Specifications

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Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 solution
HP D2200sb + VSA solution
(the two 10Gb Emulex adapters), and click Next.
5. Enter an appropriate Network Label, and click
Next.
6. Click Finish.
7. Click Properties…
8. Under Ports, select the Virtual Machine Port
Group, and click Edit…
9. Under Failover Order, check the Override switch
failover order checkbox.
10. Select one of the active adapters and move it to be
a Standby Adapter.
11. Click OK.
12. Click Close.
Deploying the VSA VM
1. Copy the HP P4000 VSA 9.5 software installer for
ESX servers onto your management server.
2. Click autorun.exe
3. At the EULA screen, click Agree.
4. Click Install VSA for VMware ESX Server.
5. At the Winzip self-extractor screen, click Unzip.
6. Click OK.
7. At the command prompt, type 2 for the GUI
wizard, and press Enter.
8. At the welcome screen, click Next.
9. Accept the EULA by checking the radio button, and
click Next.
10. At the Install the Centralized Management Console
screen, accept defaults, and click Next.
11. At the ESX host discovery screen, enter the IP
address of the first ESX host and the appropriate
login credentials, and click Next.
12. At the connect to ESX host screen, click Next.
13. At the Type of virtual appliance screen, leave
Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) selected, and click
Next.
14. At the Select the datastore screen, select the RAID
1 partition to store the virtual appliance files, and
click Next.
15. At the Network settings screen, enter the IP