Owner's manual

Procedures for g
etting started
Step
Responsibility
1. Gather information and identify all related storage
documentation.
Customer
2. Contact an au
thorized service representative for
hardware cong
uration information.
Customer
3. Enter the World Wide Name (WWN) into the
OCP.
HP Service Engineer
4. Congure HP Command View EVA.
HP Service Engineer
5. Prepare th
ehosts.
Customer
6. Congure the system through HP Command View
EVA.
HP Service Engineer
7. Make virtual disks available to their hosts. Refer to
the storage system software documentation for each
host’s operating system.
HP Service Engineer
Gathering information
The following items should be available when installing and conguring an Enterprise Virtual Array. They
provide information necessary to set up the storage system successfully.
HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array World Wide Name label,which
is shipped with the system.
HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array read me rst.
HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Array release notes.
The latest HP OpenView Storage Management Ser ver Update, which consists of the management
server update CD a nd its associated documentation, or the latest Windows Server Update
You can determine the latest update version available by checking the release notes or
contacting your authorized service representative to nd out how to receive the latest
information.
Additional documentation is available from the following HP web sites:
h
ttp://www.hp.com/go /eva4000
http://www.h p.com/g o/eva6000
http://www.h p.com/g o/eva8000
Locate these items and keep them handy. You will need them for the procedures in this m a nual.
Host information
Make a
list of information for each host computer that will be accessing the storage system. You will need
the fo
llowing information for each host:
TheLANnameofthehost
A list of World Wide N am es of the FC adapters, also called host bus adap ters, through which
the host will connect to the fabric or fabrics that provide access to the storage system
Oper
ating system type
Available LUN numbers
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