HP StorageWorks 2000fc User manual

HP StorageWorks
2000 Modular Smart Array
Family installation road map
© Copyright 2008 Hewlett-Pa kard Development Company, L.P.
First edition: April 2008
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How to use this road map
Use this road map to guide you through the tasks of planning, installing,
and onfiguring your new HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart
Array family of produ ts. Complete ea h step and re ord important
system information in the spa es provided . This road map is just one
do ument in your MSA produ ts do umentation library. From this
road map, you are dire ted to other do uments for information about
spe ifi topi s.
Step 1: Download the latest
do umentation
Primary user do uments in lude:
•Installation and configuration road map (this do ument)
•User guide (hardware setup and configuration)
•Reference guide (monitoring and managing)
•Command line interface (CLI) reference guide (supported CLI
commands)
All of these do uments are available for download at
http://www.hp. om/support/manuals. In the Storage se tion, li k
Disk Storage Systems, and then s roll down and sele t your produ t.
Step 2: Develop a plan
Before installing your MSA, read the user guide to familiarize yourself
with your hardware and the on epts of MSA storage. Detailed
onfiguration examples, information, networking options, and
troubleshooting information are all in luded in this guide.
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If you do not have sufficient network and storage management
experience to successfu y insta this product, HP can insta it for
you. For more information, see http://www.hp.com/go/services.
Under the Services portfo io banner, se ect Infrastructure
Services, and then c ick Network Storage Services.
Step 3: Install the MSA
Complete installation instru tions are provided in the MSA user guide
for your spe ifi produ t. Topi s in lude:
•Site requirements
•Preparing the network
•Installing hardware options
•Ra king the MSA and hard drive storage en losures
•Installing hard drives
•Conne ting ables
•Powering on the MSA
•Verifying the operating status of the devi es
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Step 4: Configure the MSA
Details on onfiguring your MSA for the first time are found in hapters
3 and 4 of the user guide. Topi s in lude:
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•Ethernet onne tion to management hosts
•Setting the ontroller’s IP address
•Configuring your web browser
•Setting the date and time
•Configuring host ports
•Saving the onfiguration
•Creating virtual disks
•Mapping volumes
•Testing the onfiguration
Additional information available
Support: http://www.hp. om/support
HP produ t do umentation: http://www.hp. om/support/manuals
MSA produ ts: http://www.hp. om/go/msa
Storage produ ts: http://www.hp. om/storage
Servers: http://www.hp. om/go/servers
Fibre Channel networking: http://www.hp. om/go/san
Ethernet networking: http://www.hp. om/servers/networking
Systems Insight Manager: http://www.hp. om/go/hpsim
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