Administrator Guide

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.
Set System Information
The Set System Information page allows you to enter Storage Center and storage controller conguration information to use when
connecting to the
Storage Center using Storage Manager.
1. Type a descriptive name for the Storage Center in the Storage Center Name eld.
2. Type the system management IPv4 address for the Storage Center in the Virtual Management IPv4 Address eld.
The management IPv4 address is the IP address used to manage the Storage Center and is dierent from a storage controller
IPv4 address.
3. Type an IPv4 address for the management port of each storage controller.
NOTE: The storage controller IPv4 addresses and management IPv4 address must be within the same subnet.
4. Type the subnet mask of the management network in the Subnet Mask eld.
5. Type the gateway address of the management network in the Gateway IPv4 Address eld.
6. Type the domain name of the management network in the Domain Name eld.
7. Type the DNS server addresses of the management network in the DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server elds.
8. Click Next.
Set Administrator Information
The Set Administrator Information page allows you to set a new password and an email address for the Admin user.
1. Enter a new password for the default Storage Center administrator user in the New Admin Password and Conrm Password
elds.
2. Enter the email address of the default Storage Center administrator user in the Admin Email Address eld.
3. Click Next.
• For a Fibre Channel or SAS storage system, the Conrm Conguration page appears.
• For an iSCSI storage system, the Congure iSCSI Fault Domains page appears.
Conrm the Storage Center Conguration
Make sure that the conguration information shown on the Conrm Conguration page is correct before continuing.
1. Verify that the Storage Center settings are correct.
2. If the conguration information is correct, click Apply Conguration.
If the conguration information is incorrect, click Back and provide the correct information.
NOTE: After you click the Apply Conguration button, the conguration cannot be changed until after the Storage
Center is fully congured.
Initialize the Storage Center
The Storage Center sets up the controller using the information provided on the previous pages.
1. The Storage Center performs system setup tasks. The Initialize 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.
• If the Conguring 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.
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