Deployment Guide

Perform system and storage setup
The following sections describe how to setup a Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system:
Topics:
• Record storage system information
• Using guided setup
Record storage system information
Use the System Information Worksheet on page 100 to record the information that you need to install the ME4 Series storage
system.
Using guided setup
Upon completing the hardware installation, use PowerVault Manager to configure, provision, monitor, and manage the storage
system.
When first accessing the PowerVault Manager, perform a firmware update before configuring your system. After the firmware
update is complete, use the guided setup to verify the web browser requirements and then access the PowerVault Manager.
Web browser requirements and setup
The PowerVault Manager web interface requires Mozilla Firefox 57 or later, Google Chrome 57 or later, Microsoft Internet
Explorer 10 or 11, or Apple Safari 10.1 or later.
NOTE:
You cannot view PowerVault Manager help content if you are using the Microsoft Edge browser that ships with
Windows 10.
● To see the help window, you must enable pop-up windows.
● To optimize the display, use a color monitor and set its color quality to the highest setting.
● Do not use the Back, Forward, Reload, or Refresh buttons in the browser. The PowerVault Manager has a single page for
which content changes as you perform tasks and automatically updates to show current data.
● To navigate past the Sign In page (with a valid user account):
○ Verify that cookies are allowed for the IP address of each controller network port.
○ For Internet Explorer, set the local-intranet security option on the browser to medium or medium-low.
○ For Internet Explorer, add each network IP address for each controller as a trusted site.
○ For HTTPS, ensure that Internet Explorer is set to use TLS 1.2.
Access the PowerVault Manager
Do not turn on more than one unconfigured controller enclosure at a time to avoid IP conflicts.
1. Temporarily set the management host NIC to a 10.0.0.x address or to the same IPv6 subnet to enable communication with
the storage system.
2. In a supported web browser:
● Type https://10.0.0.2 to access controller module A on an IPv4 network.
● Type https://fd6e:23ce:fed3:19d1::1 to access controller module A on an IPv6 network.
3. If the storage system is running G275 firmware:
a. Sign in to the PowerVault Manager using the following user name and password:
● User name: manage
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