American Megatrends MAN-3200-SG setup guide Using the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard

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Using the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard

If the storage has not been configured on your StorTrends® iTX Storage Appliance, you will be prompted to run the Wizard. The Quick and Easy Setup Wizard will get your StorTrends® iTX Storage Appliance up and running in less than five minutes.

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If you would like more control of these settings, you can enter the Advanced Setup Wizard. Jump to the next section for more information on the Advanced Setup Wizard.

Use the following instructions as a basis.

Note: The Quick and Easy Setup Wizard will select all the physical hard disk drives present in the StorTrends® iTX Storage Appliance to create the RAID array. SAN and NAS volume names are automatically generated. A default NAS Share is also automatically created. In the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard the SAN and NAS Volumes are configured to use Exact Provisioning. Twenty percent of the physically available hard disk space should be reserved if you are planning to use snapshot storage.

12	StorTrends® 3200 Set Up Guide (StorTrends iTX version 2.7)

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Contents Thank You Unpack the StorTrends 3200 Storage AppliancePreparing for Setup Choosing a Setup LocationGeneral Safety Precautions General Safety PrecautionsInstalling the System into a Rack Rack Mounting ConsiderationsInner Rack Rails Installing the Inner Rack Rails To install the rack railsInstalling the Chassis into the Server Rack Outer Rack Rails To install the Outer Rack RailsSteps Description Completing the Hardware Installation Step DescriptionStep Description Step One Power your system on Step Two Get the IP addressPassword Step Four Logging on to the StorTrends Storage ApplianceUsing the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard Step One Quick and Easy Wizard Step Two RAID Level Step Three SAN or NAS or Both Step Four Allocating Space Step Five Summary View StorTrends 3200 Set Up Guide StorTrends iTX version Step Six All Done No Errors Using the Advanced Setup Wizard Step One Advanced WizardStep Two Create a New Storage Pool Step Three Select Pool Select the DisksSet the RAID Levels Type in your Storage Pool’s name Type in a Storage Pool NameStorTrends 3200 Set Up Guide StorTrends iTX version 2.7 Step Four Configure SAN Volume Enter Volume Name Enter Volume SizeSelect Thin or Exact Provisioning Select SAN as the Dialect Type Create Target and Target NameStep Five Configure NAS Volume Enter Volume Name Select NAS as the Dialect Type Create Share and Share NameStep Six Summary View and Status Step Seven All Done No Errors