Administrator Guide
Create a Disk Folder
Create a disk folder to manage unassigned disks.
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.
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 rst controller has an IPv6 address set and the Storage Center supports IPv6, type the IPv6 address and IPv6 subnet prex 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.
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.
• If the Conguring 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.
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