Hitachi Compute Blade 2000, User Manual

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Backing up system equipment settings
System equipment stores various system settings and user settings. To avoid losing
your settings in case of a failure, Hitachi Data Systems recommends that you back
up the settings to the auxiliary storage, such as Network Attached Storage (NAS)
and so on) using the backup command when you change the settings.
Concerning back up, perform the following:

Back up the SVP configuration on the management module
Back up the settings according to “Backing up the Management Module
Settings”
in Chapter 6”.

Back up the setup data of the host bus adapter (HBA) basic input/output system
(BIOS).
Back up the settings according to the procedure in the
Hitachi Gigabit Fibre
Channel Board User's Guide (Utility Software Edition)
.

Back up the BIOS settings of the server blade
Write down the changed BIOS settings.

Back up the settings of the local area network (LAN) switch module
Back up the settings according to the procedure in the manual that came
with the LAN switch.

Back up the RAID settings
Write down the changed settings.

Back up the settings of the Fibre-channel switch module
Back up the settings according to the procedure in the user’s guide in the CD
Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 Fibre Channel Switch Accessory CD (EN)
that
came with the Fibre-channel switch module.