Step 6: Prepare Your Servers; Servers - HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 cs Installation Manual

Installation Procedures - All Deployments

Step 6: Prepare your servers

In an existing SAN, your servers are already set up and configured, but if you are
deploying your MSA1500 cs into a new SAN, install and configure your servers at
this time.
HP recommends that you:
Note:
Some software components, such as Secure Path, must be installed or re-installed
after connecting the MSA1500 cs to the server.
In multi-path configurations, management software, such as Secure Path and the
ACU, must be installed on each server with access to the MSA1500 cs.
For information about installing and configuring your servers, refer to the
instructions that came with your server and operating system.
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about the servers that will connect to the MSA1500 cs.
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Verify that the servers and operating systems that you plan to use are
supported for use with the MSA1500 cs.
For a list of servers and operating systems that are supported for use with the
MSA1500 cs, refer to the HP StorageWorks MSA1500 cs Compatibility
Guide, located on the Technical Documentation page of the MSA1500 cs
web site at http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.
If more than one server will access the MSA1500 cs, designate one of the
servers as a management server.
It is on the management server that you install management software (such as
the ACU) and it is from this server that you perform your SAN management
tasks. (Instructions for installing the ACU are included later in this guide.)
Verify that all servers that will access the MSA1500 cs are functioning
properly before proceeding to the next step in this guide.
One method of testing the server is to power up the server, start the operating
system, and open a commonly used application.
Table 11: "Server Information" on page 88 to record information
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