Completing The Nas System Setup Worksheet; Preparing Your Management Station; Preparing Your Md Storage Solution - Dell PowerVault NX3500 Administrator's Manual

Completing the NAS System Setup Worksheet

The NAS System Setup Worksheet appended at the end of this document
will assist you in the overall setup and configuration of your solution. See
"NAS Setup Worksheet" on page 197.
NOTE:
It is recommended that you take a print out of the worksheet attached in the
end of this document. This will assist you in the overall setup and configuration of
your solution.

Preparing Your Management Station

A management station is required to manage and configure the PowerVault
NX3500. The solution can be accessed using either the CLI or the NAS
Manager.
NOTE:
Only one login at a time is allowed for both the CLI and the NAS Manager.
Ensure that you are not logged on to both the CLI or the NAS Manager at the same
time or attempt multiple logins.
The minimum requirements for the management station are:
• It must have IPv6 enabled.
• The PowerVault NAS configuration utility is installed.
NOTE:
Resource Media Dell Scalable File System (DSFS)
solution.
• The PowerVault NX3500 is cabled appropriately, and the management
station is on the same network as the LAN/client network.
• Has either Internet Explorer or Firefox installed with Java Script enabled.

Preparing Your MD Storage Solution

This section assumes you have discovered and completed the initial
configuration (naming, assigning iSCSI, and management port IPs) of your
PowerVault MD3xx0i storage arrays in accordance with the topology you plan
to use.
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Setting Up Your PowerVault NX3500 Solution
You can install Dell PowerVault NAS Configuration Utility from the
DVD that shipped with your
Dell