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Connecting ProLiant BL p-Class Server Blades to a Third-Party SAN 2nd Edition - Howto

Overview This paper provides general procedures for connecting HP BladeSystem p-Class server blades, including the ProLiant BL20p G2, BL20p G3, BL30p and BL40p server blades, to third-party Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs). The paper provides a procedure that utilizes both ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) and Integrated Lights-Out (iLO).

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Hewlett-Packard	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	November 2004	Downloads	591
Format	White Papers
Topics	SANs, Blades, Storage Management

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