Installation And Deployment Overview - NetApp StorageGRID SG1000 Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Installation and deployment overview

You can install one or more StorageGRID services appliances when you first deploy StorageGRID,
or you can add services appliance nodes later as part of an expansion.
Before you begin
Your StorageGRID system is using the required version of StorageGRID software.
Installation and deployment tasks
Preparing and adding a StorageGRID appliance to the grid includes two primary phases.
1. Installing and configuring appliance hardware
Installing and configuring the StorageGRID appliance hardware includes the following steps:
1. Preparing for installation:
• Preparing the installation site
• Unpacking the boxes and checking the contents
• Obtaining additional equipment and tools
• Verifying network configuration
2. Installing the hardware:
• Registering the hardware
• Installing the appliance into a cabinet or rack
• Cabling the appliance
• Connecting the power cord and applying power
• Viewing boot-up status codes
3. Configuring the hardware:
• Accessing StorageGRID Appliance Installer and configuring the link and network IP settings
required to connect to StorageGRID networks
• Accessing the baseboard management controller (BMC) interface on the SG1000
2. Deploying an appliance Gateway or Admin Node
After the appliance hardware has been installed and configured, you can deploy the appliance as a
Gateway Node or an Admin Node in a StorageGRID system.
Task
Deploying an appliance Gateway or Admin
Node in a new StorageGRID system
Adding an appliance Gateway or Admin Node
to an existing StorageGRID system
Deploying an appliance Gateway or Admin
Node as part of a node recovery operation
Instructions
Deploying a services appliance node
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Instructions for expanding a StorageGRID
system
Instructions for recovery and maintenance
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