Administrator Guide
Initial conguration of your NAS system
About this task
Initial conguration of your NAS system includes:
• Cabling the system or solution by using iSCSI
• Turning on and connecting your NAS solution
• System conguration by using Server Manager
To complete initial conguration of your NAS system:
Steps
1 When you start your NAS system running Windows Storage Server 2016 or 2012 R2 for the rst time, 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 congured 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 rst time.
3 In Server Manager, click Congure this local server to:
• Change the computer name.
• Specify the domain.
• Check for latest Windows updates.
• Specify the time zone.
• Congure Remote Desktop.
NOTE
: To navigate 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 le. 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. For more information, see Dell
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) section in this document.
Topics:
• Server Manager roles, role services, and features
• Installing or uninstalling Server Manager roles, role services, and features
• Accessing administrative tools for your NAS system
• 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 (FSRM)
• Multipath I/O (MPIO)
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