HPE MSA 2050 SAN Dual Controller LFF Storage (Q1J00A)

HPE MSA 2050 Storage

The flash-ready HPE MSA 2050 Storage system is designed for affordable application acceleration that is ideal for small and remote office deployments. But do not let the low cost fool you. The HPE MSA 2050 Storage system gives you the combination of simplicity, flexibility to grow now and into the future, and advanced features you may not expect to find in an entry-priced array. Start small and scale as needed with any combination of solid state disks (SSD), high-performance enterprise, or lower-cost midline SAS-based drives.

HPE MSA Storage has been the industry-leading entry storage Fibre Channel platform for the past eight years, with nearly 500,000 storage systems sold worldwide. Now the HPE MSA 2050 Storage system delivers 2x higher performance [1] than the previous generation at the same price, delivering in excess of 200,000 IOPS starting at under $10,000 USD for affordable application acceleration. It’s seriously simple and affordable flash-ready storage to help you get the most performance for the lowest cost.

· 200,000+ IOPS starting at under $10K for affordable application acceleration

- Flexible base model delivers 2x IOPS performance than the previous generation MSA for the same price.

· Advanced data services with no experience required

- Easy to install, easy to use, easy to maintain—no storage expertise necessary

- Automated tiering dynamically responds to workload changes, so you don’t have to

· Keep your business running with expanded data protection features

- New virtualized snapshot technology makes data protection and instant recovery a snap

- Remote replication with FC and iSCSI supports affordable disaster recovery

• Grow flexibly now and into the future

- Data-in-place upgrades protect drive investments and eliminate data migrations

- Start small and scale as needed with any combination of SSD, Enterprise or Midline SAS drives

What's New in the MSA 2050 array family

• Introducing new MSA 2.4TB 12G SAS 10K SFF and 12TB 12G SAS 7,2K LFF hard drives

• Introducing new MSA 2050 SAS SFF and LFF Storage

• Introducing new MSA 2050 SAS NEBS SFF Storage

• Introducing new MSA 2050 SAS DC-Power LFF Storage

HPE MSA 2050 Storage

1.

AC or DC Power supplies

4.

Management Ethernet port

2.

Host connection ports

 8 and/or 16Gb FC,

1 and/or 10GbE iSCSI or

6 and/or 12Gb SAS

5.

Expansion port

3.

CLI port (mini-USB)

MSA 2050 

Descriptions

Part Number

Storage Models

HPE MSA 2050 SAN Dual Controller LFF Storage¹,³

Q1J00A

HPE MSA 2050 SAN Dual Controller SFF Storage¹,³

Q1J01A

HPE MSA 2050 SAN NEBS Certified DC-Power SFF Storage^2,3

Q1J04A

HPE MSA 2050 SAN DC-power LFF Storage ^2,3

Q1J79A

HPE MSA 2050 SAS Dual Controller LFF Storage ^1,4

Q1J28A

HPE MSA 2050 SAS Dual Controller SFF Storage ^1,4

Q1J29A

HPE MSA 2050 SAS NEBS SFF Storage ^2,4

Q1J32A

HPE MSA 2050 SAS DC-Power LFF Storage ^2,4

Q2P39A

NOTES:

¹ Includes an LFF or SFF Array Chassis depending on model, two MSA 2050 SAN or SAS controllers, two AC power supplies, no drives

²Includes an LFF or SFF Array Chassis depending on model, two MSA 2050 SAN or SAS controllers, two DC power supplies, no drives

³SFPs not included

⁴SFP not required with SAS controllers

ENERGY STAR Certification

The HPE MSA 2050 Storage systems are ENERGY STAR certified. ENERGY STAR certified products are energy efficient which result in cost savings via reduced energy consumption and regulatory rebates. Please refer to the US EPA website for details on ENERGY STAR certification criteria and process. MSA 2050 ENERGY STAR Certification is listed on the EPA website.

Carrier-Grade Storage System (NEBS)

The HPE MSA 2050 SAN and SAS NEBS Certified DC-Power Storage systems are designed for network equipment providers (NEPs) and communication service providers.  Suited for those customers who need a robust telecom infrastructure. The NEBS compliant MSA 2050 Storage system (Q1J04A and Q1J32A) supports configurations with up to 7 compliant disk enclosures for a maximum of 192 SFF HDDs or SSDs.

The HPE MSA 2050 SAN and SAS DC-power LFF Storage systems (Q179A and Q2P39A) include two (DC) power supplies, but is not NEBS certified.  The two power supplies are designed to operate over the input range of -40VDC to -75VDC.  

The HPE MSA 2050 DC-power Carrier Grade SFF Disk Enclosure (Q1J05A) is a special model disk enclosure designed for use with NEBS compliant MSA 2050 configurations. This drive enclosure has 24 drive bays and has dual -48VDC-power supplies.  It is only sold with carrier grade arrays.

When used in conjunction with specific Storage SFF SAS drives, the solution is NEBS certified (GR-63-Core and GR-1089-Core) and Seismic Zone 4 rated. NEBS level-3 certification provides the assurance that the equipment is safe to operate and sturdy enough to withstand certain physical and environmental (for example, fire, earthquakes) conditions. For Seismic Zone 4 rating, the MSA 2050 must be mounted in an HPE Seismic Rack (AH335A).

SKU Description

NEBs Certified SKUs

HPE MSA 2050 SAN NEBS Certified DC Power SFF Storage

Q1J04A

HPE MSA 2050 SAS NEBS Certified DC Power SFF Storage

Q1J32A

HPE MSA 2050 SAN DC-power Carrier Grade SFF Disk Enclosure

Q1J05A

HP MSA 300GB 12G SAS 15K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

J9F40A

HP MSA 450GB 12G SAS 15K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

J9F41A

HP MSA 600GB 12G SAS 15K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

J9F42A

HPE MSA 900GB 12G SAS 15K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

Q1H47A

HP MSA 300GB 12G SAS 10K SFF(2.5in) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

J9F44A

HP MSA 600GB 12G SAS 10K SFF(2.5in) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

J9F46A

HP MSA 900GB 12G SAS 10K SFF(2.5in) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

J9F47A

HP MSA 1.2TB 12G SAS 10K SFF(2.5in) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty HDD

J9F48A

HPE MSA 400GB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive

N9X95A

HPE MSA 800GB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive

N9X96A

HPE MSA 1.6TB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive

N9X91A

HPE MSA 3.2TB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive

N9X92A

HPE MSA 1.2TB 12G SAS 10K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise Self Encrypted 3yr Wty HDD

P9M81A

All MSA 2050 models offer a common set of valuable features:

• MSA 2050 storage system architecture maximizes performance

- Includes SFF or LFF array chassis, depending on model

- Two MSA SAS or SAS controllers, depending on model

ú Four host ports per controller

ú Each SAN controller supports 8 Gb FC, 16 Gb FC, 1GbE iSCSI or 10GbE iSCSI. host connectivity

ú Each SAS controller supports 12Gb SAS host connectivity

- 8 GB cache per controller.

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

• MSA 2050 SAN controller allows customers to create their own Combo Controller by mixing FC and iSCSI SFPs. Below are the valid configurations for mixing SFPs:

All MSA 2050 models offer a common set of valuable features (cont):

• Storage Management Utility V3 (SMU).  The MSA management GUI brings a new modern look and feel to array management. 
• 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 2050 will support a maximum of 7 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 can grow incrementally to a maximum of 96 LFF, 192 SFF drives, or a combination of SFF and LFF enclosures up to the maximum of 8 total enclosures.
• Virtual Storage Disks Groups can be spanned across multiple enclosures.
• Virtual Storage RAID levels supported: 1, 5, 6, 10.
• 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.
• 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 2040, MSA 2042 and MSA 1040 array are able to do data-in-place upgrades to the new MSA 2050 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 Technical Whitepaper before upgrading your MSA 2040, MSA 2042 or MSA 1040 systems

Application

Solutions

The HPE MSA 2050 Storage is the ideal solution for customers running Oracle, Microsoft, SAP environments and those customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware and Hyper-V. The MSA 2050 delivers enterprise functionality that enhances virtual environments, simplifies management, and reduces costs. Easy to deploy, scale and maintain, HPE MSA 2050 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 2050, HPE servers, and management 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 environments in mind, visit the solution sites supporting each of these applications.

HPE MSA Storage hyperlink to: http://www.hpe.com/storage/MSA

Product Technology

SAN controller

MSA 2050 SAN controller supports 8Gb FC, 16Gb FC, 1GbE iSCSI or 10GbE iSCSI host connectivity.

SAS controller

MSA 2050 SAS controller supports 6Gb and/or 12Gb SAS  host connectivity.

Modular

Chassis

2U rack height. 12 LFF or 24 SFF drive bays.  All MSA 2050 Storage Systems come standard with 2 SAN or SAS controllers, depending on model.

NOTE:  The MSA 2050 does not support single controller configurations.  Single-controller support is provided only when a controller fails over to its partner controller.

Drives available

The MSA 2050 SAN or SAS Storage systems support both the MSA 3.5-inch LFF drives, and the MSA 2.5-inch SFF drives.

· 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 drives are usually reserved for archival of data as they are relatively inexpensive and are available in very large capacities.

Optional Disk Enclosures

Just as the user has a choice of chassis for the array enclosure (LFF or SFF drive bays), they also have a choice of 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 2050 dual controller arrays.

• The MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2050 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 2050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

• LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 7 total Disk Enclosures

HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure                                                                                                                        Q1J06A

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, Enterprise SAS, or SAS Midline hard drives.  The pre-configured MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the MSA 2050 dual controller arrays.

• The MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2050 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 2050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

• LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 7 total Disk Enclosures.

HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure                                                                                                                         Q1J07A

Scalability

The MSA 2050 array configurations are designed to allow an installation to begin with smaller capacity and be able to grow gradually as needed. The flexibility of SSD, Enterprise SAS or SAS Midline 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 144TB SAS Midline per array enclosure, expandable to 1152TB SAS Midline with the addition of a maximum of seven MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure.
• Small Form Factor configurations can scale up to 76.8 TB SAS SSDs per array enclosure, expandable to 614.4 TB SAS with the addition of a maximum of seven 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.

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 can be created based on performance and/or capacity requirements.  Multiple Disk Groups can be allocated into a Storage Pool for use with the Virtual Storage features.

LUNs

The MSA 2050 arrays support 512 volumes and up to 512 snapshots in a system. All of these volumes can be mapped to LUNs. Maximum LUN sizes up to 140TB (128 TiB).  Thin Provisioning allows the user to create the 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 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 2050 supports large, flexible Volumes with sizes up to 128TiB and facilitates seamless capacity expansion. As pools are expanded data automatically reflows to balance capacity utilization on all drives.

RAID 1, 5, 6, 10

The MSA 2050 features several important additional RAID levels. RAID 6 offers 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 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 across 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, 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 2050 in a subsequent publication.  These numbers are subject to change without notice.

MSA 2050 End-to-End Performance Results:

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, (8) 400GB Mixed Use SSDs, RAID: 1, two drives per Disk Group; two Disk Groups per Pool, 2 volumes per Pool, block size: 8k, average latency under 5ms, Windows Server 2012 host, 16Gb FC direct connect to array

3Dual Controller configuration, (72) 15k HDD, RAID: 5, nine drives per Disk Group, 4 Disk Groups per Pool, 32 volumes per Pool, block size: 256k, average latency under 30ms, Windows Server 2012 host, 16Gb 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 results.

Configuration and Management Tools

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

Interface Types: USB 100/1000 Ethernet.  

Protocols Supported SNMP, SMI-S, SSH, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet

Web Browser support

The MSA 2050 arrays come integrated with web browser and CLI based software for storage and RAID management, setup, configuration, and troubleshooting.  The MSA 2050 management supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.

Hot Plug Expansion and Replacement Support

All MSA 2050 models support hot plug expansion and replacement of redundant controllers, enclosures, fans, power supplies, and I/O modules for simple, fast installation and maintenance. Hot add expansion of disk enclosures is also supported.

HPE Server Compatibility

The MSA 2050 supports most HPE ProLiant, BladeSystems and Integrity servers including

· HPE ProLiant DL, ML Servers

· HPE c-Class Blade Servers

· Integrity servers, IA64

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

NOTE: depends on protocol.

3^rd Party  server

support

The MSA 2050 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: http://www.tsanet.com

· 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.

OS Support

Refer to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise support statements for complete current OS version support: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• VMware
• HP-UX
• Red Hat Linux
• SuSE SLES Linux

NOTE: depends on protocol.

Advanced Data Services Suite

The HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite can be purchased as an option on the MSA 2050 Storage systems.  The Advanced Data Service Suite is included as a standard feature on the MSA 2052 at no extra charge.   See the MSA 2052 QuickSpecs for more information.

The optional Advanced Data Services Suite includes the following functionality:

• Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering

• 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy

• Remote Snaps

HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite  LTU

Q0H99A

HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite E-LTU

Q0H99AAE

Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering

Disk tiers are comprised of aggregating 1 or more Disk Groups of similar physical disks. The MSA 2050 supports 3 distinct tiers:

1. A Performance tier with SSDs

2. A Standard SAS tier with Enterprise SAS HDDs 

3. An Archive tier utilizing Midline SAS HDDs.

The MSA 2050 supports sub-LUN tiering and automated data movement between tiers. The MSA 2050 automated tiering engine moves data between available tiers based on the access characteristics of that data. Frequently accessed “pages” will migrate to the highest available tier delivering maximum I/O´s to the application.

Configurations which have a mixture of both SSDs and HDDs within the same system being used as a capacity Tier (excluding SSD Read Cache), will require the Advanced Data Service Suite LTU.   This rule applies to the system level and therefore the license is required regardless of whether the drives are configured for auto-tiering within the same Pool.  All SSD configurations and SSD Read Cache extension do not require a license on the MSA2050 array.

Snapshot and 
Volume Copy

• All MSA 2050 arrays come standard with 64 snaps.

• A 512 Snapshot license is available as an option on the MSA 2050

• Snapshots create up to 512 point-in-time copies of data

• Volume Copies create up to 128 point-in-time copies of data

• Volume copies become standard volumes when they are complete

• Recovery is instant - revert data from any previous Snapshot or Volume Copy

• Backup 'snapped' data to disk, virtual tape, or physical tape without a backup window

• If telephone support and software updates are desired for bundled software functionalities like 64 snapshots and volume copy software, a combination HW + SW support care pack must be purchased.

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise does not provide warranty assistance for software products included with our base hardware products.  Support is available with either the SupportPlus or SupportPlus24 Service options the hardware warranty component of these services is accounted for in the pricing of the SP and SP24 care packs.

Remote Snap

• HPE MSA Remote Snap Software is array based software that provides remote replication on the HPE MSA 2050 array products.  MSA Remote Snap is a form of asynchronous replication which consists of replication of block-level data from a volume on a local system to a volume on a second independent system. This second system may be co-located with the first system or may be located at a remote site.

• HPE Remote Snap functionality is based on existing Snapshot technology offered by HPE MSA array products.  Snapshots are used to track the data to be replicated as well as to determine the differences in data updated on the master volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred.

• HPE Remote Snap replication technology provides the ability to accomplish key data management and protection capabilities. First, because Remote Snap uses snapshots as the underlying technology it creates multiple local recovery points which can be used for such tasks as to complement daily backups; second, replication provides the ability to access data in a remote site which could be used for dispersed operations; and third but definitely not least important replication allows for business continuance in the event of a failure on the primary site.

• In order to perform a replication, a snapshot of the volume to be replicated is taken, creating a point-in-time image of the data. This point-in-time image is then replicated to the destination volume by copying the data represented by the snapshot via a transport medium such as TCP/IP (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel. The amount of data transferred is minimized though the use of snapshots whenever possible.

NOTE:  One Advanced Data Services Suite License per array is required for replication. For example, if you have two MSA arrays performing replication (from Primary system to Remote System), you will need a total of 2 licenses.

Product Features

• Storage based asynchronous snapshot replication

• Support of both Ethernet and Fibre Channel interconnects provides flexible options to the application environments.

• Snapshot based replication technology means only changed data will be replicated to alternate site

• Many to 1 replication (up to 4 nodes) - primary use case is to replicate from "many" branch offices to the home office for the purpose of backing up data from the branches

• Advanced scheduler provides several options to IT administrators for business continuance

• Flexible architecture allows remote replication between MSA 2050 and MSA 2040 or MSA 1040 arraysusing the virtual storage architecture and licensed for Remote Snap.  Protects existing investments and enhances business continuity planning objectives.

• Snapshot based replication enables both local and remote recovery depending on the need. Snapshot replication isolates problems to a specific point in time which can be selected by the administrator. Additionally snapshot replication supports longer distance replication.

• Multiple relationships provide greater storage flexibility and utilization.

• 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy integration provides better efficiencies by combining the management and array technologies to create local copies.

• Fast application recovery with minimal or no transaction loss

• Creation of disaster tolerant copies of your critical business data

• No-single-point-of-failure solution to increase the availability of your data

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter is a component within the HPE OneView plug-in for vCenter. It provides VMware administrators that are using VMware's vSphere management console (vCenter) with the ability to see how virtual machines are mapped to datastores and individual MSA 2050 volumes. By providing these clear relationships between VM's, datastores and storage, the VMware administrator's productivity increases, as does the ability to ensure quality of service. Roles for administrators can be defined on an individual basis, providing the ability to apply specific permissions for both view and control functions.

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter supports mixed array environments including MSA 2050/2052, MSA 2040/2042, MSA 1040, P2000, EVA, P4000, and the XP array series including the P9500.

When deployed with the MSA 2050 array, HPE OneView provides the following:

• Active Management functionality for the MSA 2050 array:

- Create/Expand/Delete a Datastore

- Create a Virtual Machine from a template

• Monitors the health and status of the MSA 2050
• Displays LUN / volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays and provides the location and attributes of the MSA 2050 within the SAN
• Identifies what storage features are available to allow administrators to match the features available on the MSA 2050 to their requirements
• Provide a cluster-level view of the storage

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter is downloadable from Software Depot: https://h20392.www2.hpe.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVPR

For more information on HPE OneView for VMware vCenter visit: http://h22168.www2.hpe.com/us/en/partners/vmware/

HPE StoreFront Manager for Microsoft

HPE StoreFront Manager for Microsoft enables management and monitoring of HPE MSA Storage running in Microsoft Hyper-V environment with a single pane-of-glass view to events/alerts, capacity and health dashboards and detailed virtual infrastructure information. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and provides Microsoft administrators the following:

It supports heterogeneous HPE Storage environment including HPE MSA, HPE StoreVirtual, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE StoreOnce, HPE StoreEasy, HPE XP, HPE EVA and HPE StoreEver Storage.

When deployed with the MSA 2050 array, HPE StoreFront Manager provides the following:

· Monitors the health, events and alerts for the MSA 2050 – virtual Pools, and volumes

· Provides detailed information on the VMs provisioned through MSA Storage

· Effortless installation and configuration using Powershell

HPE StoreFront Manager for Microsoft for MSA Storage is downloadable from Software Depot: https://h20392.www2.hpe.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=System_Center

vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)

The vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) is one of the storage application programming interface (API) sets in vSphere. VAAI is an API storage partners can leverage to enhance performance of virtual machine (VM) management operations by delegating these operations to the storage array. With hardware offload, ESX/ESXi hosts perform certain operations faster and consume less server CPU and memory resources, and also storage port and storage fabric bandwidth. VAAI includes high performance and scalable VM data path primitives.

Storage Hardware Primitives for VAAI

• Full Copy or Hardware Assisted Move
• Block Zeroing or Hardware Assisted Zeroing
• Hardware Assisted Locking or Atomic Test and Set (ATS)

UNMAP reclaims space that is no longer on a thinly provisioned VMFS volume

Warranty

Three-year limited warranty, parts exchange Next Business day delivery

Enclosures, Hard drives, and Options for the MSA 2050 carry their own warranty. Refer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Limited Warranty Statement for more information.

The MSA 2050 has been designed with customer self-repairable parts to minimize repair time and provide greater flexibility in performing defective parts replacement. Please refer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise limited warranty Statement and parts replacement instructions for further details.

NOTE: The warranty of the hard drive options purchased with the MSA 2050 models is different for SAS hard drives versus SAS Midline. SAS hard drive options have a three year warranty and SAS Midline have a one year warranty.

Solid State Drives (SSD)
Warranty

3/0/0 warranty; Customer Self Repair (CSR) subject to maximum usage and or maximum supported lifetime limitations, whichever occurs first. Maximum Supported Lifetime is the period in years set to equal the warranty for the device. Maximum usage limit is the maximum amount of data that can be written to the device before reaching the device's write endurance limit.

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² HP CSC reports 2014-2015

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Optimized Care

HPE Proactive Care with 6 hour call-to-repair commitment, three year Support Service

HPE Proactive Care gives customers an enhanced call experience.  When your products are connected to HPE, Proactive Care helps prevent problems and maintains IT stability by utilizing personalized proactive reports with recommendations and advice. This Service combines three years’ proactive reporting and advice with our highest level of hardware support; HPE’s 24x7, six hour hardware call-to-repair.  HPE is the only leading manufacturer who makes this level of coverage available as a standard service offering for your most valuable servers and storage, including the HPE MSA 2050/2052 Storage.

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Standard Care

HPE Proactive Care with 24x7 coverage, three year Support Service

HPE Proactive Care gives customers an enhanced call experience. When your products are connected to HPE, Proactive Care helps prevent problems and maintains IT stability by utilizing personalized proactive reports with recommendations and advice This Service combines three years proactive reporting and advice with our 24x7 coverage, four hour hardware response time when there is a problem.

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Basic Care

HPE Foundation Care 24x7, three-year Support Service 

HPE Foundation Care 24x7 gives you access to HPE 24 hours a day, seven days a week for assistance on resolving issues. This service includes need based Hardware onsite response within four hours. Simplify your support experience and make HPE your first call to help resolve hardware or software problems.

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Foundation Care

HPE Foundation Care 24x7, three-year Support Service

HPE Foundation Care 24x7 gives you access to HPE 24 hours a day, seven days a week for assistance on resolving issues. This service includes need based Hardware onsite response within four hours. In addition, collaborative software support is included in this service that provides troubleshooting assistance on industry leading software running on your HPE server.  Simplify your support experience and make HPE your first call to help resolve hardware or software problems. https://www.hpe.com/h20195/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA4-8876ENW&cc=us&lc=en

Parts and 
Materials

HPE will provide HPE-supported replacement parts and materials necessary to maintain the covered hardware product in operating condition, including parts and materials for available and recommended engineering improvements.

Parts and components that have reached their maximum supported lifetime and/or the maximum usage limitations as set forth in the manufacturer's operating manual, product quick-specs, or the technical product data sheet will not be provided, repaired, or replaced as part of these services.

The defective media retention service feature option applies only to Disk or eligible SSD/Flash Drives replaced by HPE due to malfunction.

Related Services

HPE Hardware Installation

Provides for the basic hardware installation of HPE branded servers, HPE storage including the MSA 2050/2052 devices and networking options to assist you in bringing your new hardware into operation in a timely and professional manner.

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HPE Installation and Startup Service

Provides for the installation and startup of HPE technology including BladeSystems, C-Class enclosure, HPE ProLiant c-Class and Integrity server blades, storage blades, SAN switch blades, HPE Virtual Connect modules (Ethernet and Fibre Channel), Ethernet network interconnects, and InfiniBand, as well as the installation of one supported operating system type (Windows® or Linux).  Included the HPE MSA 2050/2052.

HPE Datacenter Care service

Helps improve IT stability and security, increase the value of IT, and enable agility and innovation.  It is a structured framework of repeatable, tested, and globally available services “building blocks.” You can deploy, operate, and evolve your datacenter wherever you are on your IT journey. With HPE Datacenter Care, you benefit from a personalized relationship with HPE via a single point of accountability for HPE and others’ products.

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HPE Flexibly Capacity,

With Flexible Capacity, you get the speed, scalability, and economics of the public cloud in the privacy of your data center. Gain the advantages of the public cloud—consumption-based payment, rapid scalability without worrying about capacity constraints. Reduce the “heavy lifting” needed to operate a data center. And retain the advantages that IT provides the business (i.e., control, security). Deliver the right user experience, choose the right technology for the business, manage privacy and compliance, and manage the cost of IT. And, you have the option to use the public cloud when needed.

HPE Factory Express for Servers and Storage

HPE Factory Express offers configuration, customization, integration and deployment services for HPE servers and storage products. Customers can choose how their factory solutions are built, tested, integrated, shipped and deployed.

Factory Express offers service packages for simple configuration, racking, installation, complex configuration and design services as well as individual factory services, such as image loading, asset tagging, and custom packaging. HPE products supported through Factory Express include a wide array of servers and storage: HPE Integrity, HPE ProLiant, HPE Apollo, HPE ProLiant Server Blades, HPE BladeSystem, HPE 9000 servers as well as the HPE MSA Storage, HPE 3PAR Storage, HPE XP, rackable tape libraries and configurable network switches.

HPE Education Services

Keep your IT staff trained making sure they have the right skills to deliver on your business outcomes.  Book on a class today and learn how to get the most from your technology investment.  www.hpe.com/ww/learn

HPE Support Center

The HPE Support Center is a personalized online support portal with access to information, tools and experts to support HPE business products. Submit support cases online, chat with HPE experts, access support resources or collaborate with peers.

Learn more www.hpe.com/support/hpesc

HPE Insight Remote Support and HPE Support Center are available at no additional cost with a HPE warranty, HPE Support Service or HPE contractual support agreement.

For more information: http://www.hpe.com/services

Configuration Information

MSA 2050

POWER REQUIREMENTS

Input Power Requirements
(typical-running I/O)
SFF/LFF arrays

• 110VAC 3.32A, 344-390 W; 220VAC 1.61A,374-432W

Max Input Power

100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz., 4.5-1.9A; 48-60 VDC 10.4A/8.3A

Heat Dissipation

1622 BTU/hr

TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY RANGES

Operating Temperature

41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C)

Shipping Temperature

-40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C)

Operating Humidity

10% to 90% RH @ 104°F (40°C) non-condensing

Non-Operating Humidity

Up to 93% RH @ 104°F (40°C)

DECLARED ACOUSTIC NOISE LEVELS

Sound Power

A weighted sound power LWAd=6,75 B

Sound Pressure

A weighted sound pressure LpAm - 55dB

SHOCK AND VIBRATION

Shock, Operational

3G's for 11 milliseconds

Shock, Non-Operational

15G 11ms half sine

Vibration, Operational

5-500Hz, 0.14 Grms shaped

Vibration, Non-Operational

3-365-3Hz, 1.22 Grms,z-axis,0.85 Grms, X&Y axis shaped spectrum

PHYSICAL

Height

3.5 in/ 8.9 cm

Depth (excluding cables) (back of ear to back of controller handle)

SFF 24-bay array: 19.5 in / 49.5 cm 
LFF 12-bay array: 22.5in. / 57.2 cm

Width (body only)

17.6 in / 44.7 cm (w/ ears 19 in / 48.26 cm)

Weight 
(Includes chassis and 2 controllers.  No drives)

LFF chassis: 40.6 lbs. (18.4 kg)
SFF chassis: 38.7 lbs (17.6 kg)

MSA 2050 
Regulatory Info

Safety

UL 60950-1 (USA)

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.60950-1-03 (Canada)

EN 60950-1 (European Union)

GS mark (Germany)

IEC 60950-1 (International)

CCC Mark (power supply only, China PRC)

Electromagnetic Compatibility

VCCI:2008-04 Class A (Japan)

FCC 15:109(g) Class A (USA)

ICES-003:2004 Class A (Canada)

EN55022 : (European Union Class A); CISPR 22 (International Class A)

EN61000-3-2 : (Harmonics) (European Union)

EN61000-3-3 : (Flicker) (European Union)

EN 55024 (European Union, Immunity, Class A);CISPR 24 (International Immunity, Class A)

AS/NZS CISPR 22, Class A (Australia, New Zealand)

CNS 13438 Taiwan, Class A (Taiwan)

KN22 Class A (Emissions Class A); KN24 (Immunity) (S Korea)

RoHS and WEEE

RoHS-6/6 Compliance, China RoHS, WEEE

Country Approvals

United States ,Australia/New Zealand, Canada, China (PRC), European Union, Germany (GS Mark), Japan, South Korea, Taiwan