Overview

HP StorageWorks 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure

The HP StorageWorks 50 Modular Smart Array (MSA50) Enclosure 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 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure NOTE: Rack-mountable 10 SFF drive enclosure with single I/O module, redundant hot plug power supplies and hot plug fans.	364430-B21
	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.

Product Highlights

Customer Benefits	Higher Performance per U of Rack Space	The Serialized nature of SAS combined with the highest spindle count per U of rack space allows the MSA50 to achieve the greatest I/Os per second when compared to parallel SCSI.
	Price Sensitivity	The MSA50 will be the first SAS/SATA SFF JBOD product that will offer a level of availability sufficient for the Enterprise and a price structure that is attractive to SMB.
	Investment Protection	The MSA50 has the future potential to upgrade from 3GB to 6GB SAS, as well as mix and match SAS or SATA drives within the same enclosure. Thus making technology transitions simple and cost effective.
	Reduced Spares Inventory	Universal SFF drives and similar physical characteristics between SAS and SATA drives allow customers to mix/match SAS and SATA in the same enclosure and allow the same drives to be used in servers and external storage.

Key Features	Features of the MSA50 include:
	SFF (SAS/SATA) support – Delivering data transfer rates up 3Gb/s for SAS and 1.5Gb/s for SATA NOTE: SAS/SATA performance requires a compatible SAS controller. This is noted in the product documentation.
	1U rack height. Supports up to 10 SFF SAS and/or SATA Universal hard disk drives. Provides storage capacity of up to 1.4TB SAS per enclosure (using 146 GB 10K SAS disk drives) or 2.5 TB SATA (using 250 GB SATA disk drives) Cascadable 1+1 for up to 20 spindles in a 2U configuration or 2.8 TB SAS or 5 TB SATA. Modular design allows the MSA50 to be used in any storage configuration from JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) to Smart Array storage enclosures. A common storage platform allows the potential for future storage consolidation to the SAN. Universal SFF SAS drive carrier - provides better cooling and reliability for by providing increased air flow through the storage unit. Hot pluggable disk drives, fans and power supplies. Field replaceable fans, I/O Module and mid plane.
	Easy removal of parts provides better serviceability. No tools are required!

Upgradeability	Potential Upgrade path for a HP StorageWorks MSA50 is as easy as swapping out the I/O Module on the back of the unit. The unit must be powered down to replace the I/O Module.

Mix and Match of Hard Drive Types

A benefit of SAS and SATA is the use of a common physical connection which allows for both drive types to be mixed together on the same backplane. This common backplane allows customers the choice of using SAS and/or SATA and helps deliver HP's message of industry leading innovation, reliability, adaptability, and performance by allowing customers to choose the reliability of SAS or the lower cost of SATA for tiered storage.

Hot Pluggable	Hot pluggable technology is designed into drives, fans and redundant power supplies. Hot pluggable components can be replaced without powering down the storage system or stopping I/O operations. This feature significantly enhances data availability.

Auto SAS ID Selection	SAS ID is automatically set when a drive is inserted into a drive bay (See drawing on top of unit for bay numbering).

LED Indicators	Front panel LEDs indicate drive activity, required drive service, and power, giving a quick visual assessment of overall system storage status.

Rack Density	The MSA50 Enclosure has a 1U height.

Environment Monitoring Unit (EMU)	Each MSA50 model is equipped with an EMU that constantly monitors the enclosure, the power supplies, and fans to ensure suggested operating tolerances are maintained.

I/O Module	The single I/O module installed allows one SAS controller to access all drives in the MSA50.

Fault Tolerance	With redundant power supplies and fans, the MSA50 provides a high level of system availability. Using an internal host based controller, the MSA50 can be configured for RAID levels 0, 1, 1 + 0, 5, 6 (RAID ADG) when using a HP Smart Array RAID controller.

Manageability	The MSA50 is managed by HP Systems Insight Manager.

Compatibility and Integration Testing

Intensive compatibility and performance testing with HP ProLiant servers ensures the highest level of integration available in the industry. For a complete list of supported HP servers and workstations, please refer to the QuickSpecs and/or User Guide of the array controller or Host Bus adapter that you are planning to use. The list of supported array controllers and SAS adapters is provided under "Related Options, Controllers".

Product Kit Contents

Redundant power supplies, single I/O module, 9 drive blanks, warranty card, mounting hardware, Enclosure user guide, HP SmartStart CD Kit, documentation CD, one 2 Meter SAS external cable and two Nema 5-15 to C13 and two IEC320-C14 to -C13 power cords.

NOTE: The included SAS cable is only for the P600 controller.
If connecting to a Smart Array P800 or a Smart Array E500 controller one of the following cables must be ordered:
SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 2M – 419571-B21
SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 4M – 419572-B21
SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 6M – 419573-B21

Warranty

Three-year limited parts only warranty, including hardware diagnostic support, pre-failure warranty (coverage of hard drives, memory and processors). The warranty is fully supported by HP Services and a worldwide network of resellers and service providers. In addition 90-day's getting started software telephone support may be covered under the warranty or available for an additional fee. Enhancements to warranty services are available through HP Care Pack services

NOTE: The MSA50 has a limited 3 year parts only warranty. The SAS drives have a 3 year warranty; SATA drives have a 1 year warranty
NOTE: Certain restrictions and exclusions apply.

Hard drive Pre-Failure Warranty: When used with any one of the StorageWorks Smart Array Family controllers and monitored under HP Systems Insight Manager (v4.20 or later), HP hard drives are supported by a Pre-Failure (replacement) Warranty.

Service and Support, HP Care Pack, and Warranty Information

Software Product Services	Standalone telephone support
	Rights to new license version
	Media and documentation updates

Hardware Product Services	Installation services
	On-site maintenance (includes warranty support)
	Response time upgrades during the warranty period
	Post-warranty coverage
	RAID setup and performance consulting via statement of work
	For additional hardware installation and maintenance information, please refer to the URL listed below: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/cp_installation.html

Warranty Upgrade Options	Response – Upgrade on-site response from next business day to same day 4 hours
	Coverage – Extend hours of coverage from 9 hours x 5 days to 24 hours x 7 days
	Duration – Select duration of coverage for a period of 1, 3, or 5 years

HP Services and Support	HP Care Pack is defined as an upgrade to the product warranty attribute, available for a specific duration and hours of coverage.
	HP Care Pack is not available for less than the product's warranty duration.
	HP Care Pack is available for sale anytime during the warranty period for most products, but the commencement date will be the same as the Warranty Start Date (delivery date to end user customer). Proof of purchase may be required.
	HP Care Pack services are prepaid. For additional HP Care Pack (hardware & software) information, as well as orderable part numbers, please refer to the URL http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack
	Care Pack services provide a range of life cycle support options that let you choose the service levels that meet your business requirements, from basic to mission-critical. A full range of HP Care Pack hardware and software services are available including: Installation and start up Education courses Extended onsite hardware coverage hours from same business day 13 hours, 5 day to 24 hours, 7 days call window with options including 4 hour response or 6-hour Call To Repair Comprehensive range of software technical support for Microsoft, Linux, ProLiant Essentials and VMware-based IT solutions helping to deliver high level of application availability. Response times range from 30 mins for critical problems to 2 hours. System Management, Performance Services and Mission Critical Support Solution. NOTE: For more information on HP Care Pack services, contact any of our worldwide sales offices, resellers or visit our worldwide website at: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack NOTE: For more complete information on HP Services offerings, customers and resellers, please visit us at: http://www.hp.com/hps NOTE: Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/warranty/index.html NOTE: For additional information on Server Services, Rack and Power Options, please visit: http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/111072-0-0-225-121.html NOTE: The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. NOTE: The warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products and services. NOTE: Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

Components	The following brick level options/components do not have individual HP Care Pack Services. These items will be included in product HP Care Pack Services into which they are installed.
	Disk Drives	Tape Drives	CD/DVD ROM	SCSI Hubs in SBBs	Adapters
	Bus Converters	Backplane RAID Controllers	Power Supplies	Cabling	Fans

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 SFF SP HDD	431935-B21
	SFF Serial-ATA (SATA) Hard Drive
	HP 60GB 1.5G SATA 5.4K SFF HDD	379306-B21
	HP 120GB 1.5G SATA 5.4K SFF HDD	431786-B21
	HP 250GB 3G 5.4K 2.5 inch SATA SFF ETY HDD	460355-B21
	NOTE: Go to the HP Hard Drive Compatibility table for complete drive compatibility information (http://www.hp.com/products/harddiskdrives). Using hard drives in unsupported configurations will result in voiding the warranty and could result in damage to the drive and/or loss of data.

Storage Controllers	SAS Controller
	HP Smart Array P800 Controller /512 BBWC Controller	381513-B21
	HP Smart Array P600/256 BBWC Controller	337972-B21
	Smart Array E500 controller	435129-B21
	512MB DDR BBWC Upgrade (P600 Controller)	372538-B21
	NOTE: Please see the following Controller QuickSpecs for Technical Specifications such as PCI Bus, PCI Peak Data Transfer Rate, SCSI Protocols supported, SCSI Peak Data Transfer Rate, SCSI Ports, Drives supported, Cache, RAID support, and additional information: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12247_na/12247_na.html (Smart Array P600 Controller) http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/ proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/smartarrayp800/index.html (Smart Array P800 Controller) NOTE: The Smart Array P600 supports the cascading of shelves in a 1+1 configuration to allow a maximum of 20 drives in a 2U configuration behind or the HP Smart Array P600 controller as the P600 has only a single external port. NOTE: See your server and controller compatibility matrix for details on controller and server compatibility. http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/index.html NOTE: The Smart Array controller E500 offers RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 and can be upgraded to RAID 5 with battery-backed write cache (BBWC) module - 383280-B21

SAS Cable Options	Cables used for connecting the HP Smart Array P600/256 BBWC Controller (P/N 337972-B21) to MSA50
	HP External SAS Cable – 2m	389668-B21
	HP External SAS Cable – 2m	389668-B21#0D1
	HP External SAS Cable – 4m	389671-B21
	HP External SAS Cable – 4m	389671-B21#0D1
	Cables used for connecting the HP Smart Array P800/512 BBWC Controller (P/N 381513-B21) or to the HP Smart Array E500 (P/N 435129-B21) to MSA50
	SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 2M	419571-B21
	SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 2M	419571-B21#0D1
	SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 4M	419572-B21
	SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 4M	419572-B21#0D1
	SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 6M	419573-B21
	SAS 4x to Mini SAS 4x 6M	419573-B21#0D1

Rack Options	HP 10642 G2 200mm Extn Shock Rack	AF034A
	HP 10647 G2 200mm Extn Shock Rack	AF044A
	HP 5642 Rack-Unassembled	358254-B21
	HP S10614 (14U) Rack Cabinet – Shock Pallet	292302-B22
	HP 10842 (42U) Rack Cabinet – Pallet	257415-B21
	HP 10842 (42U) Rack Cabinet – Shock Pallet	257415-B22
	HP 10647 (47U) Rack Cabinet – Pallet	245160-B21
	HP 10647 (47U) Rack Cabinet – Crated	245160-B23
	HP 10622 (22U) Rack Cabinet – Pallet	245163-B21
	HP 10622 (22U) Rack Cabinet – Crated	245163-B23
	M-Series Rack Rail Kit Option (2-5-2)	3R-A5281-AA
	NOTE: It is mandatory to use a shock pallet in order to ship racks with equipment installed. NOTE: Each Modular Storage Cabinet (42U, 41U, 36U, and 22U) comes with redundant 220 to 240V PDUs and power cables to accommodate Modular Array configurations. For more details on Modular Array solutions, see: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/arraysystems.html.

HP Services and Support	1 Year Next Day HW	HA101A1-7GT
	1 Year 4h 13x5 HW	HA103A1-7GT
	1 Year 4h 24x7 HW	HA104A1-7GT
	1 Year 6h CTR HW	HA105A1-7GT
	1 Year Support Plus	HA109A1-7GT
	1 Year Support Plus 24	HA110A1-7GT
	3 Year Next Day HW	HA101A3-7GT
	3 Year 4h 13x5 HW	HA103A3-7GT
	3 Year 4h 24x7 HW	HA104A3-7GT
	3 Year 6h CTR HW	HA105A3-7GT
	3 Year Support Plus	HA109A3-7GT
	3 Year Support Plus 24	HA110A3-7GT
	Installation	HA113A1-564
	3 Year NBD 9x5 (Electronic)	U8128E
	3 Year 4H 13x5 (Electronic)	U8129E
	3 Year 4H 24x7 (Electronic)	U8130E
	3 Year 6H CTR (Electronic)	U8131E
	1 Year NBD 9x5 (Electronic)	U8151E
	1 Year 4H 13x5 (Electronic)	U8152E
	1 Year 4H 24x7 (Electronic)	U8153E
	1 Year 6H CTR (Electronic)	U8154E
	Installation (Electronic)	U8132E
	NOTE: For additional HP Care Pack (hardware & software) information, as well as orderable part numbers, please refer to the URL http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack

Technical Specifications

HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure	Shipping Dimensions (HxWxD)	12 x 23.5 x 33 in (30.24 x 59.22 x 83.16 cm)
	Weight (unloaded)	20 lb (9.07 kg)
	Weight (loaded)	30 lb (13.61kg)
Redundant Power Supply, 180 watts	Shipping Dimensions (HxWxD)	12.75 x 8 x 3.75 in (32.13 x 20.16 x 9.45 cm)
Protocol Support	3Gb/s SAS
	1.5Gb/s SATA
O/S Support	Microsoft Win PE Windows Server 2003: 2003 SP2 and later Web Edition: Embedded Systems Edition Standard Edition and Standard x64 Edition: Enterprise Edition and Enterprise x64 Edition: Datacenter Edition and Datacenter x64 Edition: (non-program Datacenter) Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS 2003) Windows 2008: Web Server Small Business Embedded Systems Standard Edition and Standard x64 Edition: Enterprise Edition and Enterprise x64 Edition: supported on all servers Datacenter Edition and Datacenter x64 Edition: (non-program Datacenter) Windows HPC Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2003/R2 (Std. & EE, both 32 & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003/R2 SBS Microsoft Windows Server 2003/R2 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on Itanium Novell NetWare 6.5 Open Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86, AMD/64/EM64T) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86, AMD/64/EM64T)
Buttons/LED Indicators (on front right panel-listed top to bottom)	UID Button (top)
	System Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) LED
	EMU Status LED
	Fault LED (bottom)
Drive LED Indicators (on drive trays)	Drive LED (top) - On-line/Activity
	Drive Failure LED (bottom) - Drive Fault/Locate
Enclosure Button/ LED Indicators (back of unit)	UID Button (top)
	System FRU (middle)
	EMU Status LED (bottom)
Input Requirements	Nominal Line Voltage	110 to 240 V AC
	Range Line Voltage	90 to 264 V AC
	Line Frequency	47 to 63 Hz
	Typical Input Current	2.3A at 120 V AC
Relative Humidity (non-condensing)	Operating	10% to 90%
	Shipping	5% to 90%
I/O Module Connector	SAS SFF 8470 Connector
Power	180 Watts per supply (load)
Temperature Range	Operating	50° to 94° F (10° to 35° C°)
	Shipping	-40° to 151° F (-40° to 66° C)
	NOTE: To maintain proper cooling and airflow, a drive blank or drive must occupy all bays during operation.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

For hard drives, 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less.

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