Setting Up The Service Processor And Storage System Software: Process Overview; Prerequisites For The Hpe 3Par Guided Setup - HPE 3PAR StoreServ 9000 Customer Self Install Manual

Setting up the service processor and storage
system software: Process overview
IMPORTANT: For the first-time installation, the HPE 3PAR Guided Setup utility is used to configure
the HPE 3PAR Service Processor and the HPE 3PAR StoreServ 9000 Storage. If the installation is
to be performed again (for example, due to a relocation of the storage system), contact your Hewlett
Packard Enterprise support representative.
For more information, refer to the HPE 3PAR Service Processor Software User Guide available at
the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Information Library website:
www.hpe.com/info/storage/docs
The storage system is configured with the help of the HPE 3PAR Guided Setup. By completing the HPE
3PAR Guided Setup, the storage system will be operational.
To set up the software for the service processor and the storage system, complete the following process:
Procedure
1. Review Prerequisites for the HPE 3PAR Guided Setup on page 46.
2. Complete Setting up the service processor using the HPE 3PAR Guided Setup on page 47.
3. Complete Setting up the storage system using the HPE 3PAR Guided Setup on page 48.
4. Review Installing and setting up the HPE 3PAR StoreServ Management Console software:
Process overview on page 49 and complete the process.

Prerequisites for the HPE 3PAR Guided Setup

Prerequisites
• The cabling is complete.
• The storage system is connected to the network and the service processor is on the same network
subnet as the storage system.
• The network connections are active.
• The power supplies are powered on.
• The storage system components are powered on.
• The storage system LEDs indicate the following:
◦ Components are powered on.
◦ Cables are properly installed.
◦ Network connections are active.
◦ All cabled SAS ports have green Activity LEDs.
◦ All controller nodes have solid green Status LEDs.
• With either IPv4 or IPv6 DNS, verify that the network infrastructure of the data center has been
configured and that DNS is running.
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Setting up the service processor and storage system software: Process overview