HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide (355901 - 005, June 2007)

HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide 13
1 Installation procedures—All deployments
Installing and configuring your MSA includes the following steps, each of which is illustrated in
Figure 1 and discussed in this chapter:
• Step 1: Review and confirm your plans, page 15
• Step 2: Prepare your site, page 28
• Step 3: Install MSA option kits, page 30
• Step 4: Rack the MSA and the storage enclosures, page 31
• Step 5: Install the hard drives, page 36
• Step 6: Prepare your servers, page 37
• Step 7: Install the HBA in your servers, page 38
• Step 8: Prepare your switches, page 39
• Step 9: Connect the cables, page 40
• Step 10: Power on the devices, page 52
• Step 11: Configure your MSA, page 56
NOTE:
• HP recommends installing and configuring your MSA in the sequence of steps listed in this
guide. Specific dependencies exist, and if you deviate from this sequence, you may have to
uninstall and then reinstall the device.
• If a supplier is installing or configuring the MSA for you, provide them with this guide and verify
that they complete the information in ”Worksheets” on page 107.
• For information about HP installing and configuring your MSA, see ”Intended audience” on
page 7.