Administrator Guide
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Storage Center Deployment
Use the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers or Congure Storage Center wizard to set up a Storage Center to
make it ready for volume creation and storage management. After conguring a Storage Center, you can set up a localhost, or a
VMware vSphere or vCenter host.
Supported Operating Systems for Storage Center Automated Setup
Setting up a Storage Center requires 64-bit versions of the following operating systems:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
• SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 or later
• Windows Server 2008 R2 or later
Discover and Congure Uninitialized SCv2000 Series Storage Centers
(iSCSI)
When setting up the system, use the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard to nd new SCv2000 series
Storage Centers. The wizard helps set up a Storage Center to make it ready for volume creation.
Open the wizard from the Dell Storage Manager Client welcome screen or from the Dell Storage Manager Client.
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers Wizard From the Dell Storage
Manager Client Welcome Screen
Open the wizard directly from the welcome screen to discover and congure a Storage Center.
Prerequisites
• Client must be running on a system with a 64-bit operating system.
• The Dell Storage Manager Client must be run using Windows Administrator privileges.
Steps
1. Open the Dell Storage Manager Client welcome screen.
2. Click Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers.
The Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard opens.
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers Wizard from the Dell Storage
Manager Client
Open the wizard from the Dell Storage Manager Client to discover and congure a Storage Center.
Prerequisites
• The Dell Storage Manager Client must be running on a system with a 64-bit operating system.
• The Dell Storage Manager Client must be run using Windows Administrator privileges.
• The client must be connected to a Storage Manager Data Collector.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, click Storage Centers.
3. In the Summary tab, click Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers .
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