Administrator Guide

IPMI Support for NAS Appliances
The Dell NAS appliances include Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) cards. Storage Manager communicates with the IPMI
card to retrieve fan speed, temperature, voltage, and power supply information. The IPMI card also allows Storage Manager to clear the
System Event Log (SEL), power off the server, and reset the server.
The IPMI card must be properly configured to allow Storage Manager to communicate with it. For IPMI configuration, see the
documentation for your NAS product:
Product Documentation
Dell NAS Server
• Storage Center NAS Storage Solution Setup Guide
• Storage Center NAS Storage Solution User Guide
Registering Servers with Storage Manager
Register a physical or virtual server with Storage Manager to streamline the storage provisioning process.
Register a Windows-Based Server
Register the Storage Manager Server Agent on a Windows server to manage it on the Servers view.
Prerequisites
The Storage Manager Server Agent must be installed and running on the server.
Steps
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select the Servers folder in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Register Server and select Add Windows Server Agent. The Register Server dialog box appears.
4. Enter the host name or IP address of a Windows server in the Host or IP Address field.
NOTE:
If the server is a member of a server cluster, enter the host name or IP address of a server, not a server
cluster.
5. Enter the port number of the socket listening port on the Server Agent in the Port field.
6. Configure automatic management settings for the Storage Center(s) to which the server is connected.
• To automatically create and manage the server on the Storage Center(s), select the Auto Manage Storage Centers check box.
• To automatically create and manage virtual machines hosted by the server on the Storage Center(s), select Auto Manage Virtual
Machines On Storage Centers.
NOTE:
If the server has physical iSCSI HBAs, Storage Manager may not automatically recognize the WWNs for
the server. In this situation, configure the iSCSI HBA(s) to target the Storage Center, create a server on the
Storage Center, then manually map the Storage Center server to the Server Agent.
7. Select a parent folder for the server in the Folder navigation tree.
8. Click OK.
Related concepts
Install and Register the Server Agent
Manually Mapping a Windows Server to a Storage Center Server
Register a VMware vCenter Server
Register a VMware vCenter Server to manage it on the Servers view.
Steps
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Select the Servers folder in the Servers pane.
3. In the right pane, click Register Server and select Add VMware vCenter Server.
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