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Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Deployment Guide

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Use guided setup in the PowerVault Manager Welcome panel

The Welcome panel provides options for you to quickly set up your system by guiding you through the configuration and provisioning process.

With guided setup, you must first configure your system settings by accessing the System Settings panel and completing all required options. After these options are complete, you can provision your system by accessing the Storage Setup panel and the Host Setup panel and completing the wizards.

The Welcome panel also displays the health of the system. If the health of the system is degraded or faulty, you can click System Information to access the System topic. In the System topic, you can view information about each enclosure, including its physical components, in front, rear, and tabular views.

If the system detects that it has only one controller, its health shows as degraded. If you are operating the system with a single controller, acknowledge this message in the panel.

If you installed two controllers, click System Information to diagnose the problem. If the system health is degraded, you can still to configure and provision the system. However, if the health of the system is bad, you cannot configure and provision the system until you resolve the problem affecting system health.

To use guided setup:

  1. From the Welcome panel, click System Settings.
  2. Choose options to configure your system.
    NOTE: Tabs with a red asterisk next to them contain required settings.
  3. Save your settings and exit System Settings to return to the Welcome panel.
  4. Click Storage Setup to access the Storage Setup wizard and follow the prompts to begin provisioning your system by creating disk groups and pools. For more information about using the Storage Setup wizard, see Configuring storage setup.
  5. Save your settings and exit Storage Setup to return to the Welcome panel.
  6. Click Host Setup to access the Host Setup wizard and follow the prompts to continue provisioning your system by attaching hosts.
    For more information, see Host system requirements.

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