Using The Remote Setup Wizard To Configure The Software; Set The Member Raid Policy; Choose A Configuration Method - Dell EqualLogic PS4100 Installation And Setup Manual

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Saving the configuration ...
Waiting for configuration to become active......Done
Group member member1 now active in the group.
Group group1 has been created with one member.
Use the Group Manager GUI or CLI to set the RAID policy for the member. You can then create a
volume that a host can connect to using an iSCSI initiator.
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Using the Remote Setup Wizard to Configure the Software

The Remote Setup wizard is located on the Host Integration Tools CD-ROM and must be installed on a
Windows computer. The Host Integration Tools User Guide provides detailed information about using the full
capabilities of the Remote Setup Wizard.
To run the Remote Setup Wizard, follow these steps:
1. Use a computer that meets the requirements in
2. Obtain the Host Integration Tools CD-ROM from the shipping box, or download the Host Integration Tools
kit from the support website.
3. Install the Remote Setup Wizard following the instructions in the Host Integration Tools documentation.
4. Start the Remote Setup Wizard by clicking:
Start, Programs, EqualLogic, Remote Setup Wizard
5. In the Welcome dialog box, select
Note: If you cannot contact the array, check the network configuration. You may need to use the
utility to configure the software.
6. Select the array that you want to initialize and click
7. In the Initialize Array dialog box, enter the array configuration from
join an existing group. Then, click
8. In the Create a New Group or Join an Existing Group dialog box, enter the group configuration from
and click .
Next
9. Click to exit the wizard.
Finish
If you added the array to an existing group, you must set the member's RAID policy in order to use the disk
storage. Go to Set the Member RAID Policy on page
If you created a new group, go to

Set the Member RAID Policy

The storage space in a new group member (array) is not available until you configure a RAID policy on the
member.
A RAID policy consists of a RAID level and a spare disk configuration. When you select a RAID policy, the
member's disks are automatically configured with the selected RAID level and the appropriate number of spare
disks.
If you used the Remote Setup Wizard to create a group, the RAID policy for the first member is set according to
your RAID policy selection when configuring the software, and the storage is ready to use. See
Allocation on page 21.
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Choose a Configuration Method on page
Initialize a PS Series array
Next
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Next
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Chapter 5, Storage Allocation.
and click
Next
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Table 6 and choose to create a group or
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Table 7
Storage