Install Guide

Contents
About This Guide............................................................................................................... 5
How to Find Information.....................................................................................................................................................5
Contacting Dell...................................................................................................................................................................5
Revision History..................................................................................................................................................................5
Audience............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Related Publications........................................................................................................................................................... 5
Storage Manager Documents.......................................................................................................................................5
Storage Center Documents.......................................................................................................................................... 6
FluidFS Cluster Documents.......................................................................................................................................... 6
Dell TechCenter............................................................................................................................................................ 7
1 Introduction to Storage Manager.....................................................................................9
Storage Manager Components...........................................................................................................................................9
Management Compatibility.................................................................................................................................................9
Software and Hardware Requirements..............................................................................................................................10
Data Collector Requirements.......................................................................................................................................10
Dell Storage Manager Virtual Appliance Requirements.................................................................................................11
Dell Storage Manager Client Requirements..................................................................................................................11
Server Agent Requirements........................................................................................................................................ 12
Default Ports Used by Storage Manager...........................................................................................................................12
Data Collector Ports....................................................................................................................................................13
Dell Storage Manager Client Ports.............................................................................................................................. 14
Server Agent Ports..................................................................................................................................................... 14
IPv6 Support.....................................................................................................................................................................14
2 Planning and Preparation...............................................................................................15
Choose a Data Storage Method........................................................................................................................................15
Gather Required Installation Information........................................................................................................................... 15
Record Database Information......................................................................................................................................15
Prepare the Database....................................................................................................................................................... 16
Prepare a Microsoft SQL Server Database..................................................................................................................16
Prepare a MySQL Database........................................................................................................................................ 17
3 Installing and Conguring the Data Collector................................................................. 19
Install the Data Collector................................................................................................................................................... 19
Congure the Data Collector.............................................................................................................................................19
4 Installing and Conguring the Dell Storage Manager Virtual Appliance..........................23
Virtual Appliance Requirements for vSphere.....................................................................................................................23
Deploying the Dell Storage Manager Virtual Appliance..................................................................................................... 23
Deploy the Virtual Appliance.......................................................................................................................................23
Conguring the Dell Storage Manager Virtual Appliance...................................................................................................24
Set Up the Virtual Appliance.......................................................................................................................................24
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