HP NetRAID Installation and Configuration Guide

3 Installation and Configuration

Overview

To install and configure your HP NetRAID Series adapter, you need to perform

the following steps. Steps A through N are described in Chapters 4 through 7 of

this guide.

Step A. Plan Hardware (Chapter 4 and

Worksheet A)

Step H. Save Configuration and

Initialize (Chapter 5)

Step B. Plan Arrays and Logical Drives

(Chapter 4 and Worksheets A

and B)

Step I. Decide Which I

O or Non- I

Operation (Chapter 6)

Step C. Prepare the Adapter (Chapter 5) Step J. Use

NetServer Navigator

CD-ROM

to Prepare Diskettes

(Chapter 6)

Step D. Install the Adapter (Chapter 5) Step K. Install NOS and HP NetRAID

Driver (Chapter 6)

Step E. Install Cables and Set SCSI ID

Switches (Chapter 5)

Step L. Install NOS-specific

Configuration Utility (Chapter 6)

Step F. Start HP NetServer Navigator to

Launch HP NetRAID Assistant

(Chapter 5)

Step M. Run HP NetRAID Express

Tools (Chapter 6)

Step G. Configure Arrays and Logical

Drives (Chapter 5)

Step N. (Optional) Prepare for Online

Capacity Expansion (Chapter 7)

If you are replacing an existing HP NetRAID Series adapter with an

HP NetRAID-3Si or NetRAID-1Si adapter, follow the instructions in Chapter 8,

"Upgrading to an HP NetRAID-3Si or NetRAID-1Si Adapter."