Deployment Guide

NOTE: If the wizard does not discover the Storage Center that you want to configure, perform the following actions:

• Make sure that the Storage Center hardware is physically attached to all necessary networks.

• Click (Refresh) to rediscover the unconfigured Storage Centers.

Welcome to the Storage Center

Use the Welcome page to specify a name for the Storage Center and view the End User License Agreement.

Steps

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

2. Verify that the service tag or serial number that are displayed on the Welcome page match the Storage Center to initialize.

3. Select the language of the End User License Agreement to view from the drop-down menu, and click Terms of Use to open the

agreement.

4. Click Next.

Discover Storage Centers

Use the Discover Storage Centers page to select the Storage Center to initialize. This page appears only when you are connected to a

Data Collector.

Steps

(Optional) To refresh the list of unconfigured Storage Centers, click (Refresh).

2. Select the Storage Center to initialize.

3. (Optional) To blink the indicator light on the front of the selected Storage Center, click Enable Indicator Light.

You can use the indicator light to visually verify that you have selected the correct Storage Center.

4. To view the drives detected by the selected Storage Center, click View Disks.

5. If the selected Storage Center is partially initialized and security is enabled:

a) Click Provide Password.

The Provide Password dialog box opens.

b) Type the password for the Storage Center Admin user in the Password field.

NOTE: The default password for the Storage Center Admin user is mmm.

6. Click Next.

Configure the Management Network Settings

Use the Management Network page to configure the management network settings for the Storage Center.

Steps

1. Select how to configure the management network from the Network Configuration Source drop-down menu.

• DHCP IPv4 Only – IP addresses are dynamically assigned.

• Static – IP addresses must be specified manually.

2. If the network configuration source is set to Static, specify the management network settings in the following fields:

Management IPv4 Settings

a) Type the IPv4 management address for the Storage Center in the Virtual Address field.

The IPv4 management address is the IP address that is used to manage the Storage Center and it is different than the IPv4

management address of the storage controllers.

b) Type a IPv4 management address for each storage controller in the associated fields.

c) Type the IPv4 subnet mask of the management network in the Subnet Mask field.

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

(Optional) Management IPv6 Settings

a) Type the IPv6 management address for the Storage Center in the Virtual Address field.

The IPv6 management address is the IP address that is used to manage the Storage Center and it is different than the IPv6

management address of the storage controllers.

Deploy the Storage Center