Install Guide

Prompt Description
Defaultgateway
(optional)
Networkaddressforthedeviceusedtoconnectsubnetsandforward
networktrafficbeyondthelocalnetwork.Adefaultgatewayisneededonly
ifyouwantthearraynetworkinterfacetocommunicateoutsidethelocal
network(forexample,toallowaccesstovolumesfromcomputersoutside
thelocalnetwork).
Thedefaultgatewaymustbeonthesamesubnetasthearraynetwork
interface.
RAIDpolicy RAIDlevelandsparedriveconfigurationforthearray.Theactualnumber
ofRAIDsetsandsparedrivesdependsonthenumberofdrivesinthearray.
• RAID6–Distributeddual-paritysets.
• RAID10–StripingontopofmultipleRAID1(mirrored)sets.
• RAID50–StripingontopofmultipleRAID5(distributed-parity)sets.
EachRAID5setusesonedrive'sworthofspaceforparity.
• RAID5–Distributed-paritysets.RAID5—[NotRecommended]One
RAID5set,withonesparedisk.RAID5issimilartoRAID50,with
morecapacity(twoadditionaldisks)butloweravailabilityand
performance.
Note:ToconfigureRAID50withdriveslargerthan3TB,orRAID5
withdrivesofanysize,youmustusetheGroupManagerCLI.
Table 7: Group Configuration Information
Prompt Description
Groupname
Uniquenamethatidentifiesthegroup(54orfewerletters,numbers,or
hyphens).Thefirstcharactermustbealetterornumber.
GroupIPaddress
Networkaddressforthegroup.ThegroupIPaddressisusedforgroup
administrationandcomputeraccesstodatastoredinthegroup.
Passwordforadding
memberstoagroup
Passwordrequiredwhenaddingmemberstoagroup.Thepasswordmusthave
3to16lettersornumbersandiscase-sensitive.
Passwordforthe
grpadminaccount
Passwordthatwilloverridethefactory-setgroupadministrationpassword
(grpadmin)forthegrpadminaccount.Thepasswordmusthave3to16letters
ornumbersandiscase-sensitive.
Requiredonlywhencreatinganewgroup.
Microsoftservice
usernameand
password(optional)
CHAPusernameandpasswordusedtoenableMicrosoftservicesuchasVSS
(VolumeShadowCopyService)orVDS(VirtualDiskService)accesstothe
group.Theusernamemusthave3to63alphanumericcharacters.The
passwordmusthave12to16alphanumericcharacters,andiscase-sensitive.
Microsoftservicesrunningonacomputermustbeallowedaccesstothegroup
inordertocreateVSSsnapshotsinthegrouporuseVDS.
ApplicableonlywhencreatingagroupwiththeRemoteSetupwizard.
Start the Software Configuration
UsethesetuputilityortheRemoteSetupwizardtoinitializethearrayandeithercreateagroup
withthearrayasthefirstgroupmemberoraddthearraytoanexistinggroup.
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