Quick Start

Note We recommend changing the web console access credentials immediately after the first login, in

Settings > Access control.

3. Go to the Settings tab.

4. Click Deployment and Expansion.

The Acronis Storage nodes can be deployed by using either a PXE server or a special Expansion ISO,

which is downloadable from the web interface.

6.2.1 Booting from Expansion ISO

To prepare the Expansion ISO:

1. On the Deployment and Expansion tab, click Download Expansion ISO. The ISO already contains

necessary configuration files with MDS nodes IP addresses.

2. For physical machines, do any of the following:

 Create a bootable USB flash drive by using the ISO file and one of the free tools available

online. For example, "ISO to USB".

 Burn a CD/DVD using the ISO file.

For virtual machines: connect the ISO file to each of the virtual machines as a CD/DVD drive.

Boot each of the nodes prepared for adding to Acronis Storage from the Expansion ISO. The boot

process does not require a user interaction. No data is deleted from the machines during the boot

process. The data will be deleted later, when the roles are assigned to the nodes via the web console.

The nodes are now ready for further configuration via the web console.

6.2.2 Booting from PXE Server

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) allows you to do a network boot of nodes for storage system

expansion purposes.

Prior to starting this procedure, ensure that each of the nodes is capable of booting up from the

network.