Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, click Storage Centers.
3. In the Summary tab, click Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers .
The Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard opens.
Select a Storage Center to Initialize
The next page of the Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard provides a list of uninitialized Storage Centers
discovered by the wizard.
Steps
1. Select the Storage Center to initialize.
2. (Optional) To blink the indicator light for the selected Storage Center, click Enable Storage Center Indicator. You can use
the indicator light to verify that you have selected the correct Storage Center.
3. Click Next.
4. If the Storage Center is partially configured, the Storage Center login pane is displayed. Type the management IPv4 address
and the password for the Storage Center Admin user, then click Next to continue.
Deploy the Storage Center Using the Direct Connect Method
Use the direct connect method to manually deploy the Storage Center when it is not discoverable.
Steps
1. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the computer running the Storage Manager Client to the management port of the top
controller.
2. Cable the bottom controller to the management network switch.
3. Click Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers. The Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage
Centers wizard opens.
4. Fill out the information on the initial configuration pages and stop when the Confirm Configuration page is displayed.
5. At this point, recable the management port of the top controller to the management network.
6. Connect the computer to the same subnet or VLAN as the Storage Center.
a. Click Next.
b. If the cable is not properly connected or the host cannot access the controller, an Error setting up connection
message is displayed. Correct the connection, and click OK.
c. If the deployment wizard is closed, click Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers to relaunch the
deployment wizard.
d. Type Admin in the User Name field, type the password entered on the Set Administrator Information page in the
Password field, and 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. 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 from a storage
controller IPv4 address.
3. 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.
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