Chapter 5
Connecting to the controller CLI port
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If a USB device driver is discovered, the output will display:
ID 210c:a4a7
The ID above is comprised of vendor ID and product ID terms as shown in the Code column of the preceding table.
IMPORTANT Although Linux systems do not require installation of a device driver, on some operating system
versions, certain parameters must be provided during driver loading to enable recognition of the MSA 1060/2060/2062
controllers. To load the Linux device driver with the correct parameters on these systems, the following command is
required:
modprobe usbserial vendor=0x210c product=0xa4a7 use_acm=1
Optionally, the information can be incorporated into the
/etc/modules.conf
file.
Preparing a Windows system for cabling to the CLI port
A Windows USB device driver is used for communicating directly with the controller command-line interface port using
a USB cable to connect the controller enclosure and the management computer.
IMPORTANT If using Windows 10/Server 2016 or newer, the operating system provides a native USB serial driver
that supports the controller module’s USB CLI port. However, if using an older version of Windows, you should download
and install the USB device driver from your HPE MSA support page at
.
Obtaining IP values
You can manually set static IP address parameters for network ports, or you can specify that IP values be set
automatically, using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) for IPv4 or DHCPv6 or SLAAC (Stateless address
auto-configuration) for IPv6.
Setting network port IP addresses using DHCP
In DHCP mode, network port IP address, subnet mask, and gateway values are obtained from a DHCP server if one is
available. If a DHCP server is unavailable, current addressing is unchanged.
1. Look in the DHCP server's pool of leased addresses for two IP addresses assigned to "HPE
<unique 6-character alpha-
numeric string>
."
The unique string is derived using the last 6 characters of the the MAC address.
NOTE If you set up a DNS Hostname, the DHCP server will register that name instead of the string derived from the
MAC address.
2. Use a ping broadcast to try to identify the device through the ARP table of the host.
If you do not have a DHCP server, you will need to ask your system administrator to allocate two IP addresses, and set
them using the command-line interface during initial configuration (described below).
3. Use the CLI port and cable to determine the network information assigned by DHCP.
l
For IPv4, enter the
show network-parameters
CLI command.
l
For IPv6, enter the
show ipv6-network-parameters
CLI command.
NOTE For more information, see the topic about network configuration in the Storage Management Guide.