Prepare The Network Environment; Environment - Dell EMC IDPA DP4400 Getting Started Manual

Setting up the IDPA Appliance

Prepare the network environment

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Before you begin
You must have a computer at the install location with:
A power adapter, C13 to NEMA 5–15 (if based in North America or country
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specific cord in other geographical locations), or a power cord for your laptop
power adapter with a C13 plug, to power your laptop from a rack PDU
An Ethernet port
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Latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
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Note
Ensure that ICMP (ping) is enabled in the customer environment during IDPA
installation.
The following steps must be completed before starting initial configuration with the
Appliance Configuration Manager:
Procedure
1. Identify 13 unassigned IP addresses for the IDPA components. To simplify
configuration, select a range of 13 contiguous addresses.
Note that all components must run on a single VLAN or subnet with the
exception of the iDRAC interface, which can be on a separate subnet or VLAN.
For further information about IP addresses, see
on page 9.
Note
The DP4400 installation requires IP addresses strictly from a single subnet
having a single gateway.
2. Register the 13 IP addresses in DNS with forward and reverse lookup entries for
each address. Ensure that the router for the 13 IP addresses can be pinged.
Note
When you reserve the IP addresses, you must assign the IP addresses to the
hostnames in the DNS server. Ensure that the hostnames that are assigned to
the point products do not have an underscore (_). If the hostnames have an
underscore (_), the configuration fails.
Note
Ensure that ICMP is enabled in your network environment. The deployment of
the appliance fails if ICMP is disabled.
3. Download the license files for Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE), Avamar
Virtual Edition (AVE), and Data Protection Advisor (DP Advisor) from the Dell
EMC Software Licensing Central.
Network connectivity overview