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Setting Up Your Dell ™ PowerVault
PowerVault NX1950 Documentation available at s s u u p p p p o o r r t t . . d d e e l l l l . . c c o o m m
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Hardware Owner's Manual for physical,
firmware, software interface features, and troubleshooting for your PowerVault
NX1950 storage system.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Getting Started Guide for features and
installation of your PowerVault NX1950 storage system.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Deployment Guide for configuration
procedures on your system and a general overview of the Windows Unified
Data Storage Server 2003 operating systems.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Installation Guide for deployment, cabling,
configuring, and localizing your PowerVault NX1950 storage solution.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Cluster Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide for configuring cluster.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Important Information for known issues.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Upgrading Your Operating System
instructions to upgrade your operating system.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Support Matrix for information about
supported software and hardware versions for Dell PowerVault NX1950 storage
solution.
Dell PowerVault MD Systems Support Matrix for information about supported
software and hardware versions for Dell PowerVault MD3000 and Dell
PowerVault MD1000 storage arrays.
Additional documentation for Dell PowerVault MD3000 and Dell PowerVault
MD1000 storage arrays is located at support.dell.com.
Dell iSCSI Storage for VMWare for using iSCSI with virtual servers.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems End-To-End Deployment Guide for iSCSI
instructions on configuring the iSCSI features of the PowerVault NX1950 and
connected iSCSI hosts.
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Cluster Systems with EqualLogic PS Series
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide .
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Integrated Solution MD3000 (Solution A) ( continued )
3-A
Configuring the PowerVault NX1950 Storage System
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The Dell Storage Initialization Wizard runs every time you log on to the PowerVault
NX1950 storage system to verify that all system settings are correct and no new
storage arrays are attached.
Dell Storage Initialization Wizard performs the following tasks:
Set the name of the storage array.
Configure the PowerVault NX1950 storage system for a single-node or a two-
for node cluster configuration.
Synchronize PowerVault MD3000 storage array clocks.
NOTE: You must use the Dell Storage Initialization Wizard to configure your storage solution and
avoid unexpected behavior.
4-A & 4-B
Additional System Configuration And Managing Your Storage
Use the S S c c e e n n a a r r i i o o s s menu to perform
common tasks, such as:
Create a volume for file sharing.
Create an iSCSI target.
Extend an existing volume.
Gateway Dell|EMC (Solution B) ( continued )
3-B
Dell Storage Initialization Wizard
The Dell Storage Initialization Wizard runs every time you log on to the PowerVault
NX1950 storage system to verify that all system settings are correct and no new
storage arrays have been attached.
The following tasks are performed by the Dell Storage Initialization Wizard:
Initialize new Dell|EMC storage arrays.
Configure network ports used to communicate with storage array.
Configure privileged users who can access the array.
NOTE: You must use the Dell Storage Initialization Wizard to configure your storage solution and
avoid unexpected behavior.
Allows you to review and make required
changes to the system configuration.
System Configuration Tasks (optional) include:
Configuring or joining a cluster
Setting up identity mapping for Microsoft Services for Network File System
Setting up a highly available file server instance
Installs Dell OpenManage™ (recommended).
Gateway Dell|Equallogic (Solution C) ( continued )
3-C
Equallogic Remote Setup Wizard
The Equallogic Remote Setup Wizard performs the following tasks:
Initializes a PS Series array.
Configures the storage system to access a PS Series SAN.
Configures MPIO settings for the system.
NOTE: You must use the Equallogic Remote Setup Wizard to configure your storage solution and
avoid unexpected behaviour.
4-C
Additional System Configuration
You can also perform the
following actions using the
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Creating a Target
Creating a LUN
Logging in to the Target.
For Cluster configuration, see the
Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950
Cluster Systems with EqualLogic
PS Series Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide .