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StorageWorks MSA 1500 Controller Shelf

Brand: HP
Product code: AA986A
EAN/UPC code: 829160184647, 4948382342263, 0808736751490, 0829160184647

Category: disk arrays

Release date: 02 Sep 2005

Info modified on: 10 Nov 2008 13:29:47

Warranty: Warranty standard statement: 3 years Limited Warranty for MSA1500cs, Fibre Channel Cables and SFP Transceivers; 3 years parts exchange; 1 year labor; 1 year on-site; next business day response

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The HP StorageWorks 1500cs Modular Smart Array (MSA1500) is a 2 Gb Fibre Channel SAN attached 2U controller shelf that supports both SCSI and/or SATA disk enclosures.

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The HP StorageWorks 1500cs Modular Smart Array (MSA1500) is a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) 2U controller shelf that connects to HP StorageWorks SCSI and/or Serial ATA (SATA) disk enclosures. Together they provide customers with a flexible low-cost, high capacity storage solution. The MSA1500cs has been designed as a hardware foundation for future solutions to ensure maximum investment ... More>>> <<<Less

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Maximum capacity		maximum tape capacity; expressed in bytes Up to 64 TB
Technical details
Bundled software		Array Configuration Utility; Selective Storage Presentation (SSP); Insight Manager (Not all operating systems allow use of all of these tools)
Compatible operating systems		List of desktop operating systems tested as compatible with this product, including coined name and version Microsoft® Windows® Enterprise Edition 2003 (32 & 64-bit) R2; Microsoft® Windows® Standard Edition 2003 (32 & 64-bit) R2; Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Edition (32 & 64-bit); Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server (sp4) (32 & 64-bit); HP-UX 11.11 and 11.23 (single controller in homogeneous environments only); Red Hat Linux Enterprise Advanced Server 2.1 and Enterprise Linux 3.0 (32 & 64-bit) & 4.0 (32-bit & 64-bit )SuSE Linux SLES8 and SLES9 (32 & 64-bit )Netware v5.1 and 6.5; SCO OpenServer 6.0.0, SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and UnixWare 7.1.4 (single controller in 2-node homogeneous environments only).
Host interface		Descriptions of the products host interface 2Gb/1Gb FC
Chassis type		List of types of chassis available and their expandability if applicable. 1 unit (1U) is 1.75 inches (4.45 cm). Rack (2U)
Energy efficiency compliance		A list of regulatory agency standards with which the product complies; pertaining to energy efficiency English content not available to this product
Size		19.06 x 24.32 x 3.46 "
Storage capacity		The maximum storage capability of the product in gigabyte (1 GB = 1 billion bytes). 64 TB
Supported hard disk drive interfaces		SCSI/SATA
Storage relative humidity range		0-95 %
Operating relative humidity range		10-90 %
Drive count		Number of drives 56 SCSI drives, 96 SATA or mixed drives
Relative humidity		10-90 %

Technical details
Technical features		Dual controllers (optional) can both be configured to provide fail-over protection. Controllers are configured as active /passive by default and in this manner support only Windows, Linux and NetWare 2 Gb/1 Gb Fibre connection to host - Supports both 1Gb, 2Gb and 4Gb Fibre Channel fabrics to ensure your investment in 1 Gb infrastructure is protected. Also works with the new 4Gb switches and HBAs at 2Gb speed. Key solution certified for backup and restore, file retention and compliance, replication, write once read many for disk, media and broadcasting, medical, clustering and archiving. Ability to mix primary (SCSI) and near-online (SATA) storage behind the same SAN controller for easy to install tiered storage solutions. RAID 6 with HP's Advanced Data Guarding technology (RAID ADG)) - Highest level of fault tolerance, allocates two sets of parity data across drives and allows simultaneous write operations, this level of fault tolerance can withstand two simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data lo
Storage temperature range (T-T)		-30-50 °C
Package weight		30840 g
Operating temperature range (T-T)		10 - 35 °C
Cache internal		Actual internal (L1) cache memory; expressed in bytes 256 MB, upgradeable to 512 MB
Weight		55 lb
Clustering support		Yes
Expansion description		MSA30; MSA20
Insight manager support		Yes
SAN backup support		Yes
Storage mirroring		Yes
Supported drives form factor		3.5 in
Tape or Disk Drives (range)		0 - 96
SCSI controller type		2Gb/1Gb Fibre Channel
Environmental conditions
Non-operating relative humidity (non-condensing)		Range of relative humidity; non-condensing; in which a non-operating product can be stored. 10-95 %
Weight & dimensions
Dimensions W x D x H		Dimensions of the produkt (Width x Depth x Height) in millimeter. 48.41 x 61.77 x 8.78 cm
Weight		Weight of the product without packaging (nett weight). If possible, the nett weight is given including standard accessories and supplies. Please, note that sometimes the manufacturer is giving a too commercial interpretation of product weight, by leaving out the weight of accessories and/or supplies. 24940 g
Package dimensions (W x D x H)		Dimensions of the packacged product (Width x Depth x Height) in millimeter. 285.7 x 865.1 x 825.5 mm