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32 Restoring an appliance from a backup file............................................263
32.1 Roles.......................................................................................................................263
32.2 About restoring the appliance....................................................................................263
32.3 Best practices for restoring an appliance.....................................................................265
32.4 Restore an appliance from a backup file......................................................................265
32.5 Using REST APIs to restore an appliance from a backup file............................................267
32.6 Creating a custom script to restore an appliance..........................................................267
32.7 Post-restoration tasks.................................................................................................267
33 Support and other resources..................................................................269
33.1 Gather information before contacting an authorized support representative...........................269
33.2 How to contact HP........................................................................................................269
33.3 Get connected to the HP OneView online user forum.........................................................269
33.4 Software technical support and software updates..............................................................269
33.4.1 Registering for software technical support.................................................................269
33.4.2 Using your software technical support and update service..........................................270
33.4.3 Obtaining HP OneView software and firmware updates.............................................270
33.4.4 Obtaining software and drivers for HP ProLiant products.............................................270
33.4.5 Warranty.............................................................................................................270
33.5 Related information.......................................................................................................270
33.5.1 Product bulletins and Quick Specs for all HP products.................................................270
33.5.2 HP OneView documentation and websites................................................................271
33.5.3 Enclosure, iLO, and server hardware documentation and websites...............................271
33.5.4 HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage documentation and websites............................................271
33.5.5 HP Virtual Connect documentation and websites........................................................272
33.5.6 Finding documents on the HP Support Center website................................................272
33.6 Submit documentation feedback.....................................................................................272
A Step by step: Configuring an example data center using HP OneView..........273
A.1 Tasks you can perform without data center hardware...........................................................273
A.2 Information about the sample data center..........................................................................273
A.2.1 Sample data center hardware...................................................................................273
A.2.2 Data center networks...............................................................................................276
A.2.2.1 Fibre Channel networks....................................................................................276
A.2.2.2 Ethernet Networks...........................................................................................277
A.3 Planning the configuration...............................................................................................278
A.3.1 Planning for installation of the appliance....................................................................278
A.3.2 Planning for network sets.........................................................................................279
A.3.3 Planning for users and roles.....................................................................................279
A.3.4 Planning resource names.........................................................................................280
A.4 Installing the appliance...................................................................................................280
A.5 Provisioning eight host servers for VMware vSphere Auto Deploy..........................................280
A.5.1 Workflow...............................................................................................................280
A.5.2 Downloading the latest firmware bundle and adding it to the appliance........................281
A.5.3 Configuring the networks and network sets.................................................................281
A.5.3.1 Configuring the Fibre Channel SAN networks......................................................281
A.5.3.2 Configuring the Ethernet networks......................................................................282
A.5.3.3 Configuring the network sets.............................................................................284
A.5.4 Creating a logical interconnect group and its uplink sets..............................................286
A.5.4.1 Creating a logical interconnect group for enclosure 1...........................................286
A.5.4.2 Creating a logical interconnect group for enclosure 2..........................................290
A.5.5 Creating an enclosure group for enclosure 1..............................................................293
A.5.6 Adding enclosure 1.................................................................................................293
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