Administrator Guide
NOTE: If the wizard does not discover the Storage Center that you want to initialize, perform one of the following
actions:
• Make sure that the Storage Center hardware is physically attached to all necessary networks.
• Click Rediscover.
• Click Troubleshoot Storage Center Hardware Issue to learn more about reasons why the Storage Center is not
discoverable.
• Follow the steps in Deploy the Storage Center Using the Direct Connect Method.
3. Select the Storage Center to initialize.
4. (Optional) Click Enable Storage Center Indicator to turn on the indicator light for the selected Storage Center. You can use the
indicator to verify that you have selected the correct Storage Center.
5. Click Next.
6. If the Storage Center is partially congured, the Storage Center login pane appears. Enter the management IPv4 address and
the Admin password for the Storage Center, 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 Center System Manager 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 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.
Set System Information
The Set System Information page allows you to enter Storage Center and storage controller conguration 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 dierent 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.
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