HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for P6x00 family of Disk Arrays 4.04.00 Installation and Reference Guide (757324-001, May 2014)

Table 1 Snapshot of pre-installation checklist
Task
Check the contents of the HP MPIO EVA DSM kit and the Fibre Channel
hardware to ensure nothing is missing. If you are missing any component,
contact your account representative, or call the HP Customer Service hotline
at [phone].
Obtain and review the most current versions of the following documents:
• HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for P6x00 family of Disk Arrays release
notes
• Installation and configuration information for your system, available at
the following website:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/overview.html
• Supported SAN topologies for HP MPIO EVA DSM, as defined and
described in the HP Storage- Works SAN Design Reference Guide
available at the following website:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/
documentation.html
Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM
You can install HP MPIO EVA DSM on a stand-alone system or on a clustered system. The installation
procedure depends on the current configuration of your system.
This section describes how to install HP MPIO EVA DSM on the following configurations:
• “Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM on a stand-alone system”
• “Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM on a clustered system”
Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM on a stand-alone system
You can install the HP MPIO EVA DSM software prior to connecting to the hardware. To install on
a stand-alone system, complete the following steps:
1. Complete the pre-installation checklist (“Table 1”) and the pre-installation procedure, see
“Preparing for installation”.
2. Ensure that only a single path is connected to the storage devices.
3. Run Launch.exe from the installation location.
4. In the launch window, click Install HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for P6x00 family of Disk Arrays.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
6. Reboot the system.
7. Add the redundant paths to the storage devices.
Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM on a clustered system
To install HP MPIO EVA DSM on a clustered system, complete the following steps:
NOTE: On a clustered system, you must install HP MPIO EVA DSM on one node at a time. Repeat
this on all the nodes in a cluster.
1. Complete the pre-installation checklist “Table 1” and the pre-installation procedure, see
“Preparing for installation”.
2. Using the Cluster Administrator:
a. Move all cluster resources owned by the current node to another node in the cluster.
b. Pause the current cluster node.
c. Disable failback for all the groups containing resources managed by the current node.
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