Configuring NAS Appliances Over an IP Network

If you are configuring multiple NAS appliances on the same IP subnet as the system you use to run Remote Kick-Start, this is probably the fastest configuration method. After starting the Remote Kick-Start utility and creating configurations, perform the following steps:

1Select the NAS appliance you want to configure from the Discovered Dell Systems List. If it does not appear, scroll down and click the Integrated DHCP Server check box and wait a few seconds for the system to be assigned a temporary IP address and discovered by Remote Kick-Start.

NOTE: You must configure the DHCP scope before using the embedded DHCP server. See "Using the Integrated DHCP Server" in the Kick-Start online help for more information about configuring the DHCP scope.

2Select an existing configuration file from the list.

3Click a NAS appliance in the Discovered Dell Systems List, and click Apply. If the configuration was successful, the status of the NAS appliance in the Remote Kick-Startwindow changes to Configured (a check mark icon).

NOTE: If more than one Remote Kick-Start utility runs on your network, you can reserve the right to configure a system by locking it first. To do this, select the system in the Discovered List and click Lock.

Configuring NAS Appliances Using a Kick-Start Diskette

If the NAS appliance is not on an IP network, you might prefer to create the configuration on a diskette. If you want to configure several NAS appliances with a single diskette, create an ordered set of configuration files on the diskette, then you can use that diskette locally at each system to configure it.

After starting the Remote Kick-Start utility and creating configurations, perform the following steps on the system where you have been running Remote Kick-Start:

1Insert your Kick-Start diskette into the diskette drive of the system where you created your configurations.

2Select the configurations you created and saved in the Configurations List and click Write Diskette.

Applying Configuration Information Using a Kick-Start Diskette

After you have created configuration files on a Kick-Start diskette, you can use the diskette to set up one or more NAS appliances. The Kick-Start utility uses an automatic reading and loading sequence that is especially useful for setting up headless NAS appliances.

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