Getting Started - HP 2000sa Deployment Manual

Getting started

To help you successfully deploy this solution in your environment, be sure to do the following:
Locate a workstation with a CD-ROM drive and access to the Internet, for reading
component-specific user documents from the CD or HP website associated with the component.
Prepare the site for the power and cooling needs of the solution and its components. (See the
user documents for your c-Class BladeSystem Enclosure.)
Obtain copies of user documents for all devices in your solution. At minimum, HP strongly
recommends obtaining the documents that are specifically referenced in this guide. See
"Documents referred to in this deployment guide" (page 10).
Review the QuickSpecs for the P700m controller, 3Gb SAS BL Switch, and external SAS
storage enclosures to make sure that your planned configuration, including number of servers,
is supported.
Identify all of the components you plan to deploy in the solution, whether newly arrived and
in boxes or already installed and in use.
Use the worksheets in this guide to record important information about your solution and its
components. Device and system information recorded in these worksheets may be needed
when initially installing and configuring the solution, and will be helpful for troubleshooting
purposes. Because the number of devices differ for each deployment, print or copy pages as
needed. ("Device worksheets" (page 65)).
Plan to update firmware on all devices in the solution. Devices in the solution must run tested
and compatible versions of firmware. For more information about managing the firmware
interdependencies between HP BladeSystem c-Class components, see "Updating firmware on
solution devices" (page 74).

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