Installing And Configuring The Shared Storage System - Dell powervault md3000i Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

Installing and Configuring the Shared Storage System

This section provides information for installing and configuring the shared
storage systems.
Setting up Your Storage Array
The Perform Initial Setup Tasks link located on the Summary tab provides
links to the basic steps you should follow when initially setting up a storage
array in PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager. If you follow these steps,
you can be certain that you have completed all the basic steps to configure
your storage array.
Initial setup tasks include:
1 Blinking the Storage Array — Find the physical location of the storage
array on your network. The storage array can then be identified with
a label.
2 Renaming the Storage Array — Provide a unique and memorable name to
help you easily identify the storage array.
3 Setting a Storage Array Password — Prevent unapproved manipulation of
the storage array, such as deletion of a virtual disk.
4 Setting up Alert Notifications — Enable e-mail and SNMP alerts to notify
administrators about storage array conditions that require attention.
Configure Sender E-mail Settings — Provide the SMTP, e-mail
a
address, and contact information that the PowerVault Modular Disk
Storage Manager uses to send e-mail alerts.
Add or Edit E-mail Addresses — Provide information about accounts
b
that should receive e-mail-based alerts.
Set Up SNMP Alerts — Provide information about hosts that should
c
receive SNMP-based alerts.
5 Configuring iSCSI connections — Set up one or more hosts to access the
storage array. See Configuring iSCSI Connections for more information.
6 Configuring and Manage Virtual Disks — See "Creating Disk Groups and
Virtual Disks" on page 49 for more information.
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