Install Guide

4 Software Configuration
Afteryoucompletethearrayhardwareinstallation,youcaninitializethearrayandcreateaPS
Seriesgroupwiththearrayasthefirstgroupmember.Alternately,youcanaddthearraytoan
existinggroup.Whenyouexpandagroup,capacityandperformancescaleautomaticallywithno
impactonusers.
Aftercompletingthesoftwareconfiguration,youcanallocatestorageandstartusingtheiSCSI
SANarray.SeeStorage Allocation on page 23.
Choose a Configuration Method
Therearetwomethodsforconfiguringthesoftware.Chooseonemethod:
• UsetheRemoteSetupwizard,eitherforWindowsorLinux.Forinstructionsaboutusingthe
RemoteSetupwizard,seetheDell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft
Installation and User’s GuideortheDell EqualLogic Host Integration Tool for Linux
Installation and User's Guide.
• Usethesetuputility.Thesetuputilityisaninteractive,commandlineutilitythatprompts
forinformationaboutthearrayandgroupconfiguration.
Tousethesetuputility,youmusthaveaserialconnectionbetweenthearrayandaconsole
terminaloracomputerrunningaterminalemulator.
Afterchoosingamethod,collecttheinformationneededforthearrayconfiguration.
Collect Configuration Information
Regardlessofthemethodyouusetoconfigurethesoftware,youmustcollecttheinformationin
Table6andTable7.ObtainIPaddressesfromyournetworkadministrator,asneeded.
Also,makesureyoufollowthenetworkrecommendationsinNetwork Requirements and
Recommendations on page 9.
Table 6: Array Configuration Information
Prompt Description
Membername Uniquenameforthearrayinthegroup(63orfewerletters,numbers,or
hyphens).Firstcharactermustbealetterornumber.
Networkinterface Nameofanetworkinterfaceonthearray(forexample,eth0)thatis
connectedtoafunctioningportonanetworkswitch.
IPaddress Networkaddressforthearraynetworkinterface.
Note: Eachmembermusthaveatleastonenetworkinterfaceonthesame
subnetasthegroupIPaddress.
Netmask AddressthatcombineswiththeIPaddresstoidentifythesubnetonwhich
thearraynetworkinterfaceresides(defaultis255.255.255.0).
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