Install Guide

EqualLogic FS7500 Installation and Setup

1 Before You Begin

Steps for Getting Started

To install the EqualLogic FS7500 hardware and create a NAS service, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you meet the safety, environmental, and other requirements and have all the necessary hardware.

See Preliminary Tasks on page 3.

2. Install the FS7500 Backup Power Supply (BPS) and both FS7500 Controllers in the same rack. See Chapter

2, Hardware Rack Mounting.

3. Connect the BPS and controllers to power. See Chapter 3, Power Connections.

4. Connect the controllers to the networks. See Chapter 4, Network Cable Connections.

5. Use the Group Manager GUI to discover the controllers and configure a NAS service. See Chapter 5, NAS

Service Configuration.

6. Create a NAS file system and optionally create a CIFS share or NFS export. See Chapter 6, NAS Storage

Allocation.

After getting started, see Chapter 7, What to Do Next.

Preliminary Tasks

Perform the following tasks before beginning the installation.

• Read the installation safety precautions. See Installation Safety Recommendations on page 3.

• Learn how to protect sensitive hardware. See Hardware Protection on page 4.

• Make sure the installation meets the environmental requirements. See Environmental Requirements on page

• Unpack the shipping box according to the instructions on the setup poster, and make sure the shipping box

contents are complete. See Shipping Box Contents on page 7.

• Gather the hardware needed for the installation but not provided in the shipping box. See Required Hardware

That Is Not Supplied on page 10.

• Make sure the rack meets the rack requirements. See Rack Requirements on page 11.

• Gather the tools needed for the installation, if any. See Required Tools on page 12.

Installation Safety Recommendations

Follow these safety recommendations:

• Before you install the EqualLogic FS7500 hardware, read and follow the safety instructions packaged with

your system.

• Only individuals with rack mounting experience should install EqualLogic FS7500 hardware in a rack.