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Dell Storage Center SCv2000 and SCv2020 Storage System Deployment Guide

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Discover and Select an Uninitialized Storage Center

The first page of the Discover and Configure Uninitialized Storage Centers wizard provides a list of prerequisite actions and information required before setting up a Storage Center.

Prerequisites

  • The host server, on which the Dell Storage Manager Client software is installed, must be on the same subnet or VLAN as the Storage Center.
  • Temporarily disable any firewall on the host server that is running the Dell Storage Manager Client .
  • Layer 2 multicast must be allowed on the network.
  • Make sure that IGMP snooping is disabled on the switch ports connected to the Storage Center.

Steps

  1. Make sure that you have the required information that is listed on the first page of the wizard. This information is needed to configure the Storage Center.
  2. Click Next. The Select a Storage Center to Initialize page appears and lists the uninitialized Storage Centers discovered by the wizard.
    • NOTE: If the wizard does not discover the Storage Center that you want to initialize, perform one of the following actions:
      • Make sure that the Storage Center hardware is physically attached to all necessary networks.
      • Make sure that the Storage Center is turned on for at least five minutes and does not display a fault LED.
      • Make sure that the diagnostic LEDs on the controllers are lit to indicate that the Storage Center is fully booted.
      • Click Rediscover.
      • Click Troubleshoot Storage Center Hardware Issue to learn more about reasons why the Storage Center is not discoverable.
      • Click Manually Discover Storage Center via MAC Address to enter the MAC address for the Storage Center.
      • If the previous actions do not work, manually deploy the Storage Center.
  3. Select the Storage Center to initialize.
  4. (Optional) Click Enable Storage Center Indicator to turn on the indicator light for the selected Storage Center. You can use the indicator to verify that you have selected the correct Storage Center.
  5. Click Next.
  6. If the Storage Center is partially configured, the Storage Center login pane appears. Enter the management IPv4 address and the Admin password for the Storage Center, then click Next to continue.

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