Administrator Guide

Deploy the Storage Center
The Storage Center sets up the controller using the information provided on the previous pages.
Steps
1. The Storage Center performs system setup tasks. The Deploy Storage Center page displays the status of these tasks.
To learn more about the initialization process, click More information about Initialization.
● If one or more of the system setup tasks fails, click Troubleshoot Initialization Error to learn how to resolve the issue.
● If the Configuring Disks task fails, click View Disks to see the status of the drives detected by the Storage Center.
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If any of the Storage Center front-end ports are down, the Storage Center Front-End Ports Down dialog box opens.
Select the ports that are not connected to the storage network, then click OK.
2. When all of the Storage Center setup tasks are complete, click Next.
Review Redundant Paths (FC or SAS Front-End Only)
For a Storage Center with Fibre Channel or SAS front-end ports, the Fault Tolerance page displays an example fault domain
topology based on the number of controllers and type of front-end ports. The Review Redundant Paths page displays
information about the fault domains created by the Storage Center.
Steps
1. (Optional) On the Fault Tolerance page, click More information about fault domains to learn more about fault domains.
2. Click Next.
NOTE:
If there are down SAS or Fibre Channel HBA ports, a dialog box appears that allows you to unconfigure down
ports. Unconfiguring the down SAS or Fibre Channel HBA ports will prevent unnecessary alerts.
3. On the Review Redundant Paths page, make sure that all the information about the fault domains is correct.
4. Click Next.
Inherit Settings
Use the Inherit Settings page to copy settings from a Storage Center that is already configured.
Prerequisites
You must be connected through a Data Collector.
Steps
1. Select the Storage Center from which to copy settings.
2. Place a check next to each setting that you want to inherit, or click Select All to inherit all settings.
3. Click Next.
If you chose to inherit time and SMTP settings from another Storage Center, the Time Settings and SMTP Server
Settings pages are skipped in the wizard.
Configure Time Settings
Configure an NTP server to set the time automatically, or set the time and date manually.
Steps
1. From the Region and Time Zone drop-down menus, select the region and time zone used to set the time.
2. Select Use NTP Server and type the host name or IPv4 address of the NTP server, or select Set Current Time and set
the time and date manually.
3. Click Next.
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