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

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Installation Procedures - All Deployments44 HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array Installation GuideStep 6: Prepare your serversIn an existing SAN, the servers are already set up and configured, but if you aredeploying your MSA into a new SAN, install and configure your servers at thistime. HP recommends that you:■ Verify that the servers and operating systems you plan to use are supported foruse with the MSA. For a list of servers and operating systems that aresupported for use with the MSA, refer to the MSA compatibility guide and theQuickSpecs, located on the QuickSpecs and Technical documents pages ofthe MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.■ If more than one server will access the MSA, designate one of the servers as amanagement server. It is on the management server that you installmanagement software (such as the ACU) and it is from this server that youperform your SAN management tasks. (Instructions for installing the ACU areincluded later in this guide.)■ Verify that all servers that will access the MSA are functioning properlybefore proceeding to the next step in this guide.■ Install the latest available operating system updates and patches. For a list ofoperating systems versions that are supported for use with the MSA refer tothe compatibility guide, located on the Technical documents page of theMSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs.Note: In multi-path configurations, management software such as the ACU must beinstalled on each server with access to the MSA.For information about installing and configuring your servers, refer to theinstructions that came with your server and operating system.Go to Table 12: “Server Information” on page 110 to record informationabout the servers that will connect to the MSA.