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Contents
1 Reviewing and confirming your plans............................................................5
Overview................................................................................................................................5
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................5
Plan your storage configuration..................................................................................................6
General IP-SAN recommendations..........................................................................................6
Recommended switch infrastructure for an IP-SAN.....................................................................7
Network latency..................................................................................................................9
Network bandwidth.............................................................................................................9
Total number of iSCSI and iSCSI/FCoE initiators....................................................................12
Number of paths required per initiator..................................................................................13
Using Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) .........................................................................13
Using iSCSI ports ..............................................................................................................13
Security............................................................................................................................13
System and performance expectations..................................................................................17
RAID levels.......................................................................................................................17
HP P6000 Command View implementation................................................................................18
2 Preparing your site...................................................................................19
Overview..............................................................................................................................19
Provide adequate structural support for the floor.........................................................................19
Provide adequate clearance space and ventilation......................................................................19
Provide adequate and redundant sources of power.....................................................................19
Remove product from packaging...............................................................................................19
3 Installing components................................................................................21
Overview..............................................................................................................................21
Rack installation best practices.................................................................................................21
Attach the brackets for a longer chassis.....................................................................................22
Attach the rails.......................................................................................................................23
Install the enclosures...............................................................................................................25
Installing the disk drives into the drive bays................................................................................27
4 Connecting cables and power cords...........................................................29
Overview..............................................................................................................................29
Cabling best practices.............................................................................................................29
Connecting cables..................................................................................................................29
Connecting the array to the disk enclosures...........................................................................29
Connecting the array to servers and switches.........................................................................30
Labeling cables using labeling kit........................................................................................30
Connecting the power cords....................................................................................................30
5 Turning on power.....................................................................................32
Power on the devices...............................................................................................................32
Power on best practices......................................................................................................32
Power on procedure...........................................................................................................32
Verify the operating status of the controller enclosures..................................................................32
Verify the operating status of the disk enclosures.........................................................................33
Verify the operating status of the Fibre Channel switches and adapters..........................................34
Installing Fibre Channel drivers.................................................................................................35
6 Managing the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module using HP P6000 Command View..36
Initializing the storage system...................................................................................................36
Configuring the iSCSI and iSCSI/FCoE module management ports...............................................36
Fibre Channel zoning..............................................................................................................40
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