Enter the System Manager password for the admin role in the S S e e t t A A d d m m i i n n i i s s t t r r a a t t o o r r P P a a s s s s w w o o r r d d and

C C o o n n f f i i r r m m P P a a s s s s w w o o r r d d fields, then select the Set Password button. Log out, then log back in to

System Manager with the admin credentials.

When you open System Manager and no pools, volumes groups, workloads, or notifications have

been configured, the Setup wizard launches.

Step 3.

Use the Setup wizard to perform the following tasks:

• Verify hardware (controllers and drives) – Verify the number of controllers and drives in the

storage array. Assign a name to the array.

• Verify hosts and operating systems – Verify the host and operating system types that the

storage array can access.

• Accept pools – Accept the recommended pool configuration for the express installation

method. A pool is a logical group of drives.

• Configure alerts – Allow System Manager to receive automatic notifications when a problem

occurs with the storage array.

• Enable AutoSupport – Automatically monitor the health of your storage array and have

dispatches sent to technical support.

Step 4.

If you have not already created a volume, create one by going to Storage ➙ Volumes ➙ Create ➙

Volume.For more information, see the online help for ThinkSystem System Manager.

Configure the multipath software

Multipath software provides a redundant path to the storage array in case one of the physical paths is

disrupted. The multipath software presents the operating system with a single virtual device that represents

the active physical paths to the storage. The multipath software also manages the failover process that

updates the virtual device. You use the device mapper multipath (DM-MP) tool for Linux installations.

Before you begin

You have installed the required packages on your system.

• For Red Hat (RHEL) hosts, verify the packages are installed by running r r p p m m - - q q d d e e v v i i c c e e - - m m a a p p p p e e r r - -

m m u u l l t t i i p p a a t t h h .

• For SLES hosts, verify the packages are installed by running r r p p m m - - q q m m u u l l t t i i p p a a t t h h - - t t o o o o l l s s .

By default, DM-MP is disabled in RHEL and SLES. Complete the following steps to enable DM-MP

components on the host.

If you have not already installed the operating system, use the media supplied by your operating system

vendor.

If a multipath.conf file is not already created, run the # # t t o o u u c c h h / / e e t t c c / / m m u u l l t t i i p p a a t t h h . . c c o o n n f f command.

Step 1.

Use the default multipath settings by leaving the multipath.conf file blank.

Step 2.

Step 3.

Start the multipath service.

# systemctl start multipathd

Step 4.

Configure multipath for startup persistence.

# chkconfig multipathd on

Step 5.

Save your kernel version by running the u u n n a a m m e e - - r r command.

# uname -r