Administrator Guide

● For an IPv6 network, type https://fd6e:23ce:fed3:19d1::1 to access controller module A.
4. If the storage system is running G275 firmware, sign in to the PowerVault Manager using the user name manage and
password !manage.
For more information about signing in, see Signing in and signing out on page 14. For more information about using these
options, see Guided setup on page 34.
If the storage system is running G280 firmware:
a. Click Get Started.
b. Read the Commercial Terms of Sale and End User License Agreement (EULA), and click Accept.
c. Specify a new user name and password for the system, and click Apply and Continue.
The user name and password requirements are described in User options on page 42.
The Welcome panel that is displayed provides options to set up and provision your system. For more information about using
these options, see Guided setup on page 34.
NOTE: If you are unable to use the 10.0.0.x network to configure the system, see the Setting network port IP addresses
using the CLI port and serial cable appendix in the Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide.
To manually set up and provision a storage system for the first time:
1. Configure your web browser to access the PowerVault Manager as described in Web browser requirements and setup on
page 11.
2. Temporarily set the management host NIC to a 10.0.0.x address or to the same IPv6 subnet to enable communication with
the storage system.
3. In a supported web browser:
● Type https://10.0.0.2 to access controller module A on an IPv4 network.
● Type https://fd6e:23ce:fed3:19d1::1 to access controller module A on an IPv6 network.
4. If the storage system is running G275 firmware, sign in to the PowerVault Manager using the user name manage and
password !manage.
For more information about signing in, see Signing in and signing out on page 14. For more information about using these
options, see Guided setup on page 34.
If the storage system is running G280 firmware:
a. Click Get Started.
b. Read the Commercial Terms of Sale and End User License Agreement (EULA), and click Accept.
c. Specify a new user name and password for the system, and click Apply and Continue.
The user name and password requirements are described in User options on page 42.
5. Be sure that the controller modules and expansion modules have the latest firmware as described in Updating firmware on
page 159.
6. Configure your system settings as described in Systems Settings panel on page 61.
7. Create disk groups and pools, and add dedicated spares to linear disk groups, as described in Adding a disk group on page
84 and Dedicated spares on page 91.
8. Create volumes and map them to initiators, as described in Create a volume on page 91.
9. From hosts, verify volume mappings by mounting the volumes and performing read/write tests to the volumes.
10. Optionally, for replication of virtual volumes and snapshots, create peer connections and replication sets as described in
Creating a peer connection on page 125, Creating a replication set from the Replications topic on page 127, and Creating a
replication set from the Volumes topic on page 106.
NOTE:
If you are unable to use the 10.0.0.x network to configure the system, see the Setting network port IP addresses
using the CLI port and serial cable appendix in the Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide.
Using the PowerVault Manager interface
Web browser requirements and setup
● The Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Series Storage System uses Mozilla Firefox 57 and newer, Google Chrome 57 and
newer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11, or Apple Safari 10.1 and newer.
Getting started
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