Deployment of the Lenovo Converged HX Series appliances

Lenovo Professional Services personnel and their partners deploy Lenovo Converged HX Series appliances to the best practices. This chapter gives an overview of the considerations, options, and deployment steps involved in installing and building a cluster of the Lenovo Converged HX Series appliances.

Deployment of a cluster requires the following steps:

1. Gathering the prerequisites

2. Installing the appliances

3. Building the network

4. Turning on the appliances

5. Using the Foundation deployment tool

• Gathering the prerequisites
  
• Installing the appliances
  
• Building the network
  
• Turning on the appliances
  
• Using the Foundation deployment tool