Administrator Guide

Working in the Home topic
The Home topic provides options to set up and configure your system and manage tasks, and displays an overview of the storage
managed by the system. The content presented depends on the completion of all required actions in the Welcome panel. The standard
Home topic is hidden by the Welcome panel until all required actions are complete.
Topics:
• Guided setup
• Provisioning disk groups and pools
• Attaching hosts and volumes in the Host Setup wizard
• Overall system status
• Configuring system settings
• Managing scheduled tasks
Guided setup
The Welcome panel provides options for you to quickly and easily set up your system by guiding you through the configuration and
provisioning process.
With guided setup, you must first configure your system settings by accessing the System Settings panel and completing all required
options. After these options are complete, you can then provision your system by accessing the Storage Setup panel and the Host Setup
panel and completing the wizards.
NOTE: A user with the manage role must complete the guided setup process.
The Welcome panel also displays the health of the system. If the health of the system is degraded or faulty, you can click System
Information to access the System topic. Here you can view information about each enclosure, including its physical components, in front,
rear, and tabular views. For more information, see Working in the System topic. If the system detects that it has only one controller, its
health shows as degraded. If you are operating the system with a single controller, acknowledge this in the panel. If the system has two
controllers, click System Information to diagnose the problem.
If the system health is degraded, you may still be able to configure and provision the system. However, it is recommended that you resolve
any health issues before continuing. If the system health is bad, you will be unable to configure and provision the system until you resolve
the problem.
The Welcome panel appears when:
• You have a brand new system (storage is not provisioned, all disks are empty and available, and no settings have been selected).
• You have not entered all required system settings and/or the system has no pools.
NOTE:
After you have entered all required systems settings, you can turn off access to the Welcome panel and
configure and provision the system manually by clicking Skip the Welcome screen. A confirmation window appears,
prompting you to confirm your selection. For information on manual configuration, see Configure and provision a new
storage system on page 10.
To use guided setup:
1. From the Welcome panel, click System Settings.
2. Choose options to configure your system. For information about specific options, see Configuring system settings.
NOTE: Tabs with a red asterisk next to them are required.
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 Provisioning disk groups and pools.
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 Attaching hosts and volumes.
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