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The license for tiering is PN Q0H99A "HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite LTU". There is also a support component (cost) that goes along with that license. The part number for support differs depending on what you purchased for support on the base unit (what type of service and how many years). The cost for these items will vary depending on currency. I would suggest engaging with an HPE Partner in your region and ask them for assistance in quoting the license part number and associate support SKU.
The slotting on the MSA doesn't really matter. It is suggested that you try to keep your SSD drives in the base shelf as it will slightly help performance potential of those drives but it's not a hard and fast requirement. Other than that, you can put whatever drives in whatever slots. Some suggest trying to spread members of your virtual disk group across shelves as a sort of additional fault tolerance but, if you are using hot spare drives, it will be impossible to maintain that layout over the long run without intensive micro managing.
My suggestion is that you study the best practice guide. This will give you the reasoning behind what is being suggested to you on this forum so that you'll understand the "why" and be able to better manage the unit long term.
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=a00015961enw
Take time now to set up your disk groups to mimic how you are planning on growing the system. You could create a disk group of 9 x SSD drives because you have them now. However, if you're not going to add them in increments of 9 later then it doesn't make sense. You want to plan your growth strategy and set the system up in a way that is going to support that.
The license for tiering is PN Q0H99A "HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite LTU". There is also a support component (cost) that goes along with that license. The part number for support differs depending on what you purchased for support on the base unit (what type of service and how many years). The cost for these items will vary depending on currency. I would suggest engaging with an HPE Partner in your region and ask them for assistance in quoting the license part number and associate support SKU.
The slotting on the MSA doesn't really matter. It is suggested that you try to keep your SSD drives in the base shelf as it will slightly help performance potential of those drives but it's not a hard and fast requirement. Other than that, you can put whatever drives in whatever slots. Some suggest trying to spread members of your virtual disk group across shelves as a sort of additional fault tolerance but, if you are using hot spare drives, it will be impossible to maintain that layout over the long run without intensive micro managing.
My suggestion is that you study the best practice guide. This will give you the reasoning behind what is being suggested to you on this forum so that you'll understand the "why" and be able to better manage the unit long term.
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=a00015961enw
Take time now to set up your disk groups to mimic how you are planning on growing the system. You could create a disk group of 9 x SSD drives because you have them now. However, if you're not going to add them in increments of 9 later then it doesn't make sense. You want to plan your growth strategy and set the system up in a way that is going to support that.