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Helpful HP websites

HP support: http://www.hp.com/support

HP storage: http://www.hp.com/go/storage

HP BladeSystem: http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem

HP BladeSystem technical resources (user documents, white papers, and support documents):

http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation

HP BladeSystem components: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/

c-class-components.html

HP Smart Array P711m SAS Controller: http://www.hp.com/go/p711m

HP Smart Array P712m SAS Controller: http://www.hp.com/go/p712m

HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch: http://www.hp.com/go/6gbsasbl

HP P2000 G3 MSA Systems: http;//www.hp.com/go/p2000

HP D2700: http://www.hp.com/go/D2000

Tape Storage & Media website: http://www.hp.com/go/tape (under Business Class Libraries or

Tape Autoloaders)

Getting started

To help you successfully deploy this solution in your environment, be sure to do the following:

• Locate a workstation with a CD-ROM drive and access to the Internet, for reading

component-specific user documents from the CD or HP website associated with the component.

• Prepare the site for the power and cooling needs of the solution and its components. (See the

user documents for your c-Class BladeSystem Enclosure.)

• Obtain copies of user documents for all devices in your solution. At minimum, HP strongly

recommends obtaining the documents that are specifically referenced in this guide. See

“Documents referred to in this guide” (page 7).

• Review the QuickSpecs for the Smart Array SAS controller, SAS blade switch, and SAS storage

enclosures to make sure that your planned configuration, including number of servers, is

supported.

• Identify all of the components you plan to deploy in the solution, whether newly arrived and

in boxes or already installed and in use.

• Use worksheets in this guide to record important information about your solution and its

components. Device and system information recorded in these worksheets may be needed

when initially installing and configuring the solution, and will be helpful for troubleshooting

purposes. Because the number of devices differ for each deployment, print or copy pages as

needed. See “Device worksheets” (page 66).

• Plan to update firmware on all devices in the solution. Devices in the solution must run tested

and compatible versions of firmware. For more information about managing the firmware

interdependencies between HP BladeSystem c-Class components, see “Updating firmware on

solution devices” (page 46).

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