In this tutorial we will continue the guide how you can make your initial configuration of your new HP MSA2012i storage. In case you have missed the first part of the guide you can read the full tutorial here HP MSA2012i - iscsi storage General Config Initial Setup Guide

In this tutorial I will again show you how you can configure your HP MSA2012i storage via SMU.

To access the SMU you need use Internet Explorer >= 5.5 or Mozilla Firefox >= 1.0.7.

The default IP address of the management ports are:

Controller A 10.0.0.2

Controller B 10.0.0.3

In a web browser's address field, type IP address of on of the management ports and press enter.(If the address is not responding you need to log to the controller via serial port and check the settings). The default user is manage and the password is !manage.

- Create Virtual Disk(Raid). Go to:

Manage->VIRTUAL DISK CONFIG->create a vdisk

a)Select "Manual Virtual Disk Creation".

b)Enter Vdisk name in "Enter Virtual Disk Name" section.

c)"Select Virtual Disk RAID Level" to Raid 10

On the previous screen you have to click the Create new virtual Disk button. Once that is done you will end up with the screen to choose which drives, from the ones available, will be part of that array.

Important: Remember that depending on the type of RAID you have chosen on the previous screen there is a Minimal number of drives to use. In our case with RAID 10 we need to use at least 4 disks.

Select the drives that will be members of this Raid/Virtual Disk and press continue.

To get the guide more visual configure the parameters as follows:

Set number of volumes to 1.

Create volumes of equal size - Yes

Expose volumes to all hosts - Yes

Automatically assign luns - Yes

I want to emphasize on the demonstrative purpose of this tutorial. You can feel free at any time to change values as you wish. If you are going to need two partitions than please go for it.

Once you are done press theCreate Virtual Disk button.

Next screen will show you the progress. Virtual disk creation stats screen looks like this.