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Before you begin the deployment, the system administrator or Dell Professional Services (PS) member must complete the following requirements.
Table 1. Prechecklist
Status | Deployment prerequisites |
□ | The completed pre-engagement questionnaire (PEQ) is copied. |
□ | When the IP addresses for the PowerProtect DP Series Appliance components are reserved, the IP addresses to the hostnames in the DNS server are assigned. Ensure that the hostnames that are assigned to the point products are in lower case and do not have underscores (_) or @ characters, which would cause the configuration to fail. |
□ | During the appliance configuration, the DNS server settings are configured properly. After you configure the hostname and domain name of the point products, you cannot modify the settings. You can modify the DNS server IP address on the point products after the appliance is configured. Ensure that the new DNS server has the same hostname and domain names that are associated with the corresponding point product IP addresses. For more information about modifying the DNS server IP address, see the KB article PowerProtect DP Series Appliance: How to change DNS entries in a deployed PowerProtect DP Series Appliance (537628). |
□ | The Network Validation Tool (NVT) is installed. Ensure that the NVT runs successfully without errors before you schedule the onsite visit of a PS engineer. |
□ | The required cables and SFP/QSFP are available according to the customer uplink requirement. |
□ | The engineer is aware of the customer’s uplink-related configuration of the PowerProtect DP Series Appliance and Dell switch. You must provide the switch configuration file to the PS engineer before the onsite visit. |
□ | All required licenses (Data Domain, Data Protection Advisor, and Protection Software) are present with the customer before the PS engineer visit. |
□ | Power requirements for the PowerProtect DP Series Appliance rack are in place. |
□ | The following cables are present:
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□ | The Putty application is installed on the PS engineer’s laptop. |
□ | The WinSCP application is installed on the PS engineer’s laptop. |
□ | The required network and firewall ports for installing PowerProtect DP Series Appliance are open on the customer network. For more information, see the network ports content in the PowerProtect DP Series Appliance Security Configuration Guide. |