Dell EqualLogic PS4100 Hardware Manual page 30

Prompt Description
IP address Network address for the Ethernet 0 network interface.
Netmask Combines with the IP address to identify the subnet on which the Ethernet 0 network interface resides.
Default Network address for the device used to connect subnets and forward network traffic beyond the local
gateway network. A default gateway is used to allow the Ethernet 0 network interface to communicate outside
the local network (for example, to allow access to volumes from computers outside the local network).
NOTE: The default gateway must be on the same subnet as the Ethernet 0 network interface.
RAID policy RAID policy configured on the first member of the group:
– RAID 10 — Striping on top of multiple RAID 1 (mirrored) sets, with one or two spare disks.
– RAID 10 provides good performance for random writes, in addition to the highest availability.
– RAID 50 — Striping on top of multiple RAID 5 (distributed-parity) sets, with one or two spare
disks. RAID 50 provides a good balance of performance (especially for sequential writes),
availability, and capacity.
– RAID 5 — One RAID 5 set, with one spare disk. RAID 5 is similar to RAID 50, with more capacity
(two additional disks) but lower availability and performance.
– RAID 6 — Of the total number of disks installed in the array, two disks are used for parity and
one disk is a spare. The remainder are data disks.
Group Configuration
Prompt
Group name
Group IP address
Password for managing
group membership
Password for the default
group administration
account
Microsoft service user
name and password
Initializing An Array And Creating A Group
1. Start the Remote Setup Wizard.
2. In the Welcome dialog box, select Initialize a PS Series array, and click Next.
A list of arrays is displayed in the Select an Array to Initialize dialog box.
3. Select an array and click Details to display details, including the serial number and MAC address.
4. Select the array you want to initialize and click Next.
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Description
Unique name (up to 63 letters, numbers, or hyphens) used to identify the group. The first
character must be a letter or number.
Network address for the group. The group IP address is used for group administration and
for discovery of the resources (i.e. volumes). Access to the resources is through a physical
port IP address.
Password required when adding members to the group. The password must have 3 to 16
alphanumeric characters and is case-sensitive.
Password that overrides the factory-set password (grpadmin) for the default grpadmin
account. The password must have 3 to 16 alphanumeric characters and is case-sensitive.
CHAP user name and password used to enable Microsoft service (VSS or VDS) access to
the group. The user name must have between 3 and 54 alphanumeric characters. The
password must have 12 to 16 alphanumeric characters, and is case-sensitive.
Microsoft services running on a computer must be allowed access to the group in order to
create VSS snapshots in the group or use VDS.