Unit in Concern
HP MSA series SAN
Symptom
* IPs of the controllers is not known
Description
* By default the controllers were set with factory default values as below
Controller A IP - 10.0.0.2
Controller B IP - 10.0.0.3
Sub net Mask - 255.255.255.0
Gateway - 10.0.0.1
* If the controllers were connected to DHCP network controllers will automatically provided with IPs by the DHCP. And the given value can not be known directly. In such a situation connection to the controllers can be get through CLI port.
Fix
* G1 and G2 models comes with the serial cable which can be directly connected to the serial port of the PC/laptop and connect with hyper terminal through com port
* From G3 onward, serial cable was replaced with a mini USB cable. HP part number for the cable is 592266-001.
* Connection to the controller should be made as below
* In order to connect to MSA through the mini USB cable, USB serial driver needs to be installed in the PC/Laptop. HP describe this as "HP Storageworkds P2000 MSA USB driver". This can be downloaded from here or below link from HP.
http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX_9b9126cce5fd436eaccd4d9acd
* Installation will start as below
* "COM" port to the cable will automatically get assigned and will be visible in the control panel. COM port number is important to note for use with the terminal emulation program.
* For the terminal emulation program, one can use hyper terminal or putty.
* The settings of the terminal emulation program should be used as Bits per second = 115200, Data bits = 8, Parity = None, Stop bits = 1, and Flow control = None.
* When the enter key is pressed to get the connection, terminal windows will display the IP address of the controller and make the CLI prompt.
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