Introduction; Performance Best Practices; Hp D2D And Hp Proliant - HP StoreOnce D2D Backup System Gen2E Maintenance And Service Manual

1 Introduction

This addendum to the Maintenance and Service Guide applies only to the following Gen2e
rack-mounted models of the HP StoreOnce Backup System:
EH983B, HP D2D4312 (12–disk)
EH993C, HP D2D41 12 (12–disk)
EH996B, HP D2D4106i (12–disk)
EH998B, HP D2D4106fc (12–disk)
EJ001C, HP D2D2502 (4–disk)
EJ002C, HP D2D2504 (4–disk)
NOTE: There is no Gen2E model of EH985A, HP D2D4324, and it is not included in this guide.
For information about the HP D2D4324 Backup System, please refer to the original HP StoreOnce
Maintenance and Service Guide for Gen2 and Gen 1 products.
The hardware for the HP D2D4324, the HP D2D4312/41 12 and the HP D2D4106 Capacity
Upgrade Kits is not described in this guide. Further information about these kits can be found in
the Installation Instructions supplied with the kit.

Performance best practices

HP recommends that you review the Best Practices for Perfomance Optimization White Paper,
describing simple steps that can be performed to ensure that your HP D2D Backup System is
optimized as efficiently as possible.
You can view this white paper from http://www.hp.com/support/manuals. Search for "D2D" and
your specific product. The white papers are shown under the 'White paper' section.

HP D2D and HP ProLiant

The information in the appropriate ProLiant Maintenance and Service Guide should be the primary
reference source for hardware issues on the related D2D Backup System. Spare part numbers are
available in the ProLiant guides. This guide contains only information that is not included in the
ProLiant documentation.
Table 1 Identifying the correct server guide for Gen2E products
HP D2D Backup System
HP D2D4312 G2 Backup System
HP D2D4106i/4106fc/41 12 G2
Backup System
HP D2D2502/2504 G2 Backup
System
NOTE: The software and, in some cases, the BIOS are unique to the HP D2D Backup System; it
does not use the same software (nor, in some cases, BIOS) as the ProLiant server.
There are a number of ways of accessing the ProLiant documentation on the HP web. A quick
method is to:
1. Go to http://www.hp.com/support/manuals.
2. Search on the ProLiant server name, as shown in Table 1.
Product number
EH983B
EH996B/EH998B/EH993C
EJ001C/EJ002C
HP ProLiant server
HP ProLiant DL370 G6 server
HP ProLiant DL180se G6 server
HP ProLiant DL160se G6 server
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