Install Guide

PS4210 Installation Guide 4 Software Configuration

Afteryoucompletethesoftwareconfiguration,thearraybecomesamemberofagroupandits

diskstorageisavailableforuse.

Using the Setup Utility to Configure the Software

Tousethesetuputilitytoinitializeanarrayandcreateorexpandagroup:

1. Ontheconsoleorterminalemulatorthathastheserialconnectiontothearray,pressthe

Enterkey.

Note: Ifthearraydoesnotrespond,contactyourPSSeriessupportproviderforinformation

onhowtoproceed.

2. Attheloginprompt,entergrpadminforboththeaccount(login)nameandthepassword.

Passwordsdonotappearonthescreen.

3. Whenprompted,enterytostartthesetuputility.

4. Whenprompted,enterthearrayandgroupconfigurationinformationfromCollect

Configuration Information on page 17.PresstheEnterkeytoacceptadefaultvalue.Entera

questionmark(?)togethelp.

Note: TheremaybeashortdelayafterenteringthegroupIPaddressasthearraysearches

thenetwork.

Aftersetupcompletes,youmustsetthemember’sRAIDpolicyinordertousethediskstorage.

GotoSet the Member RAID Policy on page 21.

Thefollowingexampleshowsusingthesetuputilitytoinitializeanarrayandcreateagroup.

EXAMPLE - Using the setup Utility

Password: xxxxxxxx

The setup utility establishes the initial network and storage configuration for a

storage array and then configures the array

as a member or a new or existing group of arrays.

For help, enter a question mark (?) at a prompt.

Welcome to Group Manager

It appears that the storage array has not been configured.

Would you like to configure the array now? (y/n) [n] y

Group Manager Setup Utility

Do you want to proceed (yes | no) [no]? yes

Initializing. This may take several minutes to complete.

Enter the network configuration for the array:

Member name []: member1

Network interface [eth0]: eth0

IP address for network interface []: 192.17.2.41

Netmask [255.255.255.0]:

Default gateway [192.17.2.1]:

Enter the name and IP address of the group that the array will join.

Group name []: group1

Group IP address []: 192.17.2.20