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

6 Configuration procedures—VMware environments
Deploying the MSA in a VMware operating system environment involves:
1. Completing all Prerequisites, page 85
2. Updating MSA controller firmware (if
3. Completing
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.
• 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.
For VMware best practices, see
NOTE:
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/downloads/4AA1-0818ENW.pdf.
VMware-specific tasks, page 86.
storage, page 89
deployments" on page 13.
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