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NOTE: If the wizard does not discover the Storage Center that you want to initialize, perform
one of the following actions:
• Ensure that the Storage Center is physically attached to all necessary networks and powered
on. Then 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.
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.
Set System Information
The Set System Information page allows you to enter Storage Center and controller configuration
information to use when connecting to the Storage Center using Dell Storage Client.
1. Enter a descriptive name for the Storage Center in the Storage Center Name field.
2. Enter the system management IPv4 address for the Storage Center in the Management IPv4 Address
field. The Management IPv4 Address is the IP address used to manage the Storage Center and is
different than a controller IPv4 address.
3. Enter an IPv4 address for the management port of each controller.
NOTE: The controller IPv4 addresses and Management IPv4 Address must be within the same
subnet.
4. Enter the subnet mask of the management network in the Subnet Mask field.
5. Enter the gateway address of the management network in the Gateway IPv4 Address field.
6. Enter the domain name of the management network in the Domain Name field.
7. Enter the DNS server addresses of the management network in the DNS Server and Secondary DNS
Server fields.
8. Click Next. The Set Administration Information page appears.
Set Administrator Information
The Set Administrator Information page allows you to set a new password and an email address for the
Admin user.
1. Enter a new password for the default Storage Center administrator user in the New Admin Password
and Confirm Password fields.
2. Enter the email address of the default Storage Center administrator user in the Admin Email Address
field.
3. Click Next.
• For a Fibre Channel or SAS storage system, the Confirm Configuration page appears.
• For an iSCSI storage system, the Configure iSCSI Fault Domains page appears.
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Discover and Configure the Storage Center