Prerequisites; Troubleshooting Resources; Typographic Conventions - HP MSA 2040 User Manual

Prerequisites

Knowledge of relevant topics is required for installing and using this product:
• Servers and computer networks
• Network administration
• Storage system installation and configuration
• Storage area network management
• Relevant protocols:
• Fibre Channel (FC)
• Internet SCSI (iSCSI)
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
• Ethernet

Troubleshooting resources

See Troubleshooting
The chapter describes fault isolation methodology, basic fault isolation steps, and options available for
performing the basic steps using the Storage Management Utility (SMU), the Command-line Interface (CLI),
event notification, and LEDs. Diagnostics steps are also described.
For additional information see the HP MSA 2040 Guided Troubleshooting website:
http://www.hp.com/support/msa2040/Troubleshooting

Typographic conventions

Table 26 Document conventions
Convention
Blue text: Figure 1
Blue, bold, underlined text
Blue, underlined text:
Bold text
Italic text
Monospace text
Monospace, italic
Monospace, bold text
WARNING!
CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.
72 Support and other resources
for simple procedures pertaining to initial setup of the controller enclosure hardware.
http://www.hp.com
text
Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.
Element
Cross-reference links
Email addresses
Website addresses
• Keys that are pressed
• Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box
• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and list
items, buttons, and check boxes
Text emphasis
• File and directory names
• System output
• Code
• Commands, their arguments, and argument values
• Code variables
• Command variables
Emphasized monospace text