5.6.x HP X9000 Series Network Storage System Installation Guide (TA768-96056, December 2011)

2 Installing and configuring X9720 systems
Installation checklist
More informationTaskStep
“Redeem X9000 File Serving
Software licenses” (page 34)
Redeem X9000 File Serving Software Licenses.1.
“Power on the X9720 system”
(page 34)
Power on the X9720 Network Storage System:2.
• Connect power cables to the proper power sources.
• Power on all of the X9700c enclosures. Wait until the seven-segment display
on the back of all of the X9700c enclosures shows on.
• Ensure that the system is completely disconnected from the site network.
• Power on the blade enclosure.
“Boot server blades”
(page 35)
Boot all server blades:3.
• If the server blades were powered on when previous step completed (that is,
one or more capacity blocks powered on after the server blades), cycle the
power on all server blades again.
• Connect a laptop to one of the ProCurve switches.
• Perform the following steps on each server blade in turn:
◦ Connect an ssh session to the server blade and log in. Use the username
root and password hpinvent.
◦ Run the storage diagnostic utility exds_stdiag.
“Verify the system” (page 35)Verify the system:4.
• Run the ibrix_health -l command on the active management console
(either a dedicated Management Server or an agile management instance).
• Run the exds_stdiag command on each file serving blade to validate that
the storage is seen by every server.
“Configure network
parameters.” (page 35)
Configure network parameters:5.
• Create a bonded network interface, using bonding mode 1 for all bonds.
• Verify the configuration.
“Configure system
parameters” (page 38)
Configure system parameters:6.
• Change passwords.
• Configure DNS settings.
• Run the timeconfig command.
• Configure NTP servers.
• Configure the Default Gateway for all servers.
“Configuring virtual interfaces
for client access” (page 43)
Set up virtual IP addresses for client access and configure standby servers for
file serving nodes.
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