Administrator Guide
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers
Wizard from the Storage Manager Client
Open the wizard from the Storage Manager Client to discover and congure a Storage Center.
Prerequisites
• The Storage Manager Client must be running on a system with a 64-bit operating system.
• The 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 .
The Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard opens.
Select a Storage Center to Initialize
The next page of the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard provides a list of uninitialized Storage Centers discovered
by the wizard.
1 Select the Storage Center to initialize.
2 (Optional) To blink the indicator light for the selected Storage Center, click Enable Storage Center Indicator. You can use the
indicator light to verify that you have selected the correct
Storage Center.
3 Click Next.
4 If the Storage Center is partially congured, the Storage Center login pane is displayed. Type the management IPv4 address and the
password for the Storage Center Admin user, then click Next to continue.
Deploy the Storage Center Using the Direct Connect Method
Use the direct connect method to manually deploy the Storage Center when it is not discoverable.
1 Use an Ethernet cable to connect the computer running the Storage Manager Client to the management port of the top controller.
2 Cable the bottom controller to the management network switch.
3 Click Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers. The Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard
opens.
4 Fill out the information on the initial conguration pages and stop when the Conrm Conguration page is displayed.
5 At this point, recable the management port of the top controller to the management network.
6 Connect the computer to the same subnet or VLAN as the Storage Center.
a Click Next.
b If the cable is not properly connected or the host cannot access the controller, an Error setting up connection message is
displayed. Correct the connection, and click OK.
c If the deployment wizard is closed, click Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers to relaunch the deployment
wizard.
d Type Admin in the User Name eld, type the password entered on the Set Administrator Information page in the Password
eld, and click Next.
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