For More Information; Important Tips - HP 634041-006 Deployment Manual

Single domain environments: Include one I/O module in
each storage enclosure drawer.

For more information

MDS600 Device website:
D6000 Device website:
BladeSystem Technical Resources website:
Be sure to read the following documents, shipped with the storage and BladeSystem enclosure:
HP 600 Modular Disk System Setup Poster
HP D6000 Disk Enclosure Installation Instructions
HP BladeSystem c-Class Solution Overview Setup Poster—Overview of the complete installation
process of an HP BladeSystem c-Class solution.
For more detailed information about the enclosures, see the following documents, available on HP
websites:
HP MDS600 Disk Enclosure User Guide
HP MDS600 Disk Enclosure Maintenance and Service Guide
HP D6000 Disk Enclosure User Guide
HP D6000 Disk Enclosure Maintenance and Service Guide
HP 6G Virtual SAS Manager User Guide—Detailed information about and instructions how
to configure zone groups on the HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch to control access to external SAS
storage enclosures.

Important tips

Upgrade to the latest firmware version before use. When included in a BladeSystem solution,
MDS600 and D6000 firmware updates must be performed through the HP Virtual SAS
Manager utility on the switch. For more information on firmware updating methods, see
"Maintenance and troubleshooting" (page
MDS600 and D6000 storage is configured and managed in the following sequence, using
different applications:
◦
Create drive-bay zone groups and assign the zone groups to BladeSystem c-Class
enclosure server bays using HP Virtual SAS Manager (VSM). For more information about
VSM, see
◦
Configure drives in the zone group into arrays and LUNs using the HP Array Configuration
Utility (ACU) or HP Smart Storage Administrator (SSA). For more information about the
ACU, see
◦
Manage the MDS600 or D6000 using HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM). For more
information about SIM, see
http://www.hp.com/go/mds600
http://www.hp.com/go/d6000
"HP 6G Virtual SAS Manager" (page
"HP Array Configuration Utility" (page
"HP Systems Insight Manager" (page
Dual domain environments with dual-port SAS drives:
Include two I/O modules in each storage enclosure drawer.
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