Administrator Guide
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
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.
NOTE
: Make sure that you are running the latest version of the Dell Storage Manager Client.
Open the wizard from the Storage Manager Client welcome screen or from the Storage Manager Client.
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers
Wizard From the 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 Storage Manager Client must be run using Windows Administrator privileges.
Steps
1 Open the Storage Manager Client welcome screen.
2 Click Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers.
The Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard opens.
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