Single node machine preperation:1> HDDNot all HDDs to be in RAID 5Drive 0 to 6 to be in RIAD 5Drive 7 to be in global hot spare.2> Memory:Enable Patrol search on the memory option.3> Enable / Disable adapter option Ram support:Only Enable SAS Controller, rest all disable.4> Operating Modes;Default is custom mode, Enable Performance modeDisable Quite boot5> Disable IPV6 for IMM network, set the network port to auto negotiate6> set date and time7> Make sure boot order is in the format:Legacy onlyCD /DVD RomUSB StorageHard disk 08> Use the recovery method to install a SAP Hana machine (Single node)9> SAP Hana 1.4 machine comes with default 2 bonds, one for GPFS, SAP HANA Private network and other for User interface****** DO not delete the bonds, only modify them as per requirement.Bonds are configured to perform a scale out of the machines, and for single node installations, we need to change the bond config for GPFS and USER network as per the availability of the network ports.This has to be done after the first configuration of the machine, changes to be made in the network config files of the bond.Stand alone node comes with only 2 * 10 GB interfacesCluster node comes with 4 * 10 GB interfaces10> NTP setting is mandatory for GPFS in cluster node setup.11> As we use universal installer for SAP hana system and DB, the password for hana system and DB will be same.DB password can be changed after connecting to the SAP Studio.12> The new SAP Hana setiup requires total 3 binds in the system:a> GPFS Bondb: User Bondc: SAP Hana Private13> Password for SAP Hana should be Alpha Numeric with Upper case and lower case of minimum 8 charecters14> Hostname of the machine cannot be hananode0xx, gpfsnode0xx, as these names are used by SAP HANA private network and GPFS private network.15> GPFS uses both harddisk and FIO. FIO acts as metadata and data for logs and data pool.