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

Installation Procedures - All Deployments

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:
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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.
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about the servers that will connect to the MSA.
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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, refer to the MSA compatibility guide and the
QuickSpecs, located on the QuickSpecs and Technical documents pages of
the MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.
If more than one server will access the MSA, designate one of the servers as a
management server. 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 refer to
the compatibility guide, located on the Technical documents page of the
MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.
In multi-path configurations, management software such as the ACU must be
Table 12: "Server Information" on page 110 to record information
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