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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: • 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, see the MSA compatibility guide and the QuickSpecs, located on the QuickSpecs and Technical documentation pages of the MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs. • Designate one of the servers as a management server, if more than one server will access the MSA. 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 see the compatibility guide, located on the Technical documentation page of the MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs. NOTE: In multipath configurations, management software such as the ACU must be 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. Go to Table 14: "Server information" on page 110 to record information about the servers that will connect to the MSA. HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide 37

Section	Page
Contents	3
Intended audience	7
Prerequisites	8
Related documentation	8
Document conventions and symbols	9
Table 1 Document conventions	9
Equipment symbols	10
Rack stability	11
HP technical support	11
HP-authorized reseller	12
Helpful websites	12
Installation procedures-All deployments	13
Figure 1: Overview of MSA installation procedures	14
Step 1: Review and confirm your plans	15
Determine which version of MSA controller firmware to use	15
Table 2 Basic MSA firmware and configuration options	16
Complete the planning worksheet on the poster	17
Go to the Internet for the most recent MSA and SAN information	18
Table 3 MSA1500 and SAN-related websites (continued)	18
Review MSA installation best practices	21
Planning	21
Installation	21
Ongoing	24
Plan your storage configuration	25
System and performance expectations	25
Striping methods	25
RAID levels	26
Table 4 RAID level comparison	26
Hard drive sizes and types	27
Spare drives	27
Array sizing (capacity)	27
Step 2: Prepare your site	28
Provide adequate structural support for the floor	28
Provide adequate clearance space and ventilation	28
Provide adequate and redundant sources of power	28
Table 5 MSA1500 specifications	29
Step 3: Install MSA option kits	30
Step 4: Rack the MSA and the storage enclosures	31
Rack installation best practices	31
Step 5: Install the hard drives	36
Step 6: Prepare your servers	37
Step 7: Install the HBA in your servers	38
Step 8: Prepare your switches	39
Step 9: Connect the cables	40
Cabling best practices	40
Connecting the SCSI cables	42
Recommended SCSI cable connections	42
Figure 2 SCSI I/O modules, bus numbers, and box numbers	42
Supported and unsupported SCSI connections	43
Table 6 Supported and Unsupported SCSI cable connections	43
Connecting the MSA to SATA storage enclosures	44
Figure 3 SCSI cable connections to two MSA20 SATA storage enclosures	44
Connecting the MSA to SCSI storage enclosures	45
Figure 4 SCSI cable connections to one MSA30 SCSI storage enclosure	45
Connecting the Fibre Channel cables	46
Connecting Fibre Channel cables in a singlepath configuration	47
Figure 5 Sample Fibre Channel cable connections, singlepath configuration	47
Connecting Fibre Channel cables in a multipath configuration	48
Figure 6 Sample Fibre Channel cable connections, multipath configuration	48
Connecting the power cords	49
Table 7 Levels of protection against power failures	49
Figure 7 Connecting the power cords using two UPSs	51
Step 10: Power on the devices	52
Verify the operating status of the MSA	53
View the LEDs on the MSA	53
Table 8 MSA1500 startup status lights	53
Read the messages on the controller display panel	54
Table 9 MSA1500 startup messages	54
Verify the operating status of the storage enclosures	54
Verify the operating status of the Fibre Channel switches	55
Verify the operating status of the servers	55
Step 11: Configure your MSA	56
Obtain desired controller firmware and Support Software CD versions	56
Determine which storage configuration utility to use	57
About the MSA Command Line Interface	57
About the Array Configuration Utility	57
About the Array Configuration Utility Command Line Interface	58
Configure the MSA	59
Configuration procedures-Windows environments	61
Prerequisites	61
Installing MSA-specific components on the servers	62
Updating MSA controller firmware (if necessary)	64
Configuring the storage	65
Configuration procedures-Linux environments	67
Prerequisites	67
Installing MSA-specific components on the servers	68
Updating MSA controller firmware (if necessary)	70
Configuring the storage	71
Configuration procedures-HP-UX environments	73
Prerequisites	73
Additional HP-UX support notes	74
Table 10 HP-UX required updates for active/active	74
Installing the ACU-CLI on the servers (optional)	75
Updating MSA controller firmware (if necessary)	76
Configuring the storage	76
Configuration procedures-OpenVMS environments	79
Prerequisites	79
Obtaining World Wide Port Names	80
Installing the current Fibre_SCSI patch on the servers	81
Table 11 OpenVMS Fibre_SCSI patches (as of August 2006)	81
Updating MSA controller firmware (if necessary)	82
Configuring the storage	82
Assigning ID Numbers to the controllers and LUNs	83
Configuration procedures-VMware environments	85
Prerequisites	85
Updating MSA controller firmware (if necessary)	86
VMware-specific tasks	86
Configuring the storage	89
Configuration procedures-Other environments	91
Prerequisites	91
Operating system-specific notes	92
NetWare environments	92
Tru64 UNIX environments	93
SCO UNIX environments	93
Updating MSA controller firmware (if necessary)	94
Configuring the storage	94
Powering off and powering on the MSA	97
Powering off the MSA	97
Powering on the MSA	98
Regulatory notices	101
Regulatory Compliance identification numbers	101
Federal Communications Commission notice	101
Modifications	101
Cables	101
Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)	101
European Union notice	102
Japanese notice	102
Japanese power cord notice	102
BSMI notice	102
Laser compliance	103
Battery replacement notice	104
Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union	104
Electrostatic discharge	105
Prevention methods	105
Grounding methods	105
Worksheets	107
Table 12 MSA1500 information	108
Table 13 External Fibre Channel interconnect device (switch) information	109
Table 14 Server information	110
Table 15 Hard drive information	114
Table 16 Array (LUN) information	118
Index	121
A	121
B	121
C	121
D	121
E	121
F	121
G	122
H	122
I	122
L	122
M	122
N	123
O	123
P	123
R	123
S	123
T	124
U	124
V	124

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HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide

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:

•

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, see

the MSA compatibility guide and the QuickSpecs, located on the QuickSpecs and Technical

documentation pages of the MSA1500 website:

http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs

•

Designate one of the servers as a management server, if more than one server will access the

MSA. 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 see the compatibility guide, located on the

Technical documentation page of the MSA1500 website:

http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs

NOTE:

In multipath configurations, management software such as the ACU must be 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.

Go to

Table 14

: ”

Server information

” on page110 to record information about the servers that will

connect to the MSA.