Administrator Guide
Discover and Congure Uninitialized SC5020 and SC7020 Storage
Centers
When setting up the system, use the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard to nd new SC5020, SC5020F,
SC7020, or SC7020F Storage Centers. The wizard helps set up a Storage Center to make it ready for volume creation.
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 .
The Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard appears.
Discover and Select an Uninitialized Storage Center
The rst page of the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard provides a list of prerequisite actions and
information required before setting up a Storage Center.
Prerequisites
• The host server, on which the Storage Manager software is installed, must be on the same subnet or VLAN as the Storage
Center.
• Temporarily disable any rewall on the host server that is running the Storage Manager.
• Layer 2 multicast must be allowed on the network.
• Make sure that IGMP snooping is disabled on the switch ports connected to the Storage Center.
Steps
1. Make sure that you have the required information that is listed on the rst page of the wizard. This information is needed to
congure the Storage Center.
2. Click Next. The Select a Storage Center to Initialize page appears and lists the uninitialized Storage Centers discovered by the
wizard.
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