HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array installation and user guide (383070-002, July 2008)

3 Installation

Installing the MSA1510i includes:

• Planning and getting started tasks

• Preparing the site

• Preparing the network

• Installing MSA hardware options

• Racking the MSA and the storage enclosures

• Installing hard drives in the enclosures

• Connecting cables

•PoweringontheMSA

• Verifying the operating status of the devices

Planning and getting started tasks

• Reading th

e MSA1510i iSCSI concepts and deployment guide

• Adding the MSA1510i website as a favorite in your browser

•Conﬁrmting that your network devices and tools are supported

• Signing up

to automatically receive future advisories and notices

• Reviewing all old advisories and notices

• Determining who will install and conﬁgure the MSA

•Gatherin

g and recording information

• Key websites

• Key MSA1510i installation best practices

Reading the MSA1510i iSCSI concepts and deployment guide

Before installing your MSA1510i, read the iSCSI concepts and deployment guide to learn about iSCSI

concepts and terminology and how they relate to the MSA1510i. The iSCSI concepts guide includes

the following sections:

• iSCSI overview (iSCSI protocol, sessions and connections, login, and network entities)

• MSA1510i overview (physical views, available network connections, and implementation of iSCSI

targets, initiators, virtual LANs, and security)

• Detailed conﬁguration options and examples

• Multipathing information

• Description of the available monitoring tools

• Detailed security information

• Troubleshooting information

Use this iSCSI concepts and deployment guide to develop a plan for your installation.

NOTE:

When reading the iSCSI concepts and deployment guide, be sure to pay special attention to any listed

“best practices.”

The iSCSI concepts and deployment guide is provided on the MSA1510i Support CD and MSA1510i

support page: h

ttp://www.hp.com/support.

1510i Modular Smart Array installation and user guide