Reference Guide

30 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
The following pre-installation documentation is provided by your Storage
Architect or Business Partner:
• List of hardware needed to support storage requirements
• Optional connectivity diagrams to illustrate cabling between the
controllers, enclosures, network, and servers
• Optional network information, such as IP addresses, subnet masks, and
gateways
These documents provide information about site-specific settings to
configure the controllers.
Setting Up the Controllers
1 Turn on each controller.
2 Connect to each controller.
3 Reset hardware and system serial numbers.
4 Set the IP addresses.
5 Configure the controllers using the Startup Wizard:
a Launch the Storage Center Startup Wizard .
b Accept the license agreement.
c Load the license.
d Create disk folder.
6 Add the second controller and perform the following settings:
• Time settings
• System setup
•Configure SMTP
•Update setup
• User setup
• Configure local ports
• Generate SSL certificate
7 Complete the Storage Center setup:
a Configure a Phone Home proxy
b Phone Home