Administrator Guide

Configuring your NAS system
After your initial configuration, use Server Manager to configure roles, role service, and features.
Topics:
• Initial configuration of your NAS system
• Server Manager roles, role services, and features
• Installing or uninstalling Server Manager roles, role services, and features
• Accessing administrative tools for your NAS systems
• Accessing computer management
• Work folders
• Creating a new DFS namespace
• Creating new DFS replication group
• Adding DFS namespaces to display
• Adding replication groups to display
• File Server Resource Manager
• Multipath I/O
Initial configuration of your NAS system
Initial configuration of your NAS system includes cabling the system, turning it on and the configuring the system using Server
Manager. Follow these steps to complete the configuration of your NAS system.
About this task
NOTE:
The NX Series systems support only BIOS mode. Do not change the boot mode to UEFI because the system will not
load the appliance OS when in UEFI mode.
Steps
1. Start your NAS system running Windows Storage Server 2016. The first time that you start up, click OK on the Default
Password screen.
NOTE:
Before changing the password, ensure that you change the system language according to your preference.
Your system is configured with default user name administrator and password Stor@ge!
2. To change your administrator password, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then click Change a Password.
Server Manager starts automatically when you log in the first time.
3. In Server Manager, click Configure this local server to:
● Change the computer name
● Specify the domain
● Check for latest Windows updates
● Specify the time zone
● Configure Remote Desktop
NOTE: To go to a particular application, click the lower-left corner of the screen to locate the Start icon.
4. To change the default language, go to C:\Dell_OEM\MUI, and then run the appropriate language batch file. To install your
preferred language, complete the on-screen instructions.
5. Dell recommends creating a Dell Rapid Appliance Self Recovery image after completing the initial setup (NX3230, NX3240,
NX3330, NX3340 systems only). For more information, see Dell Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) section in this
document.
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