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 95 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

• Password: !manage

b. Read the Commercial Terms of Sale and End User License Agreement, and click Accept.

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