There are several things to consider, decisions to make, and data to collect to ensure that your fabric meets your needs. It is best to begin this planning as early as possible—prior to the system arriving at your site, and in some cases even prior to ordering the system.
Understanding the network environment and making some decisions about how to enable communications within the environment so that you can utilize your fabric effectively | |
Overview of the installation, configuration, and upgrade process | |
Planning the partitions on your enterprise partition platform | |
Options for synchronizing time on the enterprise partition platforms in your fabric | |
Backing up your files and settings so that you can quickly restore them in case of a catastrophic failure |