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).
Defaultgateway
(optional)
Networkaddressforthedeviceusedtoconnectsubnetsandforwardnetworktrafficbeyond
thelocalnetwork.Adefaultgatewayisneededonlyifyouwantthearraynetworkinterface
tocommunicateoutsidethelocalnetwork(forexample,toallowaccesstovolumesfrom
computersoutsidethelocalnetwork).
Note: Thedefaultgatewaymustbeonthesamesubnetasthearraynetworkinterface.
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