Deployment Guide

NOTE: Tabs with a red asterisk next to them contain required settings.
3. Save your settings and exit System Settings to return to the Welcome panel.
4. Click Storage Setup to access the Storage Setup wizard and follow the prompts to begin provisioning your system by
creating disk groups and pools. For more information about using the Storage Setup wizard, see Configuring storage setup
on page 40.
5. Save your settings and exit Storage Setup to return to the Welcome panel.
6. Click Host Setup to access the Host Setup wizard and follow the prompts to continue provisioning your system by
attaching hosts.
For more information, see Host system requirements on page 43.
Configuring system settings
The System Settings panel provides options for you to quickly configure your system.
Navigate the options by clicking the tabs on the left side of the panel. Tabs with a red asterisk next to them are required. To
apply and save changes, click Apply. To apply changes and close the panel, click Apply and Close.
At a minimum, Dell EMC recommends that you perform the following actions:
● Configuring controller network ports on page 35
● Setting up system notifications on page 37
● Setting up SupportAssist and CloudIQ on page 37
● Changing host port settings on page 38
Configuring controller network ports
You can manually set static IP address parameters for network ports or you can specify that IP addresses be set automatically.
IP addresses can be set automatically using DHCP for IPv4 or Auto for IPv6, which uses DHCPv6 and/or SLAAC.
NOTE:
If you used the default 10.0.0.2/10.0.0.3 addresses to access the guided setup, consider changing those IPv4
addresses to avoid an IP conflict if you have more than one ME4 Series array on your network.
When setting IP values, you can choose either IPv4 or IPv6 formatting for each controller. You can also set the addressing mode
and IP version differently for each controller and use them concurrently. For example, you could set IPv4 on controller A to
Manual to enable static IP address, and IPv6 on controller B to Auto to enable automatic IP address.
When using DHCP mode, the system obtains values for the network port IP address, subnet mask, and gateway from a
DHCP server if one is available. If a DHCP server is unavailable, current address is unchanged. You must have some means
of determining what addresses have been assigned, such as the list of bindings on the DHCP server. When using Auto
mode, addresses are retrieved from both DHCP and Stateless address auto-configuration (SLAAC). DNS settings are also
automatically retrieved from the network.
Each controller has the following factory-default IP settings:
● IP address source: Manual
● Controller A IP address: 10.0.0.2
● Controller B IP address: 10.0.0.3
● IP subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
● Gateway IP address: 10.0.0.1
When DHCP is enabled in the storage system, the following initial values are set and remain set until the system can contact a
DHCP server for new addresses:
● Controller IP addresses: 169.254.x.x (where the value of x.x is the lowest 16 bits of the controller serial number)
● IP subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
● Gateway IP address: 10.0.0.0
169.254.x.x addresses (including gateway 169.254.0.1) are on a private subnet that is reserved for unconfigured systems and the
addresses are not routable. This prevents the DHCP server from reassigning the addresses and possibly causing a conflict where
two controllers have the same IP address. As soon as possible, change these IP values to proper values for your network.
For IPv6, when Manual mode is enabled you can enter up to four static IP addresses for each controller. When Auto is enabled,
the following initial values are set and remain set until the system can contact a DHCPv6 and/or SLAAC server for new
addresses:
Perform system and storage setup
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