Hardware Pre-Installation Information
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7700 Flash Storage Platform Installation Guide 7.6.3.x
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7700 FSP Controller Checklist Information
Ensure that you have read and completed the checklists listed in the Customer Requirements
Document
for Violin 7700 FSP Controllers, and then address the following prerequisites:
Note:
You can also enable callhome and e-mail alert settings for 7700 FSP Controllers. For
details, see
Enabling Callhome and E-mail Alert Setting for Memory Gateways and 7700 FSP
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Ensure that each 7700 FSP Controller has an IP address that can be accessed, from both the
local and remote sites, for management of the 7700 FSP Controllers. This IP address is a
networking requirement that provides access to each 7700 FSP Controller via SSH and
Symphony.
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Ensure that each 7700 FSP Controller has a unique suffix that conforms with the customer
network-naming conventions.
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Ensure that you address the following prerequisites when installing 7700 FSP Controllers:
— If you are using the replication feature, replication is performed between
rep0
port on one
7700 FSP Controller to
rep0
port on another 7700 FSP Controller in a physically separate
stretched cluster via either a local direct SFP+ 10GbE cable connection or via a 10Gb
Ethernet client network switch (and each side of this connection must know the IP address
for the
rep0
port on the corresponding 7700 FSP Controller).
— To properly set up management access, ensure to log in to a 7700 FSP Controller and
provide the required login credentials (user name and password). For details, see
— To properly use licenses to manage 7700 FSP Controllers and other 7700 FSP storage
cluster components using Symphony, ensure that you read and complete the licensing
process. For details, see licenses in the latest version
7700 Flash Storage Platforms
User’s Guide
, and the topic on licenses in the latest version Symphony Help.
Note:
You can also enable callhome and e-mail alert settings for 7700 FSP Controllers. For
details, see
Enabling Callhome and E-mail Alert Setting for Memory Gateways and 7700 FSP
Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Switch Configuration Checklist
All managed components need unique hostname and network IP addresses for use on the client
network. Collect these from the appropriate storage, system, or network administrator before
beginning the configuration for each Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel (FC) switch being deployed.
Gather the following management IP addresses for the two FC switches in your storage network.
This checklist information must be available to complete the switch configuration.
