HP MDS600 HP BladeSystem Deployment Guide for Solutions with 6Gb SAS BL Switch - Page 4

4 High availability / dual domain information 49 5 Device relationships and mapping information 50 6 Zoning information 51 Types of zone groups...51 Key zoning configuration steps 51 7 Installation best practices and procedures 52 Key installation steps...53 Installation notes and best practices 54 Installation steps...56 8 Maintenance and troubleshooting 62 Updating firmware on solution devices 62 Updating firmware on BladeSystem components and devices 62 Updating firmware on HP 6Gb SAS BL Switches 63 Prerequisites...63 Updating HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch firmware in single-domain deployments 63 Updating HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch firmware in dual-domain deployments 65 Updating firmware on shared SAS storage (MSA 2040 SAS or P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller enclosures and its cascaded MSA 2040, P2000, MSA2000, and D2700 drive enclosures)........67 Updating firmware on zoned SAS storage (MDS600, D6000, and D2600/D2700 drive enclosures)...68 Troubleshooting...69 Gathering troubleshooting information 69 Troubleshooting the HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch 69 Troubleshooting MDS600 and D6000 storage enclosures 69 Troubleshooting D2600/D2700 storage enclosures 70 9 Deployment examples 71 Introduction...71 Device SAS port information...73 HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch port information 73 MSA 2040 SAS or P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller enclosure port information 73 MSA 2040 SAS or P2000 drive enclosure port information 74 MDS600 and D6000disk enclosure port information 75 D2600/D2700 disk enclosure port information 76 External SAS device, controller, drive, and cabling support matrices 77 External SAS device, controller, and drive support matrix 77 Cabling method support matrix 77 Illustrated configuration examples 79 P2000 G3 SAS MSA single-controller, single-domain, standard cabling 80 P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, single-domain optimal cabling 81 P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, dual-domain, standard cabling 82 P2000 G3 SAS MSA dual-controller, dual-domain, optimal cabling 83 P2000 G3 SAS MSA with cascaded drive enclosures 84 MDS600 and D6000 single domain, standard cabling 85 MDS600 and D6000 single domain, high-performance cabling 86 MDS600 and D6000 single domain, high-performance cabling, max performance 87 MDS600 and D6000 dual domain, standard cabling 89 MDS600 and D6000 dual domain, high-performance cabling 90 MDS600 and D6000 to two c-Class enclosures 91 D2600/D2700 Single domain, standard cabling 92 D2600/D2700 Dual domain, standard cabling 93 P2000 G3 SAS MSA and D2700 to the same c-Class enclosure 94 P2000 G3 SAS MSA and MDS600 or D6000 to the same c-Class enclosure 95 4 Contents