Administrator Guide

Customer Installation Authorization

If the storage system is running Storage Center 7.3 or later, customer authorization is required.

Steps

1. Type the customer name and title.

2. Click Next.

Set System Information

The Set System Information page allows you to enter Storage Center and storage controller configuration information to use when

connecting to the Storage Center using Storage Manager.

Steps

1. Type a descriptive name for the Storage Center in the Storage Center Name field.

2. If the storage system is running Storage Center 7.3 or later, select the network configuration option from the Network

Configuration Source drop-down menu.

• DHCP IPv4 – Selected by default. IP addresses will be discovered and assigned.

• Static – Enter static IP addresses manually.

3. If the network configuration source is set to Static:

a) Type the system management IPv4 address for the Storage Center in the Virtual Management IPv4 Address field.

The management IPv4 address is the IP address used to manage the Storage Center and is different than a storage controller IPv4

address.

b) Type an IPv4 address for the management port of each storage controller.

NOTE: The storage controller IPv4 addresses and management IPv4 address must be within the same subnet.

c) Type the subnet mask of the management network in the Subnet Mask field.

d) Type the gateway address of the management network in the Gateway IPv4 Address field.

e) Type the domain name of the management network in the Domain Name field.

f) Type the DNS server addresses of the management network in the DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server fields.

4. Click Next.

Set Administrator Information

The Set Administrator Information page allows you to set a new password and an email address for the Admin user.

Steps

1. Enter a new password for the default Storage Center administrator user in the New Admin Password and Confirm Password

fields.

2. Enter the email address of the default Storage Center administrator user in the Admin Email Address field.

3. Click Next.

• For a Fibre Channel or SAS storage system, the Confirm Configuration page appears.

• For an iSCSI storage system, the Configure iSCSI Fault Domains page appears.

Confirm the Storage Center Configuration

Make sure that the configuration information shown on the Confirm Configuration page is correct before continuing. If you selected DHCP

IPv4 as the network configuration source, the dynamically assigned IP addresses are displayed on this page.

Steps

1. Verify that the Storage Center settings are correct.

2. If the configuration information is correct, click Apply Configuration.

If the configuration information is incorrect, click Back and provide the correct information.

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