Administrator Guide

Create a Disk Folder
Create a disk folder to manage unassigned disks.
Steps
1. Type a name for the disk folder.
2. (Optional) To create a secure disk folder, select the Create as a Secure Data Folder checkbox.
NOTE: This option is available only if all drives support Secure Data.
3. Click Change to open a dialog box for selecting the disks to assign to the folder.
4. Click Next.
The Create Storage Type page opens.
5. Select the redundancy level from the drop-down menu for each disk tier.
6. (Optional) Select the datapage size from the Datapage Size drop-down menu.
7. Click Next.
The Add Controller page opens.
Deploy the Storage Center – Add a Controller
In a dual-controller storage system, the wizard prompts you to add the second controller.
Steps
1. Select Add Second Controller.
2. Type a serial number for the second controller.
3. Type the IPv4 address and eth1 IPv4 address of the second controller.
4. If the first controller has an IPv6 address set and the Storage Center supports IPv6, type the IPv6 address and IPv6 subnet
prefix of the second controller.
5. Click Next. The Set System Information page opens.
Deploy the Storage Center
The Storage Center sets up the controller using the information provided on the previous pages.
Steps
1. The Storage Center performs system setup tasks. The Deploy Storage Center page displays the status of these tasks.
To learn more about the initialization process, click More information about Initialization.
● If one or more of the system setup tasks fails, click Troubleshoot Initialization Error to learn how to resolve the issue.
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If the Configuring Disks task fails, click View Disks to see the status of the drives detected by the Storage Center.
● If any of the Storage Center front-end ports are down, the Storage Center Front-End Ports Down dialog box opens.
Select the ports that are not connected to the storage network, then click OK.
2. When all of the Storage Center setup tasks are complete, click Next.
Enter Key Management Server Settings
Specify key management server settings, such as hostname and port.
Steps
1. In the Hostname field, type the host name or IP address of the key management server.
2. In the Port field, type the number of a port with open communication with the key management server.
3. In the Timeout field, type the amount of time in seconds after which the Storage Center should stop attempting to
reconnect to the key management server after a failure.
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