Chapter 1 - Overview
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Note:
See Table 2.5 for a complete list of the 7700 FSP cluster system cable connections using
this label abbreviation format.
Create host and device names in the 7700 FSP cluster based on your own network naming
conventions, and assign them to the 7700 FSP components. Violin provides device and cable
references in this guide that are meant to serve only as guidelines in identifying components.
7700 Flash Storage Platform Setup and
Configuration
This section provides an overview of the process for installing, setting up, configuring, and
connecting a new 7700 Flash Storage Platform system.
Setup and Configuration Tasks
The 7700 Flash Storage Platform setup and configuration process includes the following sections
and related tasks, which should be performed in the order listed below:
Hardware Pre-Installation Information
Before you attempt to install any of the 7700 Flash Storage Platform storage cluster hardware, you
must collect all of the necessary management and site-related information listed in the Customer
Requirements Documents from Violin Systems.
Violin Systems recommends using the Customer Requirements Documents to capture the
customer network deployment site environment as the first step in the installation process leading
to a successful installation. You must complete this effort prior to the start of the actual installation.
Customer Requirement Documents serve as a series of information gathering checklists that you
need to complete and provide to the customer during the initial installation planning stage of the
deployment process. The checklists in the Customer Requirement Documents are used to define
and plan the execution of the on-site installation as well as define the completion criteria.
Customer Requirement Document checklists cover the following installation and site-specific
information that help ensure a successful installation and remove unnecessary delays:
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Environment requirements
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Firewall ports
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Network equipment information (including IP addresses for all Violin products to be installed)
Task 1:
Hardware Pre-Installation Information
Task 2:
Task 3:
Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel Switches
Task 4:
Connecting 7700 FSP Cluster Storage Devices
Task 5: