Hp PROLIANT DL380 G4 Storage Server installation guide

HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Storage Server installation guide

This guide provides installation and conﬁguration information for the HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Storage Server with Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2.

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Par t nu mbe r: 5697-5670 First edition: March 2006

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Contents

Aboutthisguide............. 7

Intendedaudience ...................... 7

Gettinghelp ......................... 7

Relateddocumentation..................... 8

Conventions ......................... 8

Documentconventionsandsymbols............. 9

Textsymbols....................... 9

Equipmentsymbols ..................... 10

HPtechnicalsupport..................... 11

HPsubscriber’schoice.................. 12

HP-authorizedreseller.................. 12

Otherhelpfulwebsites ................. 12

HPhardwaresupportservices .............. 12

1Setupoverview ............ 15

Planningforinstallation ................... 15

Planning a network conﬁguration ............... 18

Conﬁgurationchecklist.................... 18

2Installingtheserver........... 21

Checkingkitcontents .................... 22

Becomingfamiliarwithfront/backpanels ........... 22

Locatingandwritingdowntheserialnumber .......... 24

Completingrailkitinstallation................. 25

Cablingtheserver ..................... 26

Poweringontheserver.................... 27

3AccessingtheHPStorageServerManagement

console ................ 31

UsingtheDirectattachmethod ................ 31

UsingtheRemotebrowsermethod............... 32

UsingtheRemotedesktopmethod............... 34

UsingtheIntegratedLights-Outmethod............. 35

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4Conﬁguring the server on the network . . . 39

Beforeyoubegin ...................... 39

RunningtheRapidStartupWizard............... 42

5 Complete system conﬁguration...... 43

Additional conﬁgurationtasks................. 43

AConﬁguring storage server for Web access

(optional)................ 45

SettingupanInternetconnection ............... 45

Index ................. 47

Figures

1Decidinguponanetworkaccessmethod........... 16

2Kitcontents ....................... 22

3Frontpanel ....................... 23

4Backpanel ....................... 24

5Cableconnections .................... 26

6Poweronbutton ..................... 27

7Finalizeinstallationscreen ................. 28

8Restoreprogressscreen .................. 29

9Internetoptionsscreen................... 33

10iLOconnectorport.................... 36

11RapidStartupWizard .................. 42

12 Automatic conﬁgurationsettings.............. 45

13Proxyserversettings................... 46

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Tables

1Documentconventions.................... 9

2NetworkAccessmethods ................. 17

3 Installation and Conﬁgurationchecklist............ 19

4Serverconﬁgurationworksheet ............... 39

About this guide

This guide provides information for setting up and conﬁguring the following HP ProLiant storage server models:

• HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Storage Server

• HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Storage Ser ver (External SCSI)

• HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Storage Server (External SATA)

• HP ProLiant DL380 G4 Storage Server (SAN Attach, Enterprise

O/S)

In addition to being printed and included in your product kit, this guide is also provided as a PDF printable document on the HP ProLiant Storage Server Documentation CD.

Intended audience

This book is intended for use by technical professionals who are experienced with the following:

• Microsoft

• System and storage conﬁgurations

Getting help

Ifyoustillhaveaquestionafterreadingthisguide,contactanHP authorized service provider or access our web site: h

administrative procedures

ttp://www.hp.com.

NOTE:

Known issues and work arounds for the storage server products and the service release are addressed in release notes. To view the latest version, visit h troubleshooting information and enter a product name/number . Under self-help resources, select manuals (guides, supplements, addendums, etc.).

ttp://www.hp.com/go/support Select See support and

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Conventions

This document contains the following conventions and symbols:

• Document conventions

•Textsymbols

• Equipment symbols

About this guide

Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention

Blue text

Medium blue, underlined

ttp://

text (h

www.hp.com)

Bold font

Italic font

Monospace font

Monospace, italic font

Monospace, bold font

Element

Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Web site addresses

• Key names

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as

into a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or

selected, such as menu and list items, buttons, and check boxes

Text emphasis

• File and directory names

• System output

• Code

• Text typed at the command line

• Code variables

• Command-line variables

Emphasis of ﬁle and directory names, system output, code, and text typed at the command line

Text symbols

WAR NING!

Indicates tha death.

t failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or

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CAUTION:

Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

IMPORTANT:

Provides clarifying information or speciﬁc instructions.

NOTE:

Provides additional information.

TIP:

Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.

Equipment symbols

The following equipment symbols may be found on HP ProLiant storage server hardware.

WAR NING!

symbols indicates the presence of electrical shock hazards. Enclosed area contains no operator serviceable parts.

Any enclosed surface or area of the equipment marked with these

WARNING: To reduce the risk of

personal injury from electrical shock hazards, do not open this enclosure.

WAR NING!

network interface connection.

Any RJ-45 receptacle marked with these symbols indicates a

WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, ﬁre, or damage to the equipment, do not plug telephone or telecommunications connectors into this receptacle.

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WAR NING!

indicates the presence of a hot surface or hot component. Contact with this surface could result in injury.

Any surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols

WARN ING: To reduce the risk of personal

injury from a hot component, allow the surface to cool before touching.

WAR NING!

presence of multiple sources of power.

Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the

WAR NING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical shock, remove all power cords to completely disconnect power from the power supplies and systems.

WAR NING!

the component exceeds the recommended weight for one individual to handle safely.

Any product or assembly marked with these symbols indicates that

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, observe local occupational health and safety requirements and guidelines for manually handling material.

HP technical support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site: h

Collect the following information before calli ng:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial numbers

• Product model names and numbers

• Applicable error messages

• Operating system type and revision level

• Detailed, speciﬁcquestions

For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

ttp://www.hp.com/support/

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HP subscriber’s choice

HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber’s choice web site: h

• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on

the latest product enhancements, newest versions of drivers, and ﬁrmware documentation updates, as well as instant access to numerous other product resources.

• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting

Business support,andthenStorage under Product Category.

ttp://www.hp.com/go/e-updates

HP-authorized reseller

For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:

• In the United States, call 1-800-282-6672.

• Elsewhere, visit the HP web s ite: h

Contact HP to ﬁnd locations and telephone numbers.

ttp://www.hp.com Then, click

Other helpful web sites

For other product information, see the following HP web sites:

•h

ttp://www.hp.com/go/storage

•http://www.hp.com/support/

•http://www.docs.hp.com

•http://www.microsoft.com

HP hardware support services

HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) provides proactive remote monitoring, diagnostics, and troubleshooting to help you enhance the availability of your servers, as well as storage and network devices. The ISEE software is located on the storage ser ver in the c:\hpnas\components\ISEE folder.Formoreinformation,go to the HP web site: h

10707-0-0-225-121.aspx

HP Services provides service tools that notify you when a signi ﬁcant system event has or will occur. These tools, WEBES System Event Analyzer (SEA) and OSEM as standalone to notiﬁcation only when an event or series of events has occurred that require service action. They are not intended to be real-time system state monitors

, are used both as part of the ISEE remote service offering and

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ttp://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/

ols to HP service customers. They are designed to send a

that trigger with every event. Most system components have the capability of sending hundreds of state events during normal operation. SEA and OSEM are designed to ﬁlter these component events and only notify customers a nd/or HP Services when action needs to be taken to resolve or prevent an outage. As designed they will not report all events. Other utilities are available to monitor real time system state. The software is located on the storage server in the c:\hpnas\components\ISEE\OSEM and c:\hpnas\components\ISEE\WEBES folders.

NOTE:

This feature is only available on the 300 and 500 series ProLiant storage servers.

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About this guide

1 Setup overview

Your HP ProLiant storage server comes pre-installed with the Windows® Storage Server™ 2003 R2 operating system. Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 extends the Windows Storage Server 2003 operating system, providing a more efﬁcient way to manage and control access to local and remote resources. In addition, Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 provides a scalable, security-enhanced Web platform for simpliﬁed branch server management, improved identity and access management, and more efﬁcient storage management.

Depending on the conﬁguration you have chosen, your storage server may contain additional software providing solutions for speciﬁcbusiness needs. Forexample,yourservermaybeoptimizedtobeaFilePrint Appliance (FPA).

Planning for installation

Before you install your HP ProLiant storage server, you need to make a few up-front decisions.

Determining a network access method

Before beginning setup and startup procedures, you should decide upon an access method to connect to the storage server. The type of network access you select is determined by whether or not the network has a Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol (DHCP) ser ver, as shown in Network

Access methods. The following ﬁgure shows the types of network access

methods that are available and provides more information about each one.

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About this guide

Intended audience

Getting help

Related documentation

Conventions

HP technical support

Planning for installation