Administrator Guide

Select a Storage Center to Initialize

The next page of the Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard provides a list of uninitialized Storage Centers

discovered by the wizard.

Steps

1. Select the Storage Center to initialize.

2. (Optional) To blink the indicator light for the selected Storage Center, click Enable Storage Center Indicator. You can use the

indicator light to verify that you have selected the correct Storage Center.

3. Click Next.

4. If the Storage Center is partially configured, the Storage Center login pane is displayed. Type the management IPv4 address and the

password for the Storage Center Admin user, 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.

Steps

1. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the computer running the Storage Manager Client to the management port of the top controller.

2. Cable the bottom controller to the management network switch.

3. Click Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers. The Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers

wizard opens.

4. Fill out the information on the initial configuration pages and stop when the Confirm Configuration 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 Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers to relaunch the deployment

wizard.

d) Type Admin in the User Name field, type the password entered on the Set Administrator Information page in the Password field,

and click Next.

Set System Information

The Set System Information page allows you to enter Storage Center and storage controller configuration information to use when

connecting to the Storage Center using Storage Manager.

Steps

1. Type a descriptive name for the Storage Center in the Storage Center Name field.

2. Type the system management IPv4 address for the Storage Center in the Virtual Management IPv4 Address field.

The management IPv4 address is the IP address used to manage the Storage Center and is different 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 field.

5. Type the gateway address of the management network in the Gateway IPv4 Address field.

6. Type the domain name of the management network in the Domain Name field.

7. Type the DNS server addresses of the management network in the DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server fields.

8. Click Next.

Storage Center Deployment