Administrator Guide

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.
Enter Key Management Server Settings
Specify key management server settings, such as hostname and port.
1. In the Hostname eld, type the host name or IP address of the key management server.
2. In the Port eld, type the number of a port with open communication with the key management server.
3. In the Timeout eld, 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.
4. To add alternate key management servers, type the host name or IP address of another key management server in the
Alternate Hostnames area, and then click Add.
5. If the key management server requires a user name to validate the Storage Center certicate, enter the name in the Username
eld.
6. If the key management server requires a password to validate the Storage Center certicate, enter the password in the
Password eld.
7. Click Browse next to the Root CA Certicate. Navigate to the location of the root CA certicate on your computer and select
it.
8. Click Browse next to the certicate elds for the controllers. Navigate to the location of the controller certicates on your
computer and select them.
9. Click Next.
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