HP MSA50 - Manual

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The HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure MSA50 is a 1U Serial Attach SCSI(SAS) disk drive storage
enclosure supporting Small Form Factor(SFF) SAS or Serial ATA(SATA) drives. This enclosure delivers industry-leading
data performance, availability, storage density, and upgradeability to meet customers' demanding and growing storage
needs. The all new SFF drive carrier is designed to support the new Universal form factor hard drive in either SAS or SATA.
This new form factor provides optimized performance per U of space while delivering unparalleled power consumption. The
MSA50 enclosure supports direct attach storage to HP ProLiant and Integrity Servers. The MSA50 supports the cascading
of shelves in a 1+1 configuration to allow a maximum of 20 SFF drives in a 2U configuration attached to a single controller
port. This single controller port incorporates four lanes for a total max throughput of 12Gb/s for SAS.

1. Expansion slot for potential future second I/O

6. Power button/LED

2. Fan

7. UID button/LED

3. Hot-plug power supply

8. Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive bays

4. Hot-plug power supply

9. Access panel

5. I/O module

Models

The MSA50 design allows for the mix of SAS and SATA drives in the same enclosure at the same time and is tailored to the
needs of HP server customers who require optimized performance per U of rack space.

Model MSA50

HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure (NA,EMEA,AP)

NOTE: Rack-mountable 10 SFF drive enclosure with single I/O module,
redundant hot plug power supplies and hot plug fans.

364430-B21

HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure (Japan)

NOTE: Rack-mountable 10 SFF drive enclosure with single I/O module,
redundant hot plug power supplies and hot plug fans.

364430-291

NOTE: For complete compatibility information, refer to the Specifications section
of this document. SAS/SATA performance requires a compatible SAS controller.
This is noted in the product documentation.

QuickSpecs

HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50

Enclosure

Overview

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Summary

Page 2 - QuickSpecs; HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50; Product Highlights

Customer Benefits Higher Performanceper U of Rack Space The Serialized nature of SAS combined with the highest spindle countper U of rack space allows the MSA50 to achieve the greatest I/Os persecond when compared to parallel SCSI. Price Sensitivity The MSA50 will be the first SAS/SATA SFF JBOD prod...

Page 4 - Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information

Software ProductServices Standalone telephone support Rights to new license version Media and documentation updates Hardware ProductServices Installation services On-site maintenance (includes warranty support) Response time upgrades during the warranty period Post-warranty coverage RAID setup and p...

Page 6 - Options

NOTE: Some of the options listed below may be discontinued. Hard Drives SFF Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drives HP 36GB 3G SAS 10K SFF SP HDD 375859-B21 HP 72GB 3G SAS 10K SFF SP HDD 375861-B21 HP 146GB 3G SAS 10K SFF SP HDD 431958-B21 HP 36GB 3G SAS 15K SFF SP HDD 431933-B21 HP 72GB 3G SAS 15K S...