3. Determine the status of the hard drive.
CAUTION: For proper airflow and cooling, a drive blank must remain installed in all unused drive bays.
Installing SAS controllers or controller enclosures
For detailed installation and configuration information about controller cards or controller enclosures, see the
documentation provided with the controller card or controller enclosure.
Procedure
1.
Record information about the controller or controller enclosure that will connect to the disk enclosure.
2.
Depending on your deployment, do one of the following:
• For server connect deployments, install one or more Smart Array controllers in the server that will access the disk
enclosure.
• For controller enclosure connect deployments, install or locate the controller enclosure to which the disk enclosure
will connect.
Preparing the server
Procedure
1.
Record information about the server and environment (server connect or controller enclosure connect) that will
connect to the disk enclosure.
2. Verify that the servers, controllers, operating system version, and service packs are supported for use with the disk
enclosure. For more information, see the HPE D3000 Enclosures QuickSpecs on the
Accessing QuickSpecs website.
3. Install all operating system-specific service packs, patch kits, or other required tools.
4. Install Hewlett Packard Enterprise system management and monitoring tools, such as HPE Systems Insight Manager
(HPE SIM) and the Array Configuration Utility (ACU).
For detailed installation and configuration information about the server or the software tools, see the documentation
provided with the server or software.
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