Cisco Systems NSS2000 Series About this Guide, Recommended Installation Sequence, Introduction

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About this Guide

About this Guide

The Getting Started Guide contains the step-by-step details for getting your NSS up and running for the first time---from hooking up the hardware to doing the basic configuration steps to get the NSS running. Users are shown how to log into the NSS to access storage.

Recommended Installation Sequence

Follow the NSS installation steps to set up and configure the device. They provide out-of-the-box instructions. You can find detailed instructions for each step in the remaining sections of this guide.

•Set up the hardware (Chapter 2, “Setting up the Hardware”):

-Step 1: Install the disk drives. If your device already has disk drives installed, skip this step.

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Step 2: Connect the Ethernet cable.

Step 3: Connect the power.

•Configure the NSS (Chapter 3, “Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS)”):

-Step 1: Configure the Network Settings IF a DHCP server is not present. (If there is a DHCP server, skip this step.)

-Step 2: Log into the Configuration Interface

-Step 3: Run the applicable configuration wizards.

-Step 4: After you configure the NSS, save a copy of the configuration file to a location on the NSS and to a USB key.

•Instruct your users how to access the NSS, if applicable (Chapter 4, “Instructing your End Users”

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