Install Guide

PS6210 Install and SetupGuide
4 Software Configuration
Prompt Description
RAIDpolicy
RAIDlevelandsparedriveconfigurationforthearray.TheactualnumberofRAIDsetsand
sparedrivesdependsonthenumberofdrivesinthearray.
• RAID6–Distributeddual-paritysets.
• RAID6Accelerated–AavailableonPS6210XSarraymodelsonly.
• RAID10–StripingontopofmultipleRAID1(mirrored)sets.
• RAID50–StripingontopofmultipleRAID5(distributed-parity)sets.EachRAID5
setusesonedrive'sworthofspaceforparity.
• RAID5–Distributed-paritysets.RAID5—[NotRecommended]OneRAID5set,with
onesparedisk.RAID5issimilartoRAID50,withmorecapacity(twoadditionaldisks)
butloweravailabilityandperformance.
Note:ToconfigureRAID50withdriveslargerthan3TB,orRAID5withdrivesofany
size,youmustusetheGroupManagerCLI.
Table 7: Group Configuration Information
Prompt Description
Groupname
Uniquenamethatidentifiesthegroup(54orfewerletters,numbers,orhyphens).Thefirst
charactermustbealetterornumber.
GroupIPaddress
Networkaddressforthegroup.ThegroupIPaddressisusedforgroupadministrationand
computeraccesstodatastoredinthegroup.
Passwordforadding
memberstoagroup
Passwordrequiredwhenaddingmemberstoagroup.Thepasswordmusthave3to16letters
ornumbersandiscase-sensitive.
Passwordforthe
grpadminaccount
Passwordthatwilloverridethefactory-setgroupadministrationpassword(grpadmin)for
thegrpadminaccount.Thepasswordmusthave3to16lettersornumbersandiscase-
sensitive.
Requiredonlywhencreatinganewgroup.
Microsoftserviceuser
nameandpassword
(optional)
CHAPusernameandpasswordusedtoenableMicrosoftservice(VSSorVDS)accesstothe
group.Theusernamemusthave3to63alphanumericcharacters.Thepasswordmusthave
12to16alphanumericcharacters,andiscase-sensitive.
Microsoftservicesrunningonacomputermustbeallowedaccesstothegroupinorderto
createVSSsnapshotsinthegrouporuseVDS.
ApplicableonlywhencreatingagroupwiththeRemoteSetupwizard.
Start the Software Configuration
UsethesetuputilityortheRemoteSetupwizardtoinitializethearrayandeithercreateagroupwiththearray
asthefirstgroupmemberoraddthearraytoanexistinggroup.
Afteryoucompletethesoftwareconfiguration,thearraybecomesamemberofagroupanditsdiskstorageis
availableforuse.
Using the Setup Utility to Configure the Software
Tousethesetuputilitytoinitializeanarrayandcreateorexpandagroup:
1. Ontheconsoleorterminalemulatorthathastheserialconnectiontothearray,presstheEnterkey.
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