There are two options available to manage a new HP 3Par StoreServ, the physical Service Processor and the Virtual Service Processor. In this guide, I will cover the initial setup for both, and review how to setup the StoreServ after the Service Processor is configured.
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Bare-Metal Deployment Part 3: HP StoreVirtual VSA 2014 & D2200sb configuration for vCenter 5.5
In this portion, I will go over the procedure of adding HP StoreVirtual VSA 2014 to a vCenter HA cluster and how to allocate shared datastores to the server cluster.
HP StoreVirtual VSA paired with the D2200sb storage blade is an interesting technology. It is a relitevely inexpensive shared storage option for blade servers Continue Reading
Bare-Metal Deployment Part 2: HP Virtual Connect Shared Uplink Set Configuration with HP 5900AF and vSphere 5.5
In this section of the project, I will configure the Shared Uplink Sets on the Virtual Connect Manager, create LACP groups on the HP 5900AF and add the new uplinks to our VMware vSphere 5.5 Distributed Switch. I also include a short brief on setting up LAGs in the vSphere Web Client. Continue Reading
Bare-Metal Deployment Part 1: HP 5900AF initial setup & IRF configuration
For a complex project with many moving pieces, finding the right place to start can be difficult. We want to make sure we have a good foundation so that there will be less stress as we continue to add components. In order to accomplish this, I chose to start with the configuration of the Top-of-Rack HP 5900AF switches.