Connecting to a Network
To allow remote setup and management of Xserve RAID, you need to make a standard Ethernet connection to a network hub or server. You use this connection to configure your RAID storage system and to administer the system with the software tools provided with it. See the document “Using RAID Admin and Disk Utility” on the CD that came with your system for details on using the management software.
Ideally, you should connect each Ethernet port to a separate network to provide redundant monitoring capability.
Follow these steps to make the network connection.
1Connect an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on each of the RAID controller modules on the back panel of the Xserve RAID system.
Ethernet ports
2Connect the other end of each cable to a network hub or other network device.
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