Prerequisites - HP AD510A - StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 cs 2U Fibre Channel SAN Attach Controller Shelf Hard Drive Installation Manual

2 Configuration procedures—Windows environments
Deploying the MSA in a Microsoft Windows environment involves:
1. Completing all Prerequisites, page 61
2. Installing MSA-specific components on the
3. Updating MSA controller firmware (if
4. "Configuring the
Each of these procedures is discussed in the following paragraphs.
HP recommends installing your MSA in the sequence of steps listed here and in chapter 1
NOTE:
of this guide. Specific dependencies exist, and if you deviate from this sequence, you may have to
uninstall and then reinstall your device.

Prerequisites

• Install and connect all equipment correctly, as detailed in
procedures—All
• Verify that the operating system version installed on the server is supported for use with the MSA.
For a current listing of supported operating system versions, see the QuickSpecs, available on
the Technical documentation page of the MSA1500 website:
http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.
• If using the ACU, install Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5 or greater.
• Obtain documentation for the storage configuration tool you plan to use. Documentation for the
ACU and the CLI are available on the Documentation CD and the Technical documentation
page of the MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.
necessary), page 64
storage" on page 65
deployments" on page 13.
HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide
servers, page 62
"Installation
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