IMPORTANT: If you access HP Systems Insight Manager through HTTP over SSL (HTTPS), you must provide the full DNS name for the host to be able to access HP Storage Essentials. For example, you could access HP Systems Insight Manager by using https://mycomputer.domainname.com:50000, but you could not use https://mycomputer:50000. For non-secure connections (HTTP), the full DNS name does not need to be provided.

Table 2 Roadmap for Installation and Initial Configurations

Step

Description

Where to Find

 

 

 

1

Install the management server.

• Microsoft Windows - See ”Installing the

 

 

Management Server on Microsoft

 

 

Windows” on page 7.

 

 

• Linux - See ”Installing the Management

 

 

Server on Linux” on page 59.

 

 

 

2

Perform discovery for switches, NAS

See ”Discovering Switches, Storage Systems,

 

devices, and storage systems. This

NAS Devices, and Tape Libraries” on

 

step requires the management server

page 105.

 

to be connected to the network

 

 

containing the switches, NAS devices,

 

 

and storage systems you want to

 

 

manage.

 

 

 

 

2 Overview