Looking for simple, high-performance, and low-cost shared storage that delivers application acceleration across all of your server workloads?

HPE MSA Storage has been the leading shared storage solution for HPE ProLiant Servers for almost three decades.

With over 600,000 storage arrays sold, MSA continues to deliver on its promise of simple, fast, and affordable storage for SMB customers. The MSA Gen7 storage array sets a new standard for entry-level shared storage by providing an affordable path to high-performance storage without compromising on the simplicity and reliability that its customers depend on. The MSA Gen7 array portfolio delivers up to 2X more system performance while supporting user scalability beyond 7 PB per array with new high-capacity media options. New Gen7 innovations supporting online system and media firmware updates, as well as simpler and faster access to the HPE MSA Health Check tool, reduce the complexity, and time required for routine system maintenance.

All MSA Gen7 models offer a common set of valuable features

Chassis

• - 12 drive bay LFF or 24 drive bay SFF 2U base arrays, depending on model
• - 12 drive bay LFF or 24 drive bay SFF 2U expansion drive enclosures, depending on model
• - 12 Gb SAS disk expansion protocol
• - MSA Gen6/Gen7 drive carriers
• - HPE Bezel Lock Kit (optional)

Storage Controllers

• - Dual controller active/active (dual pool) design - can be configured as active/passive (single pool) as well
• Notes: The MSA Gen7 arrays do not support single controller configurations. Single-controller support is provided only when a controller fails over to its partner controller.
• - 4 host ports per controller, 8 host ports per array
• - 16 Gb and 32 Gb Fibre Channel, 10/25 GbE iSCSI, 10GBase-T and 12 Gb SAS protocol support (depending on array model) (Array models supporting 32 Gb FC to be added in 2025)
• - RAID offload ASIC and Processor
• - 48 GB system cache
• - 12 Gb SAS expansion ports
• - Battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and MMC

Available Drives

• - MSA Gen7 Storage Systems support a wide variety of 3.5-inch LFF and 2.5-inch SFF drives
• - Solid-State Drives (SSDs) deliver the highest levels of performance and reliability
• - Enterprise-class SAS hard disk drives (10K RPM) offer a balance of performance, capacity, and cost while delivering enterprise grade reliability
• - Midline SAS hard disk drives (7.2K RPM) are optimized to provide the best ratio of capacity to cost

Expansion Capacity

• - Maximum expansion of 9 drive enclosures (using any combination of LFF and/or SFF drive enclosures)
• - Maximum of 240 SFF or 120 LFF drives (depending on expansion form factor and drive mix)
• - Maximum of 7.37PB SFF / 2.88PB LFF raw capacity

Storage Services

• - Virtual Storage

  • Up to two (2) pools, 4PiB addressable capacity per pool
  • Automated tiering v2.0
  • SSD read cache extension
  • Thin Provisioning
  • Volume Copy
  • Snapshot capability (64 snaps standard, upgrade to 512 snaps per array with MSA Advanced Data Services License)
• - Virtual Storage Disk Groups can be spanned across multiple enclosures
• - Virtual Storage RAID levels supported: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, MSA-DP+ (RAID 0 supported for Read Cache only)
• - Advanced MSA-DP+ RAID data protection supports:

  • Integrated sparing
  • Faster rebuilds
  • Incremental disk group expansion

Management

• - Redundant web-based interface (MSA Storage Management Utility v4)
• - HPE MSA Health Check – accessible through the MSA Storage Management Utility and via HPE.com
• - RESTful interface (Redfish and Swordfish)
• - Command Line Interface (CLI)
• - Firmware Update Server – automated notification of new firmware availability
• - Non-disruptive online controller and media firmware upgrades via MSA Smart Components. Requires multi-pathing software through the host operating system
• - Arxscan Arxview remote monitoring via HPE Complete (optional)

Data Protection

• - Support for self-encrypting (SED) SSD and HDD options – MSA 2070 and MSA 2070 TAA-compliant models only
• - Remote Snapshot (array-based asynchronous replication) – available with the MSA Advanced Data Services License
• - VMware Site Recovery Manager (optional)
• - HPE Zerto Virtual Replication (optional)
• - HPE Bezel Lock Kit (optional)

Optional Drive Enclosures

HPE MSA 2U 12-drive LFF Drive Enclosure

This HPE MSA 2U 12-drive LFF Drive Enclosure is designed to support up to twelve HPE Storage LFF drives and accepts MSA dual-ported 12 Gb SAS SSDs and SAS Midline HDDs. The MSA 2U 12-drive LFF Drive Enclosure includes two I/O modules and is supported on all MSA Gen7 Storage Array models.

• - The MSA 2U 12-drive LFF Drive Enclosure can be attached to any MSA Gen7 Storage Array model
• - Each MSA 2U 12-drive LFF Drive Enclosure ships standard with two 0.5m mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS HD cables for connection to the MSA Gen7 controller array expansion port or existing drive enclosure cascade port
• - LFF and/or SFF drive enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of nine drive enclosures

HPE MSA 2U 24-drive SFF Drive Enclosure

This HPE MSA 2U 24-drive SFF Drive Enclosure is designed to support up to twenty-four HPE Storage SFF drives and accepts MSA dual ported 12 Gb SAS SSD and Enterprise SAS HDDs. The MSA 2U 24-drive SFF Drive Enclosure includes two I/O modules and is supported on all MSA Gen7 Storage Array models.

• - The MSA 2U 24-drive SFF Drive Enclosure can be attached to any MSA Gen7 Storage Array model
• - Each MSA 2U 24-drive SFF Drive Enclosure ships standard with two 0.5m mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS HD cables for connection to the MSA Gen7 controller array expansion port or existing drive enclosure cascade port
• - LFF and/or SFF drive enclosures can be mixed up to a maximum of nine drive enclosures

Scalability

• - SFF configurations can scale up to 737 TB per drive enclosure, expandable to 7.37 PB with the addition of a maximum of nine MSA 2U 24-drive SFF Drive Enclosures
• - LFF configurations can scale up to 288 TB per drive enclosure, expandable to 2.88 PB with the addition of a maximum of nine MSA 2U 12-drive LFF Drive Enclosures

Disk Group

A Disk Group is a collection of disks in a given redundancy mode (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10 or MSA-DP+). 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.

Storage Pools

Storage Pools are comprised of one or more Disk Groups. A volume’s data on a given LUN can 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.

MSA Gen7 Storage Arrays support large, flexible Volumes with sizes up to 128TiB, facilitating seamless capacity expansion. As pools are expanded, data automatically reflows to balance capacity utilization on all drives.

RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and MSA-DP+

MSA Gen7 Storage features support for multiple levels of RAID-based data protection. RAID 0 (Striping) is supported for read cache only. RAID 5 combines block striping and parity. Because data and parity are striped across all the disks, no single disk is a bottleneck. RAID 6 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. MSA-DP+ offers improved performance, availability, and very fast rebuild times compared to traditional parity RAID by utilizing erasure coding technology. MSA-DP+ includes distributed spare capacity (default is equal to 2x the largest drive) and does not use traditional spare drives.

MSA-DP+

MSA-DP+ is a RAID-based data protection level introduced with the 6 ^th Generation MSA Storage Systems that:

• - Maximizes flexibility
• - Provides built-in spare capacity
• - Optimizes performance due to the elimination of idle spares
• - Allows for very fast rebuilds, large storage pools, and simplified expansion

If a disk fails in an MSA-DP+ disk group, and the failed disk is replaced with a new disk in the same slot, the replacement disk will be added to the disk group automatically. All disks in an MSA-DP+ disk group must be the same type (enterprise SAS, for example), but can have different capacities, provided the range of difference does not exceed a factor of two. For example, mixing a 1.2 TB disk and a 2.4 TB disk is acceptable; but mixing an 8 TB disk and a 24 TB disk is not recommended. It is conceivable that a sizeable difference between mixed disk capacities (ratio greater than two) could prevent consuming space on disks due to insufficient distributed space required to support striping.

All disks in an MSA-DP+ disk group are used to hold user data, but not all disks will be used by each page of data. To increase fault tolerance, any available capacity on disks can be allocated as spare for reconstruction purposes. When new data is added, new disks are added, or the system recognizes that data is not distributed across disks in a balanced way, the system moves the data to maintain balance across the disk group. Spare drives are not used by MSA-DP+ disk groups since the RAID design provides built-in spare capacity that is spread across all disks in the disk group. In the case of a disk failure, data will be redistributed to many disks in the disk group, allowing for quick rebuilds and minimal disruption to I/O. The system will automatically default to a target spare capacity that is the sum of the largest two disks in the MSA-DP+ disk group, which is large enough to fully recover fault tolerance after loss of any two disks in the disk group. The actual spare capacity value can change depending on the current available spare capacity in the disk group. Spare capacity is determined by the system as disks are added to a disk group, or when disk groups are created, expanded or rebalanced.

Notes:

- HPE recommends not mixing disks if the ratio of the largest disk to the smallest disk is greater than two.

- For more information on MSA-DP+, refer to the HPE MSA Gen7 Virtual Storage Technical Reference Guide.

Configuration and Management Tools

• - Management access: out-of-band, Storage Management Utility (SMU) V4, CLI
• - Interface Types: USB, 100/1000 Ethernet
• - Protocols Supported: SNMP, SSH, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet

Web Browser Support

MSA Gen7 Storage Arrays include web-based management (MSA Storage Management Utility v4) and CLI-based software for storage and RAID management, setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. MSA Gen7 Storage management supports Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.

Hot Plug Expansion and Replacement Support

All MSA Gen7 Storage Array models support hot plug replacement of controllers, drives, fans, power supplies, and I/O modules for simple, fast installation and maintenance. Hot add expansion of drives and drive enclosures is also supported.

HPE Server Compatibility

HPE MSA has been the leading shared storage (SAN) solution for HPE ProLiant Servers for 25+ years. In addition to supporting HPE’s full range of ProLiant DL and ML servers, MSA Gen7 Storage also supports interoperability with many other HPE Server solutions. Interoperability for all HPE Servers is based on the selection of operating systems (OS) and host-bus adapters (HBA) that are qualified with HPE MSA Gen7 Storage Array models. Please refer to the HPE SPOCK website for all compatible OS and HBA options at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock .

3 ^rd Party Server Support

HPE Storage Division supports "HPE Storage Blocks" connected to purchasable, Industry Standard third-party (non-HPE) servers. An “HPE Storage Block” is defined as the combination of supported HPE Storage components made up of HPE-branded HBA(s) + HPE-branded switch(es) + HPE-supplied firmware/drivers + HPE-supplied multipathing software (where applicable) + HPE Storage". For “HPE Storage Block" details on MSA Gen7 Storage solutions, refer to the “MSA array interoperability” table posted on the HPE SPOCK website .

OS Support

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

• - Microsoft Windows Server
• - VMware vSphere
• - Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• - SuSE SLES Linux
• - Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• - Oracle Linux
• - Citrix Hypervisor/XenServer

Advanced Data Services Suite

The HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite is included with each MSA 2072 model and can be purchased as an option on all MSA 2070 models. The MSA Advanced Data Services Suite includes the following functionality:

• - Performance Tiering
• - 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy
• - Remote Snap functionality

Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering

Disk tiers are comprised of aggregating one or more Disk Groups of similar physical disks. All MSA Gen7 Storage Array models can support three distinct tiers:

• - A Performance tier with SSDs
• - A Standard SAS tier with Enterprise SAS HDDs
• - An Archive tier utilizing Midline SAS HDDs

MSA Gen7 supports sub-LUN tiering and automated data movement between tiers. The MSA 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.

An Advanced Data Services Suite License is required when mixing HDDs and SSDs within the same system, except when using SSDs exclusively as SSD Read Cache. See the following table for examples:

Snapshot and Volume Copy

• - All MSA Gen7 Storage Arrays come standard with 64 snaps
• - A 512 Snapshot license is included with all 2072 models and is available as an option on all other Gen7 models vis the MSA Advanced Data Services Suite
• - 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 through HPE Tech Care Service options. The hardware warranty component of these services is accounted for in the pricing of Tech Care Service options

Remote Snap

HPE MSA Remote Snap software is an array-based feature that provides remote replication between HPE MSA arrays. 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.

• - Remote snapshots are used to determine the data to be replicated using the differences in snapshots on the primary volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred
• - MSA Remote Snap replication technology delivers key data management and protection capabilities

  • Using snapshots as the underlying technology, Remote Snap creates multiple local recovery points which can be used to complement daily backups
  • Remote Snap’s replication technology provides the ability to access data in remote sites providing support across dispersed operations
  • Remote Snap replication allows for business continuance in the event of a failure on the primary site
• - 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 compared to the point-in-time image taken during the previous replication and the changes are 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 and only changed data will be replicated to target sites
  • Support for both Ethernet and Fibre Channel protocols provides flexibility across multiple application environments
• - Support for “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
• - Flexible architecture supports remote replication between all MSA Gen7 array models using virtual storage architecture
• - Snapshot-based replication enables both local and remote recovery depending on requirements:

  • Isolate problems to a specific point in time which can be selected by the administrator
  • Supports long-distance replication
  • Supports fast application recovery with minimal or no transaction loss
  • Creates disaster tolerant copies of your critical business data
  • No “single-point-of-failure” solution to increase the availability of your data
• - With improved HPE MSA disaster recovery features, you can:

  • Failover to the secondary/remote volume or volume group
  • Map the secondary volume or volume group for access
  • When the primary array has recovered, failback to the primary volume or volume group with the option to incorporate changes made to the secondary volume or volume group
• - Advanced MSA Remote Snap technology also supports the ability to reverse the direction of the replication set

Notes: 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.

HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter (SIP4VC)

The HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter (formerly known as OneView for vCenter) enables vSphere administrators to quickly obtain context-aware information and manage supported HPE Storage devices in their VMware vSphere environment directly from within vCenter. This plug-in operates independently of the core HPE OneView product and does not require a license to use. By providing a clear relationship 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 Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter supports mixed array environments including HPE MSA Storage and other HPE Storage systems including Primera, 3PAR, Nimble, Alletra, and HPE GreenLake for Block Storage.

When deployed with MSA Storage, HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter provides the following:

• - Active Management functionality for the MSA Storage:

  • Create/Expand/Delete a Datastore
  • Create a Virtual Machine from a template
• - Monitors the health and status of the MSA Storage
• - Displays LUN / volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays and provides the location and attributes of the MSA array within the SAN
• - Identifies what storage features are available to allow administrators to match the features available on the MSA array to their requirements
• - Provide a cluster-level view of the storage
• - HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter is downloadable from MSC (My Software Center)

vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)

The vSphere Storage APIs are a set of technologies and interfaces that enable vSphere to leverage storage resources to deliver improved efficiency, control, and ease of use. The vSphere Storage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) is one of these technologies. The VAAI initiative introduces APIs to improve performance, resource usage, and scalability by leveraging more efficient storage array-based operations. Primitives are specific functions used with VAAI that that serve as integration points to storage arrays. When supported by the array, primitives in VAAI allow the hypervisor to communicate directly with storage arrays to offload storage functionality traditionally handled by the hypervisor. Storage arrays can handle these functions more intelligently and efficiently because they are purpose built to perform storage tasks and can complete the request much faster than the host could complete it.

HPE MSA Storage supports the following VAAI primitives:

• - Hardware-Assisted Locking: Also known as Atomic Test & Set (ATS), this primitive protects metadata for VMFS cluster file systems at the block level rather than at the volume level, reducing SCSI reservation contention between vSphere hosts by allowing simultaneous access to different parts of the vSphere datastore
• - Copy Offload: Also known as XCOPY, this primitive copies VMDK, enabling full copies of data to be made within the storage array, reducing data reads/writes required by both the vSphere host and network infrastructure
• - Block Zeroing: This primitive allows the array to handle the process of zeroing disk blocks. Instead of having the host wait for the operation to be complete, the array can signal that the operation has been completed right away, handling the process on its own without involving the vSphere host

HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software

HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software is a virtualization software solution that allows customers to provision and manage KVM and VMware-based VMs from a single intuitive interface. The solution comes with the KVM-based HVM hypervisor that is enhanced to include enterprise-grade cluster management with capabilities such as high availability, live compute and storage migration, distributed workload placement, integrated data protection, secure hardening, and external storage support. To enable flexibility for those continuing to host VMware-based applications, VM Essentials can also be used to connect to and manage existing VMware clusters. This means unified management and simple VM provisioning across both the HVM hypervisor and VMware ESXi™ so you can provision workloads on demand to the right environment, on your terms, with zero lock-in. When you’re ready, you can use the included toolset to convert existing VMware images to VM Essentials.

Please review the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software QuickSpecs for further details.

HPE MSA Gen7 Storage is now fully qualified for use with HPE Morpheus VM Essential Software.

Please visit the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Compatibility Matrix for further details on supported server, storage, and software platforms.

LDAP Support

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an IP network. LDAP provides the ability to authenticate MSA users with a central directory.

• - Domain or Directory Credentials are not stored on the MSA for authentication – avoids a security issue
• - Once user groups are configured on all MSAs in your organization, users can be authenticated on any MSA through the Active Directory
• - Uses an LDAP implementation to authenticate users with a Windows Active Directory
• - The MSA CLI and SMU will allow the configuration of new LDAP users groups into the MSA security scheme (manage vs monitor users, interface restrictions Web/CLI/FTP)
• - Ability to authenticate Local or LDAP users

I/O Workload Functionality

A beneficial user interface element called “I/O Workload” is included in the MSA Storage Management Utility. MSA array controllers maintain a substantial amount of data pertaining to I/O dynamics at a logical page level (4MB chunks). From this data, it is possible to gain insights into the percentage of I/Os that are being processed by what percentage of the overall array’s capacity across a 7-day timeline. While some workloads have “transient” data access patterns, many workloads have steady access patterns on small portions of the array’s capacity. This produces “hot” pages in the array which remain hot a large amount of the array’s uptime. Users would see substantial benefits if these pages could be served from the fastest media in the array (ideally SSDs). As has been described in the “Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering” section of this document, the MSA array’s tiering engine will work to position the hottest pages on the fastest media at any given time. The new I/O Workload graph will show a line labeled Capacity and a line plot for each selected workload percentage (100%, 80%, or Other% value). Interpreting the I/O Workload graphs allows users to strike a balance between the cost of SSD capacity versus its performance benefits. For example, some customers may be willing to have a couple of days where peak usage is far above the SSD capacity line as it may be acceptable to have slower performance as the system uses HDDs for a larger percentage of the workload I/O. This may be perfectly acceptable for systems sized to optimize cost per TB due to budget constraints. Other users may want to optimize the system such that a sizeable percentage of daily I/O can reside on SSD media (sized to 80% or 90%). When combined with other performance monitoring tools, the new I/O Workload function provides users with a representation as to how the workloads and the MSA are working together in a user’s real-world environment.

Protect your data with HPE MSA Storage and Veeam Backup & Replication

Together, HPE and Veeam help you safeguard your data to ensure it's always on, always protected and that your enterprise can rapidly and easily recover should a situation arise. With HPE MSA Storage certified as a Backup Repository to provide seamless protection and Instant VM Recovery, Veeam Backup & Replication can provide a single management console to orchestrate the protection of virtual servers, physical machines and cloud-based workloads. Due to the extraordinary ratio of cost to capacity and performance offered by HPE MSA Storage, Veeam Back & Replication with HPE MSA Storage makes the perfect solution to modernize your backup strategy and protect your data from disaster.

Key features of Veeam Backup and Replication:

• - Image-level VM backups: Create application-consistent backups with advanced application-aware processing.
• - Higher data availability with efficient movement of backup copies offsite for disaster recovery
• - Unify management of protection of physical and cloud environments
• - Scale-out Backup Repository: Create a single virtual pool of backup storage to which backups can be assigned, offering the freedom to easily extend backup storage capacity.
• - SureBackup: Automatically tests and verifies every backup and every VM for recoverability.
• - Image-based VM replication with WAN acceleration: Get backups off site up to 50x faster than non-accelerated traffic and save bandwidth for offsite for disaster recovery (DR).
• - Direct Storage Access: Perform vSphere backups faster and with reduced impact by backing up via Direct SAN Access and Direct NFS Access.
• - Instant VM Recovery: Restore access to a failed VM in less than two minutes while the full restore is executed in parallel.
• - Native tape support: Store entire VM backups or individual files on HPE StoreEver with direct restore from tape.
• - SureReplica: Automatically test and verify every VM replica for recoverability.

For more details on Veeam Backup & Replication see the Veeam Backup & Replication web pages.

HPE Zerto

HPE MSA Storage users can leverage HPE Zerto Virtual Replication to replicate applications and data from one MSA array to another MSA array. Popular use cases include departmental MSA storage replicated to enterprise storage, enterprise storage replicated into an MSA array, or to protect MSA workloads in the cloud. Zerto operates on the hypervisor level and includes orchestration and automation built-in to enable faster recovery of workloads (RTO in minutes) at much lower Recovery Point Objective (RPO of seconds) available through other data protection tools like backup. Zerto is also a workload mobility tool and allows IT to confidently move workloads and data across heterogeneous storage or cloud.

Ordering, configuring and installing Zerto is simple. Zerto is licensed by the number of Virtual Machines that are being protected or moved. For mobility use cases, order the appropriate number of migration licenses needed. For replication use cases, order the appropriate quantity of Zerto Virtual Replication licenses using a combination of the tiered licenses plus the corresponding maintenance part numbers. The license is independent of source and target array size, type or capacity being replicated. See the HPE Zerto QuickSpecs for a complete list of part numbers. A corresponding MSA Advanced Data Services LTU is not required for data replication when using Zerto Virtual Replication. An MSA Advanced Data Services LTU would only be required if deploying MSA array-based replication. Zerto installs as a virtual machine under VMware or Hyper-V or in the Cloud as a VM in AWS and Azure in minutes. Zerto does not install any components in the guest operating system and does not depend on any specific configuration of the storage or use MSA array or VMware snapshots to replicate and recover applications.

Review the HPE Zerto QuickSpecs for more information.

HPE MSA Health Check Tool

MSA Health Check is a cloud-based tool that provides users insight into the general health of their MSA array. The tool uses a powerful rules-based analytics engine which can predict failures before they happen. The MSA Health Check tool performs a full sweep of analytics, checking thousands of data points from sensors inside the MSA array. The analytics engine will pick up common failure signatures and check against MSA best practices producing a simple, easy to digest PDF report with status and suggested courses of action to correct anything found in the scan. The tool is free of charge to HPE MSA customers. The MSA Health Check tool is supported across all current MSA Gen7 storage arrays as well as the prior four generations of arrays (MSA P2000 G3, MSA 1040/2040/2042, MSA 1050/2050/2052, and MSA 1060/2060/2062).

Fast and simple access to the MSA Health Check Tool is now available through the MSA Storage Management Utility (v4). Access is also available online through the HPE website at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/MSAHealthCheck .

For more information on how to use HPE MSA Health Check, please review the HPE MSA Health Check User Guide .

TAA Compliance

HPE MSA Storage offers multiple TAA-compliant storage array models across its entire portfolio. MSA Gen7 Storage allows users to build TAA-compliant storage solutions using any combination of media, HDD and/or SSD, available. Simply start by selecting a TAA-compliant Gen7 base array model (see “Step 1: Select Your MSA Gen7 Array Model” in the “Configuration Information”) and add six (6) or more HPE MSA drives via HPE’s Factory Integration Services. To add storage capacity beyond the base array, MSA Gen7 users can add up to nine (9) MSA 2U 12-drive LFF Drive Enclosures and/or MSA 2U 24-drive SFF Drive Enclosures to each storage array while maintaining TAA-compliance.

Notes: TAA-compliant MSA Gen7 Storage solutions require all customers to add a minimum of six (6) MSA drives to each array configuration via HPE Factory Integration Services at the time of ordering. Customers may choose any combination of HPE MSA drives currently available including HDD and/or SSD, as well as self-encrypting drive (SED) options.

ENERGY STAR Certification

All MSA Gen7 Storage Arrays are ENERGY STAR certified. ENERGY STAR certified products are energy efficient, which results 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 Gen7 ENERGY STAR Certification is listed on the EPA website.

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• - Scale quickly, meet unpredictable demand
• - Simplify IT operations across your data centers and clouds

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TAA-compliant MSA 2070 Storage Systems

MSA 2070 Flash Bundle Storage Systems

MSA 2072 Hybrid-Flash Storage Systems

Step 2: Select Your SFP+ Module

Step 3: Select Your Drives

• - The following HDD and SSD media options are compatible with MSA Gen 6 and Gen7 Storage Systems only
• - The following HDD and SSD media options are not compatible with MSA Storage Systems prior to Gen6
• - HDD and SSD media options available prior to MSA Gen6 are not compatible with MSA Gen 6 or Gen7 Storage Systems
• - Customers can mix SSD, Enterprise SAS, and SAS Midline (MDL) drives in the same array configuration
• - An Advanced Data Services Suite License is required when mixing HDDs and SSDs within the same configuration, except when using SSDs exclusively as SSD Read Cache. See the Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering section for more information
• - SFF SSD 6-Pack Bundles are only offered as options for MSA 2070 Flash Bundle arrays models
• - TAA compliance for MSA Gen7 is available for select array models – see “Step 1: MSA Gen7 Array Base Configurations” to select the appropriate base array model. A minimum of six MSA Gen7 drives – either HDD, SSD or any combination - must be added to the array at the time of ordering to maintain TAA compliance

SFF HDD 6-Pack Bundles

MSA SFF HDD options are available to purchase in bundles that include 6 drives. Purchasing MSA drives in bundles typically provides a lower purchase price than purchasing them individually. Check with your HPE sales representative or channel partner for further details.

LFF HDD 6-Pack Bundles

MSA LFF HDD options are available to purchase in bundles that include 6 drives. Purchasing MSA drives in bundles typically provides a lower purchase price than purchasing them individually. Check with your HPE sales representative or channel partner for further details.

Self-Encrypting HDD 6-Pack Bundles

MSA Self-Encrypting (SED) HDD options are available to purchase in bundles that include 6 drives. Purchasing MSA drives in bundles typically provides a lower purchase price than purchasing them individually. Contact your HPE sales representative or channel partner for further details.

SFF SSD 6-Pack Bundles

MSA SSD options are available to purchase in bundles that include 6 drives and can be added to any MSA 2070 Flash Bundle array for capacity expansion. Purchasing MSA drives in bundles typically provides a lower purchase price than purchasing them individually. Contact your HPE sales representative or channel partner for further details.

SFF HDD Single Drive Options

LFF HDD Single Drive Options

SFF SSD Single Drive Options

LFF SSD Single Drive Options

Self-Encrypting (SED) SSD Single Drive Options

Step 4: Expand the Storage Capacity of Your MSA Array

• - Add up to 9 additional drive enclosures to any MSA Gen7 array model
• - Attaching both LFF and SFF drive enclosures is supported on any MSA Gen7 array model
• - Adding LFF drive enclosures to a SFF base array model or adding SFF drive enclosures to a LFF base array model is supported
• - Add any combination of LFF or SFF drive enclosures and drive media to a TAA-compliant base array model

Drive Enclosures

Drive Enclosure Cables

Step 5: Add Security and Power Options to Your MSA Array

Security Option

DC Power Option

Power Cords

Step 6: Select Host Connection Cables for your MSA Array

Fibre Channel Infrastructure

OM3 Fibre FC to LC cables

10 GbE Infrastructure

Direct Attach Copper Cables

25 GbE Infrastructure

Direct Attach Copper Cables

Active Optical Cables

SAS Infrastructure

Mini SAS HD to Mini SAS Cables

Mini SAS HD to Mini SAS HD Cables

Step 7: Add the HPE Advanced Data Services License to Your MSA Array