Introduction - NEC D3 Quick Start Manual

Introduction

Thank you for your purchase of the NEC D3-10/D4-30 SAN Storage array. This document provides instructions
that are designed to help experienced IT professionals to install and configure the array as quickly as possible.
Since this document is a Quick Start Guide, the following assumptions have been made:
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Readers have experience with network and storage terminology and configurations.
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Readers have experience with Microsoft Windows™ administration.
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The array will be deployed in a Microsoft Windows environment.
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Expansion options, like an external battery backup unit (BBU), are not currently being installed with this
array.
Throughout this document, the term "base unit" refers to the enclosure containing the array controller modules,
and the term "array" refers to the base unit and any attached disk enclosures collectively. To read about
information not covered in this documentation, please refer to the additional documentation contained on the
CD media that comes with the array.
To review documentation on the Storage Manager CD when Autorun is disabled, navigate to the root directory
of the CD drive and launch Index.HTML. From the browser window, you can navigate to all the documentation
and installation software available for use with the array.
NEC D3/D4 Quick Start Guide
Figure 1. Storage Manager CD Navigation Windows
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