SAS 2-port controllers, SFPs not needed

with SAS controllers, drives not included

Includes LFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 1GbE 2-port controllers, SFPs installed,

drives not included

Includes SFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 1GbE 2-port controllers, SFPs installed,

drives not included

Includes LFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 10GbE 2-port controllers, SFPs installed, drives not included, direct attached copper cables are supported in 10GbE Controller systems

Includes SFF Array Chassis, two MSA 1050 10GbE 2-port controllers, SFPs installed, drives not included, direct attached copper cables are supported in 10GbE

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• MSA 1050 storage system architecture maximizes performance

, depending on

Storage Management Utility (SMU). The MSA management GUI brings a new modern look and feel to array management.

Maximum hard drive counts vary by RAID levels: 2 drive max for RAID level 1; max of 16 drives for RAID levels 5, 6, and 10.

Application

The HPE MSA 1050 Storage is the ideal solution for customers running Oracle, Microsoft, SAP environments

software; high availability and disaster recovery solutions; and backup and recovery on the Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP application platforms.

Learn more

To learn more about specific HPE Storage Solutions that are built with Oracle, Microsoft, SAP and Virtualization

- Includes SFF or LFF array chassis, depending on model

- Two FC, iSCSI or SAS controllers, depending on model

 Two host ports per controller  Each controller supports 8 Gb FC, 1GbE iSCSI, 10GbE iSCSI or 12Gb SAS host connectivity

model

- 6 GB cache per controller. (4GB Read/Write plus 2GB System)

- Battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash

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• Thin Provisioning allows storage allocation of physical storage resources only once they are consumed by an application.

Thin Provisioning also allows over-provisioning of physical storage pool resources allowing ease of growth for volumes without predicting storage capacity upfront.

• All models feature a wide variety of drives: High-performance SSD drives, enterprise-class SAS, and SAS Midline drives.

• The MSA 1050 will support a maximum of 3 disk enclosures (either LFF and/or SFF). Add-on enclosures can either be

HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure or HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure. The MSA 2050 LFF or SFF Disk Enclosures will support the MSA 1050 storage system.

• The MSA 1050 can grow incrementally to a maximum of 48 LFF, 96 SFF drives, or a combination of SFF and LFF

enclosures up to the maximum of 4 total enclosures.

• Virtual Storage Disks Groups can be spanned across multiple enclosures.

• Virtual Storage RAID levels supported: 1, 5, 6, 10.

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• Multiple Disk Groups can be aggregated into a single storage pool.

• Storage pools allow data on a given LUN to span across all drives in a pool. When capacity is added to a system, the user is

also getting a performance benefit of the additional spindles.

• The maximum LUN size is 140TB (128TiB)

• Snapshot enhancements for virtual storage, including performance improvements, hierarchical snapshots, and simplified

resource management. Administrators can monitor and optionally control snapshot space usage.

• Prioritize data by assigning appropriate affinity level (Performance, No Affinity or Archive)

• Customers can configure 512 TiB capacity per virtual pool by enabling large pool support.

• Non-disruptive on-line controller code upgrade. Requires Multi-pathing software.

• Upgradable by design. Owners of an MSA 1040 array are able to do data-in-place upgrades to the new MSA 1050 array.

This unique ability protects the earlier investments in drives, and JBODs.

• Certain limitations are applicable. Please review the Upgrading to the HPE MSA 1050/2050/2052 Whitepaper before

upgrading your MSA 1040, 2040 or 2042 systems

• StoreEasy 3850 Gateway support for block and file storage.

Solutions

and those customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware and Hyper-V. The MSA 1050 delivers enterprise functionality that enhances virtual environments, simplifies management, and reduces costs. Easy to deploy, scale and maintain, HPE MSA 1050 Arrays ensure that crucial business data remains available.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has developed best-in-class expertise in Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and Virtualization Hypervisor technology through extensive testing with the HPE MSA 1050, HPE servers, and management

environments in mind, visit the solution sites supporting each of these applications. HPE MSA Storage hyperlink to: http://www.hpe.com/storage/MSA

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Product Technology

• MSA 1050 10GbE iSCSI with 4-ports per array system, SFF or LFF

Modular

2U rack height. 12 LFF or 24 SFF drive bays, accommodating SSDs, SAS and SAS MDL Drives

only when a controller fails over to its partner controller

Drives

The MSA 1050 Storage systems support both the MSA 3.5-inch LFF drives, and the MSA 2.5-inch SFF drives.

Optional Disk

Just as the user has a choice of chassis for the array enclosure (LFF or SFF drive bays), they also have a choice of

HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure Q1J06A

• LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 3 total Disk Enclosures.

HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure Q1J07A

MSA 1050 Models

Chassis

available

Enclosures

MSA 1050 Storage offers 8 factory configured models:

• MSA 1050 8Gb FC with 4-ports per array system, SFF or LFF

• MSA 1050 12Gb SAS with 4-ports per array system SDD or LFF

• MSA 1050 1GbE iSCSI with 4-ports per array system SFF or LFF

NOTE: The MSA 1050 does not support single controller configurations. Single-controller support is provided

• Solid State Drives (SSDs) deliver exceptional performance for applications requiring high random read

IOPs performance.

• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class drives are designed for high demand, 24x7 usage.

• SAS Midline (MDL) drives are usually reserved for archival of data as they are relatively inexpensive and

are available in very large capacities.

expansion disk enclosures accommodating either drive size. Both the MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure and MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure can be hot-added to an operating array. SFF and LFF Array enclosures and Disk Enclosures can be mixed without limitations.

MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure. This 2U enclosure is designed to support twelve HPE Storage LFF drives and accepts MSA dual-ported 12Gb SSD and SAS Midline hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the MSA 1050 dual controller arrays.

• The MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 1050 LFF or SFF storage models.

• Each MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure ships standard with two .5m mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables for connection

to the MSA 1050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

• LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 3 total Disk Enclosures

HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure This 2U enclosure is designed to support twenty four HPE Storage 2.5-inch SFF drive bays and accepts MSA dual ported 12Gb SSD, SAS, or SAS MDL hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the MSA 1050 dual controller arrays.

• The MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 1050 LFF or SFF storage models

• Each MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure ships standard with a two .5m mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables for connection

to the MSA 1050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

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Scalability

The MSA 1050 array configurations are designed to allow an installation to begin with smaller capacity and be able

Disk Group

A Disk Group is a collection of disks in a given redundancy mode (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10). Disk Group RAID level and size

storage pool for use with the Virtual Storage features.

LUNs

The MSA 1050 arrays support 512 volumes and up to 512 snapshots in a system. All of these volumes can be

LUNs independent of the physical storage.

Storage Pools

Storage pools are comprised of one or more Disk Groups. A volume’s data on a given LUN can now span all disk

expansion. As pools are expanded data automatically reflows to balance capacity utilization on all drives.

RAID 1, 5, 6,

The MSA 1050 features several important additional RAID levels. RAID 6 offers the highest level of RAID

oss all of the disks, no single disk is a

bottleneck. Striping also allows users to reconstruct data in case of a disk failure.

Performance

The performance figures provided here are for reference as many variables exist between array configurations,

2,960

to grow gradually as needed. The flexibility of SSD, SAS or SAS MDL drives 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 120TB SAS MDL per array enclosure, expandable to

480TB SAS MDL with the addition of a maximum of three MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure.

• Small Form Factor configurations can scale up to 76.8 TB SAS SSDs per array enclosure, expandable to

307.2 TB SAS with the addition of a maximum of three MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure.

• Users may configure an MSA 2050 SFF array enclosure with MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure. This is an

excellent option for a configuration that supports high-speed SFF SSDs or fast SFF enterprise-class SAS drives in the array enclosure, combined with economical LFF drives staged for archival purposes, all in the same array.

can be created based on performance and/or capacity requirements. Multiple Disk Groups can be allocated into a

mapped to LUNs. Maximum LUN sizes up to 140TB (128 TiB). Thin Provisioning allows the user to create the

drives in a pool. When capacity is added to a system, users will benefit from the performance of all spindles in that pool.

The MSA 1050 supports large, flexible Volumes with sizes up to 128TiB and facilitates seamless capacity

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 and allows large Disk Groups to be created with high performance and mirroring for fault tolerance. RAID 5 combines the block striping and parity. Because data and parity are striped acr

workloads, hard drive types, disk group setup parameters and host system setup. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has traditionally published a set of end-to-end MSA performance specifications that are fed into HPE Sizer tools which are based on conservative real-world configurations. For consistency, the MSA performance numbers have been documented in both Benchmark and End-to-End Performance tables. Complete End-to-End Performance results will be provided for the MSA 1050 in a subsequent publication. These numbers are subject to change without notice.

MSA 1050 End-to-End Performance Results:

HPE MSA 1050

MSA 1050 Array Performance 1

MSA 1050 RAID 1 SSD Performance Results

Random Reads (IOPs) 69,100

8Gb Fibre Channel with HDDs

8Gb Fibre Channel with SSDs

HPE MSA 1050

Random Writes (IOPs) 30,600

MSA 1050 RAID 5 Performance Results

Segmented Sequential Reads (MB/s)

3,4

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2,850

Disk Group

results.

Configuration

Tools

Management access, out-of-band, Storage Management Utility (SMU), CLI.

Web Browser

The MSA 1050 arrays come integrated with web browser and CLI based software for storage and RAID

Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.

Support

power supplies, and I/O modules for simple, fast installation and maintenance. Hot add expansion of disk enclosures

HPE Server Compatibility

The MSA

NOTE:

3 server support

OS Support

Refer to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise support statements for complete current OS version support

• Red Hat Linux

Segmented Sequential Writes (MB/s)

End-to-End performance notes

1) Performance results were generated using internal HPE test tools. Number and type of applications, drive type and number of drives, operating system used, and the number of hosts will affect overall performance. This table is provided strictly as a test-lab comparison

2) Dual Controller configuration, (4) 400GB Mixed Use SSDs, RAID: 1, two drives per Disk Group; one per pool, 2 volumes per pool, block size: 8k, average latency under 5ms, Windows Server 2012 host, 8Gb FC direct connect to array

3) Dual Controller configuration, (36) 15k HDD, RAID: 5, nine drives per Disk Group, 2 Disk Groups per pool, 2 volumes per pool, block size: 256k, average latency under 30ms, Windows Server 2012 host, 8Gb FC direct connect to array

4) Sequential performance numbers were generated using segmented sequential workloads. For segmented sequential workloads with a queue depth greater than 1, each sequential stream is targeted to operate on a separate LBA range. Other types of sequential workloads that target specific LBA ranges may achieve higher

and Management

support

Hot Plug Expansion and Replacement

Party

Interface Types: USB 100/1000 Ethernet. Protocols Supported SNMP, SMI-S, SSH, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet

management, setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. The MSA 1050 management supports Microsoft Internet

All MSA 1050 models support hot plug expansion and replacement of redundant controllers, enclosures, fans,

is also supported.

1050 supports most HPE ProLiant and BladeSystems servers including

• HPE ProLiant DL, ML Servers

• HPE c-Class Blade Servers

• Compatibility must be confirmed at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

depends on protocol

The MSA 1050 supports most multi-vendor industry standard Intel and AMD based (x86) servers. Hewlett Packard Enterprise requires the Third-Party Server to be logged and listed on the Microsoft Windows Server Catalog.

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that the Third-Party Server Vendor is an active member of TSANet.

Refer to the TSANet website for details:

• Non-HPE servers will generally be supported if the HPE storage stack is used. This includes supported HPE

branded HBAs and drivers, and supported FC switches.

http://www.tsanet.com

: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012

• VMware

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