Review And Deploy The Configuration - NetApp HCI Manual

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Review and deploy the configuration

You can review the information you provided before beginning deployment. You can also
correct any incorrect or incomplete information before you proceed.
During deployment, the management node installation process creates volumes with names
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beginning with
beginning with the name tenant_. Do not delete these volumes or accounts; doing so will
cause a loss in management functionality.
Steps
1. Optional: Click the Download icon to download installation information in CSV format.
You can save this file and refer to it later for configuration information.
2. Expand each section and review the information. To expand all sections at once, click Expand All.
3. Optional: To make changes to information in any displayed section:
a. Click Edit in the corresponding section.
b. Make the necessary changes.
c. Click Continue until you reach the Review page. Your previous settings are saved on each page.
d. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make any other necessary changes.
4. If you do not want to send cluster statistics and support information to NetApp-hosted SolidFire Active IQ
servers, clear the final checkbox.
This disables real-time health and diagnostic monitoring for NetApp HCI. Disabling this feature removes the
ability for NetApp to proactively support and monitor NetApp HCI to detect and resolve problems before
production is affected.
5. If all information is correct, click Start Deployment.
A dialog box appears. In the event of network connectivity issues or power loss during the final setup
process, or if your browser session is lost, you can copy the URL displayed in the dialog and use it to
browse to the final setup progress page.
6. Review the information in the dialog and click Copy to Clipboard to copy the URL to your clipboard.
7. Save the URL to a text file on your computer.
8. When you are ready to proceed with deployment, click OK.
Deployment begins and a progress page is displayed. Do not close the browser window or navigate away
from the progress page until deployment is complete. If your browser session is lost for any reason, you
can browse to the URL you copied earlier (and accept any security warnings that appear) to regain access
to the final setup progress page.
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in the Element storage cluster, and a SolidFire account