Dell EqualLogic PS Series Installation And Setup Manual page 41

Installation and Setup
Table 3-1: Array Configuration (Continued)
Prompt Description
IP address Network address for the array network interface.
Note:
Netmask Address that combines with the IP address to identify the subnet on
which the array network interface resides (default is 255.255.255.0).
Default gateway Network address for the device used to connect subnets and forward
(optional) network traffic beyond the local network. A default gateway is needed
only if you want the array network interface to communicate outside
the local network (for example, to allow access to volumes from
computers outside the local network).
Note:
RAID policy RAID level and spare disk drive configuration for the array. The
actual number of RAID sets and spare drives depends on the number
of drives in the array:
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Prompt Description
Group name Unique name that identifies the group (63 or fewer letters, numbers,
or hyphens). The first character must be a letter or number.
Group IP address Network address for the group. The group IP address is used for
group administration and computer access to data stored in the group.
Password for Password required when adding members to a group. The password
adding members must have 3 to 16 letters or numbers and is case-sensitive.
to a group
Password for the Password that will override the factory-set group administration
password (
grpadmin
account must have 3 to 16 letters or numbers and is case-sensitive.
Required only when creating a new group.
Each member must have at least one network interface on the
same subnet as the group IP address.
The default gateway must be on the same subnet as the array
network interface.
RAID 10 – Striping on top of multiple RAID 1 (mirrored) sets.
RAID 50 – Striping on top of multiple RAID 5 (distributed-
parity) sets. Each RAID 5 set has one parity drive.
RAID 5 – Multiple distributed-parity sets.
RAID 6 – Multiple dual distributed-parity sets.
Table 3-2: Group Configuration
) for the
grpadmin
Software Configuration
account. The password
grpadmin
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