Step 6: Prepare Your Servers - HP AD510A - StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 cs 2U Fibre Channel SAN Attach Controller Shelf Hard Drive Installation Manual

Step 6: Prepare your servers

In an existing SAN, the servers are already set up and configured, but if you are deploying your
MSA into a new SAN, install and configure your servers at this time. HP recommends that you:
Verify that the servers and operating systems you plan to use are supported for use with the
•
MSA. For a list of servers and operating systems that are supported for use with the MSA, see
the MSA compatibility guide and the QuickSpecs, located on the QuickSpecs and Technical
documentation pages of the MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.
• Designate one of the servers as a management server, if more than one server will access the
MSA. 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 MSA are functioning properly before proceeding to the
next step in this guide.
• Install the latest available operating system updates and patches. For a list of operating systems
versions that are supported for use with the MSA see the compatibility guide, located on the
Technical documentation page of the MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.
NOTE: In multipath configurations, management software such as the ACU must be installed on
each server with access to the MSA.
For information about installing and configuring your servers, refer to the instructions that came with
your server and operating system.
Go to Table 14:
connect to the MSA.
"Server information" on page 1 10 to record information about the servers that will
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