Dell 750N. 755N manual Configuration Methods, Method 1 Configuring NAS Appliances Remotely

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Configuration Methods

You can specify configuration information using the following methods:

•Method 1: Remote Configuration — Use the Remote Kick-Start utility located on the Resource CD to enter configuration information. This method does not require you to attach a mouse, keyboard, or monitor to the NAS appliance (a system without input devices is sometimes called a headless system). You can remotely configure a NAS appliance in one of the following ways:

–Preparing the configuration information for one or more NAS appliances on a diskette that you create on another system. You can save one configuration or an ordered set of configuration files on a diskette.

–Sending the configuration information to the NAS appliance over an IP network. The system you use must be on the same IP subnet as the NAS appliance.

•Method 2: Local Server Configuration — Use the Kick-Start utility provided on the NAS appliance to specify configuration information directly on the system, which requires you to attach a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the NAS appliance. This native version of the Kick-Start utility starts when you turn on the system.

Method 1: Configuring NAS Appliances Remotely

This method allows you to remotely configure one or more NAS appliance, providing the information to the NAS appliance either on a Kick-Start diskette or sent from another system on the same network IP subnet.

This method is probably the easiest if you are configuring multiple systems. For more information about the multiple configuration feature, see “Notes on NAS Appliance Multiple Configuration Files.”

Starting the Remote Kick-Start Utility

The first step in configuring one or more NAS appliances remotely is to start the Remote Kick-Start utility on another system. On a system running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher or Netscape 6.0 or higher, perform the following steps:

1Insert the Resource CD into the CD drive.

The Resource CD main menu should appear automatically. If it does not, double-click My Computer on the desktop, right-click the CD drive, and click Autoplay.

2On the main menu, click Dell OpenManage Kick-Startor click the Kick-Starttab.

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